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Joe Burrow reveals surprising advantage SEC has over the NFL

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Joe Burrow knows a thing or two about playing in raucous environments. After all, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback played in the SEC West — meaning he’s played at Bryant-Denny Stadium, Jordan-Hare Stadium and Kyle Field as an opponent.

As Burrow and the Bengals get ready to head to Arrowhead Stadium, which is considered one of the top atmospheres in the NFL, he’s not worried about the crowd’s impact.

“[It] gets way louder in the SEC than any of these NFL stadiums,” Burrow said in October.

The comments resurfaced in the wake of the Bengals’ Divisional Round win over the Tennessee Titans last week. But former Chiefs kicker Lawrence Tynes posted a screenshot of the comments on Monday and had quite a message for the second-year quarterback.

“To be fair, Joe has never played at Arrowhead,” Tynes tweeted. “Having said that, he is in for a rude awakening. There is no place louder in sports and it’s not up for debate.”

The game was set up by two thrilling Divisional Round games. Cincinnati held off the No. 1-seeded Titans thanks to a last-second field goal by kicker Evan McPherson to seal a 19-16 victory.

But Kansas City and Buffalo played in one of the craziest football games in recent memory. Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen went mano a mano and scored 28 combined points in the fourth quarter to force overtime. It took Mahomes one possession in the extra period to score the game-winning touchdown to give Kansas City the 42-36 victory.

Now, fans are getting ready for a rematch between Kansas City and Cincinnati. Remember, the Bengals fought off the Chiefs 34-31 to clinch the AFC North title earlier this month behind 446 yards from Burrow and 266 receiving yards from Ja’Marr Chase. The AFC Championship kicks off Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on CBS.

Joe Burrow calls out underdog narrative following playoff win

Joe Burrow doesn’t want to hear about being an underdog anymore. It might be the first playoffs for the Bengals quarterback, but he is quickly proving he belongs.

The second-year player out of LSU has certainly gained respect after two wins against Las Vegas and Tennessee to start his postseason career. Following a 19-16 victory against the Titans on Saturday, the quarterback had a message heading into the AFC Championship.

“I’m tired of the underdog narrative,” Burrow said. “We are a really, really good team, we are here to make noise. We are a really good team with good players and coaches.”

The Bengals’ motto this has been “Why Not Us,” but it seems Burrow is ready to retire that. Based on how his team has been playing lately, it’s hard to blame him.