Bengals security had to apologize for how loud PBS is while team preps for AFC title game

The Cincinnati Bengals are doing everything they can to make sure the players are ready for Arrowhead Stadium during Sunday’s AFC championship game.

That includes practicing out in temperatures well below freezing on Wednesday with simulated crown noise pumping through Paul Brown Stadium.

Arrowhead Stadium is, after all, one of the loudest places on the planet during a Chiefs home game, which probably gets turned up a notch during the playoffs.

And crowd noise, at least in part, played a role in Joe Burrow taking nine sacks during his team’s divisional round win over the Tennessee Titans to make it to this point.

ESPN’s Michele Steele even said Bengals security apologized to passerby for the disturbance:

Other takeaways from practice aside from the emphasis on non-verbal communication: CONFIDENCE, they’ve moved on from “why not us” to “it IS us”, and COLD, they were practicing w/ temps in the teens. 45 degrees Sunday is going to feel straight up TROPICAL. #Bengals #RuleTheJungle

— Michele Steele (@MicheleSteele) January 26, 2022

Whether this sort of prep works could decide if the team heads to the Super Bowl or starts thinking about things like the draft.