To say there’s a variety of water underneath the bridge within the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs versus the Cincinnati Bengals rivalry is like calling the Euphrates a quaint little creek.
Whether or not or not it’s Bengals gamers calling Arrowhead Stadium “Burrowhead,” tight finish Travis Kelce calling the mayor of Cincinnati a “jabroni,” or defensive finish Frank Clark telling your entire Bengals workforce to “take their bum ass all the best way again to Cincinnati,” there is no such thing as a love loss between these two groups.
Though rookie left deal with Kingsley Suamataia wasn’t with the Chiefs for earlier clashes with these no-good chili-eaters, he informed reporters on Wednesday that it didn’t take lengthy to get indoctrinated into the feud.
“I’m a rookie, however I’ve the identical fireplace like everyone else has towards the blokes (going) towards us — it’s my household versus y’all,” he mentioned.
His offensive deal with counterpart, Jawaan Taylor, mentioned he preferred what he noticed out of his fellow deal with in his first NFL sport.
“I really feel like he did very nicely for his rookie debut,” mentioned Taylor. “He’s going to be a terrific participant for this workforce, and we look ahead to seeing him play once more on Sunday.”
For his half, Suamataia mentioned there are some issues he wants to scrub up, however total, he’s happy with how he performed final Thursday.
When requested why he thought Kansas Metropolis may stroll off the sector with the victory of their season opener, he mentioned they had been the sport’s greatest bully. A bodily mentality is one thing Suamataia mentioned he’s planning on carrying over into Week 2.
“Us and the Bengals, now we have a historical past,” mentioned the left deal with. “They’re a terrific protection throughout the board. They acquired nice linebackers and a terrific line of defense particularly, however we’re able to go on the market — and all of it begins up entrance… we’re able to be the larger bully once more.”
The good line of defense he’s referring to is led by defensive finish Trey Hendrickson, who registered 17.5 sacks in 2023 — and, in line with Professional Soccer Focus, had a 26.1% win charge towards the New England Patriots final week.
Calling out Henderson by title, Suamataia known as it a blessing to face such a gifted opponent however famous that he additionally faces some fairly good edge rushers every single day in observe.
“I’ve nice D-ends that I’m going towards that assist me put together for the week,” he mentioned.
Practising such as you’re in an actual sport scenario is one thing that Suamataia mentioned he’s discovered from enjoying with quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“All these reps rely — take note of the small print, so if you get to the sport, you simply have enjoyable, and you’ll play free.”
