Kansas City Chiefs’ Willie Gay Jr says ‘NOTHING’ impresses him about Bengals offense

Kansas City Chiefs star Willie Gay Jr kept it short and sweet by claiming ‘nothing’ about Cincinnati’s offense impresses him, ahead of the two teams going head to head in Sunday’s AFC Championship game.  

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid wants his players to do their talking at Arrowhead Sunday but Gay did not mince his words when quizzed by reporters. 

Asked what specifically impresses him about Joe Burrow and the Bengals’ offensive line, Gay said ‘nothing’, before repeating himself in case anyone had any doubts at his dismissive remark.  

Gay Jr said that ‘nothing’ about Joe Burrow and the Bengals offense impresses him

‘I’m just excited to be playing football,’ Gay said in the Chiefs locker room after practice Thursday, via FOX4’s P.J. Green. 

‘That stuff – it’s just what comes with the game. Like coach Reid said, ‘We don’t do no talking; we just go.’ Handle business when it’s time to go.’

When asked about the game-plan to stop the Bengals Sunday, Gay Jr was more focused on the ground than in the air, specifically targeting in-form running back Joe Mixon.

‘Stop the run for sure,’ added Gay. 

Gay Jr is impressing this season but his comments will likely irk the Cincinnati offense

‘You know they’re going to try to do that, to act like they can big-boy us, but the front six, seven is going to definitely do our job and try to slow that down.’ 

Gay Jr’s comments won’t have been lost in transit to Cincinnati and it will be a fascinating first snap for he Bengals offensive line to see how they target the linebacker. 

Gay Jr is thriving this season and that goes some way to understanding his total confidence. 

The linebacker is enjoying his best season to date in the NFL, ranking third on the Chiefs with 88 tackles. 

He also has 2.5 sacks and one interception returned for a touchdown on his 2022-23 resume. 

Burrow and the Bengals put on a show in the divisional round to defeat Buffalo Bills 27-10

Cincinnati head to Arrowhead confident on the back of a 10-game win streak.

They have scored at least 20 points in each of those games and produced their best display of the lot in the divisional round to beat Buffalo 27-10 on the road.

Do not forget, too, that Burrow has an undefeated 3-0 record against Mahomes and the Chiefs in the past two years.

Sunday serves as a rematch of the 2022 AFC Championship game, which the Bengals edged 27-24.