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Bengals-Chiefs Week 17 game announced by viral Cincinnati mayor in new video

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Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval pokes fun at himself announcing the Bengals-Chiefs Week 17 game

Aftab Pureval, the mayor of Cincinnati, got himself into a little hot water in the buildup to last year’s AFC Championship Game.

He took a much more muted approach when announcing the rematch, set for Week 17 between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Kansas City Chiefs. The game will take place at 4:25 p.m. ET, on New Year’s Eve. The Chiefs opened as 3.5-point favorites at DraftKings Sportsbook.

Prior to the AFC Championship Game, Pureval turned the trash-talking dial up to 11 when he released this video, which featured a proclamation calling Arrowhead Stadium “Burrowhead Stadium,” and asking Joe Burrow to take a paternity test to determine if he is indeed Patrick Mahomes’s father:

A WHO DEY proclamation from the Mayor: @Bengals pic.twitter.com/W1tCqupdTw

— Aftab Pureval (@AftabPureval) January 27, 2023

Of course, that did not end well for the Bengals, and Pureval. When the Chiefs won the AFC Championship Game, Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce had some “wise words” for the Cincinnati mayor:

GIVE @TKELCE THE MIC.

(via @NFLonCBS) pic.twitter.com/K1fSPyaEkW

— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2023

So when it came time for Pureval to announce the rematch, he was rather … subdued:

.@ZEUS__57 and @AftabPureval with an important message…

: May 11, 8 PM | NFLNetwork | NFL+ pic.twitter.com/O3cretqpzZ

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) May 10, 2023

Perhaps the best part of this video? The person recording the statement. That is none other than new Bengals offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr., who was part of this game a season ago.

On the Kansas City sideline.

We’ll see if things remain subdued in the days leading up to this rematch.

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