Saints’ Derek Carr has plan for blocking out the noise at Arrowhead Stadium
The first question asked of Saints quarterback Derek Carr ahead of Monday night’s game against the Chiefs was about the site of the game: GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
Carr is in his second season with the Saints after having playing nine years with the Raiders, so he knows it’s going to be loud for the “Monday Night Football” game.
“I’ve always said it, it’s one of my favorite environments,” Carr told reporters Thursday. “The crowd is unbelievable. It feels like that college atmosphere, just die-hard fans, super loud. One of if not the loudest stadium I’ve ever played in, and they have a really good football team. So it’s a fun environment to play in, very tough to execute and win in, but again, one of my favorite places to play.
“They’ll say all kinds of crazy stuff about your family and you and all that. And it’s all a part of it, especially to me, since I played there so many times. There’s one guy that always says a lot of stuff to me, but we’ve had fun over the years. But for sure, one of the toughest places to play.”
Chiefs fans like to make it difficult for a visiting quarterback to hear, but a mic’d-up video from last year showed Carr talking to teammate Taysom Hill about how to block out the noise.
Carr puts tape over the ear holes of his helmet.
In the video, Carr said: “You need to do that. In Kansas City, you hear everything. You can hear the whole play.”
If you’re telling someone about how you effectively block out fan noise, you’d use the loudest stadium to make your point. And Carr mentioned how well it worked at Arrowhead. Here is that clip.
This story was originally published October 7, 2024 at 9:26 AM.
