Andrew Wylie knows a thing or two about the importance of the NFL preseason.
It’s easy as impatient fans to roll our eyes at teams charging full price for preseason games (they shouldn’t) and to wish the league’s regular season would just hurry up and get here. The game’s biggest stars will hardly get a chance to play, and there’s nothing official at stake—at least in the standings. Yet it’s also easy to forget that some of our favorite players are found in these very games, given the chance to shine under the lights.
In the hours before the Kansas City Chiefs kick off their preseason slate against the visiting Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead Stadium, starting guard Andrew Wylie took some time to offer perspective of where he was last year at this time.