Offensive linemen — like the Kansas City Chiefs’ Creed Humphrey — are not the world’s most glamorous individuals. They make their money doing dirty work: physically moving other human behemoths against their will.
While most people might see that as an impossible task, it’s just another day at the office for men like Humphrey, who say that pro football games are won or lost because of what happens in “the trenches.”
“Whoever’s going to be playing the best as far as the line of scrimmage,” said Humphrey of Sunday’s AFC Championship matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals, “that’s who’s going to win the game.