Derrick Johnson still hasn’t asked. He said he doesn’t care to know why he was demoted from the Chiefs’ starting linebacking corps six weeks ago and has been a high-dollar, high-expectations bench player in the time since.

He said he’ll keep waiting and practicing the way he knows how. And instead of asking coach Todd Haley about being benched and what Johnson might do to work his way back into the starting lineup, he said he prefers to explain himself with his play, limited as it has been.

“I really believe that the field speaks for itself,” Johnson, a former first-round pick, said in his calm, mild-mannered way. “I don’t get a lot of chances, don’t get me wrong, but the field speaks for itself. I can’t worry about that. The season is too long, and this game is too hard to be complaining and trying to talk about — I don’t think talking is going to do anything.

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Perhaps Larry Johnson believes that his teammates have an inflated opinion of themselves. Or maybe he thinks the Giants dominated the Chiefs 27-16 Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium because New York believes in itself and the Chiefs don’t.

Whatever the case, Johnson didn’t make himself clear afterward. Asked what the difference was in Sunday’s game, Johnson merely said, “Ego.” He repeated the word each of the five times he was asked to explain his answer.

Johnson also may have been irritated at the play-calling around the goal line. The Chiefs took six snaps inside the New York 5 in the fourth quarter, and five were passes. Only once did the Chiefs hand the ball to Johnson and try to make their way on the ground.

Johnson issued the standard player answer when asked about the play-calling.

“I’m not the coach,” he said evenly. “I can only speak for myself. I try to get out there and do the best I can.”more

This may come as good news to fans around town: The Chiefs will have a completely different-looking team for Sunday’s game against the Cowboys at Arrowhead Stadium.

This will be an AFL Legacy Game, meaning the Chiefs will wear uniforms like the ones donned by the 1962 Dallas Texans. The uniforms will feature helmets with gray facemasks and a Texas-shaped decal with a gold star showing the location of the city of Dallas.

Looking for a good omen for the Chiefs? They’ve never lost to Dallas at Arrowhead Stadium (OK, they are only 2-0 all time against Dallas at Arrowhead).

While studying film of the Chiefs this week, Mathias Kiwanuka started to wonder if the cut-ups from Kansas City’s loss to Philadelphia were even worthwhile to watch. The Eagles brought blitz after blitz after blitz last Sunday, at an almost preposterous rate.

“It looked ridiculous,” the Giants defensive end said with a chuckle. “It was almost tough to get a good read on how the Chiefs would react to normal situations, because they blitzed them so much.”

Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce estimated the Eagles sent at least one extra rusher on about 60 percent of the plays and showed all-out blitz one-quarter of the time. That’s a clip the Giants, despite running a similar defense to Philadelphia, don’t expect to match in Kansas City Sunday.

But after the success the Eagles had with their high-pressure approach last week — quarterback Matt Cassel threw for just 90 yards, and the winless Chiefs were 0-for-11 on third down — it’s a logical time for the Giants to dial up their blitz beyond what they have shown in the first three weeks.

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