Buffalo Bills fans kept the hostility toward the visiting Kansas City Chiefs on high after their team was eliminated from the playoffs. The Chiefs beat the Bills 27-24 on Sunday to advance to the AFC Championship Game.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his teammates were pelted with snowballs as they made their way off the field at Highmark Stadium in Buffalo, N.Y.
Mahomes had to duck and cover while trying to give away his game-used gear to Chiefs fans in the stands.
Surely we’ll hear about Bills fans throwing snowballs at someone for 50+ years, right? Until roughly the 2070s? pic.twitter.com/17JfabY9Kn
— Eagles Fan Central (@EagleFanCentral) January 22, 2024
The snowballs kept coming even as Mahomes made his way to the tunnel.
Patrick Mahomes – the man who has led the Chiefs to 6 AFC Championship Games in 6 seasons – runs off field a winner again with unhappy snowball-yielding Bills fans greeting him. pic.twitter.com/WxCgrtLbd1
— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) January 22, 2024
Mahomes wasn’t the only snowball target, either. Travis Kelce, Chris Jones and several Chiefs players got a taste of snow as they waved goodbye to the Buffalo crowd.
Blowing kisses to the opposing team’s fans while getting pelted with snowballs is hilarious pic.twitter.com/VThr7chc3X
— B.W. Carlin (@BaileyCarlin) January 22, 2024
Them blowing kisses to the bills fans throwing snowballs 😭 pic.twitter.com/r18yMGgDz4
— Tiffani 🩵 (@LavenderKelce) January 22, 2024
Snowballs were even being thrown during live game action. Bills cornerback Cam Lewis and Chiefs wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling were both on the receiving end of a snowball during a 3rd-and-goal play midway through the second quarter.
… was that a snowball?? pic.twitter.com/AAHkqck7yU
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) January 22, 2024
The loss was an emotional one for Bills fans, who looked completely heartbroken after yet another playoff defeat against the Chiefs. Kansas City has eliminated the Bills thrice over the past four postseasons.
Some Bills fans chose to shed tears. Others coped by throwing snow at their longtime tormentors.