The Kansas City Chiefs were able to come away with a hard-fought road victory over the Buffalo Bills to advance to the AFC Championship. And according to Chiefs offensive tackle Donovan Smith, staff members at Highmark Stadium were seemingly none too happy about it, showing off some poor sportsmanship by messing with the Chiefs locker room after the game.
The loss for the Bills continues a trend in recent years, simply being unable to get over the hump against the Chiefs in the postseason. In three out of the four last seasons, the Bills have had their Super Bowl aspirations dashed at the hands of the Chiefs.
This obviously can lead to some frustration within the Bills organization. Donovan Smith seemingly thinks that this frustration was enough for someone to shut off the hot water in the Chiefs locker room after the game.
“Damn caught a L and they shut out hot water off,” tweeted Smith after the game. “Smh its all good we got that Dub today.”
Damn caught a L and they shut our hot water off… smh its all good we got that Dub today #ChiefsKingdom
— Donovan Smith (@DSmith_76) January 22, 2024
This actually wasn’t the only act of poor sportsmanship after the game toward Chiefs players. Patrick Mahomes was caught on camera dodging snowballs thrown at him by Bills fans while he was attempting to leave the field.
Patrick Mahomes ducking snow balls after the game ends. pic.twitter.com/Tn2L82MGIG
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) January 22, 2024
Other Chiefs players also took to social media to complain about the snowballs thrown by Bills fans.
Never got hit wit so many snowballs in my life very classy GG tho🖤🎢
— Wat’s Island🏝 (@JaylenWatson12) January 22, 2024
Many around the NFL world took notice of these complaints from the Chiefs players and blasted the Bills organization and fanbase for their lack of class about the end result of the game.
BREAKING: The Buffalo #Bills TURNED OFF the hot water in the #Chiefs locker room, per Donovan Smith.
That’s awful, if they did that on purpose their should be repercussions 😳😳 pic.twitter.com/comNijnUsA
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) January 22, 2024
This on top of chucking snowballs at players. How immature. https://t.co/azqnKgkYII
— Mackenzie Webb (@kenziewebbsport) January 22, 2024
Well this seems like something the NFL should care about. You can’t even blame fans for this one. Someone employed by the Bills made this choice. https://t.co/mwhabZby7j
— belle 🫶🏻 (@areyouYETIforit) January 22, 2024
It appears the Chiefs hot water was shut off in the locker room after the game. Down right dirty move. https://t.co/bbkS7hTT9w
— Nick Wize (@iAmNickWize) January 22, 2024
Absolute bums those Buffalo Bills. From top to bottom. https://t.co/3sPDFTw0pN
— Mike Honcho (@MoShady) January 22, 2024
It’s safe to say that the Chiefs didn’t have the most comfortable trip to Buffalo for this game. But at least they were able to come away with another key victory to advance their postseason run.
About Reice Shipley
Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.