Incredible Viral Photo Of Bills Mafia Surrounded By Snow Puts Insanity Of Buffalo Fandom In Perspective

It is very well known by know that there is a lot of snow on the ground in Buffalo as the Bills hosted the Steelers for the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs. Upstate New York was hammered by a massive three-day winter storm that warranted a state of emergency and dumped more than two feet across the region.

Highmark Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills, was not the outlier.

Local residents were offered $20 an hour to try and clear the stands prior to kickoff. Their efforts helped some, but it was largely inefficient. There was just too much snow in too short of time.

As a result, fans were forced to plow their way through waist-deep powder to get to their seats like a husky in the Iditarod. One particular image from remarkably talented freelance Kathryn Riley really puts the conditions in perspective.

Believe it or not, these two women are actually sitting in their assigned seats at Highmark Stadium:

That’s next-level fandom. Dedicated is not a strong enough word to describe the folks who trekked through the snow to watch their team play in sub-freezing temperatures…

Especially if you’re going to show up in a full Bills uniform!

Although the field itself was cleared by kickoff, it still qualifies as a snow game and the scenes were epic. The stadium looked like a blizzard as soon as Dawson Knox scored the first touchdown even though there wasn’t any actual precipitation falling from the sky.

Here is how it looked on the CBS broadcast: