A whole lot of snow got dumped on Buffalo ahead of Saturday night’s NFL clash between the Bills and Miami Dolphins. Temperatures were around 29 degrees just before kickoff, and one to two feet of snow are expected to accumulate in Buffalo by the end of the weekend.
The environment is less than ideal for the visiting Dolphins, who have lost two straight and desperately need a win to keep contending for a playoff spot. Miami coach Mike McDaniel has tried to his best to ignore the weather, but a blanket of snow could absolutely impact an outcome of a game.
But for the Bills Mafia? The conditions were just right.
The NFL’s rowdiest fans didn’t let a little snow or frigid temperatures put a damper on their pregame festivities.
Orchard Park Yule Log #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/6AXZ8t9jVP
— Michael Schwartz (@MSchwartzTV) December 17, 2022
Snow slide!
#BillsMafia thrives in the snow pic.twitter.com/UVuOWT52uD
— Michael Schwartz (@MSchwartzTV) December 17, 2022
And of course, we had a Bills fan breaking a table with the help of a mountain of snow.
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) December 18, 2022
This fan stayed at home, but had his backyard setup ready to roll for kickoff.
Today's gameday.#BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/NZKmA77M4Z
— Bills Helmet Bar (@BillsHelmetBar) December 17, 2022
But Santa showed up to the game. Shoutout to him.
Santa! We know him!#MIAvsBUF | #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/sJ2lxUDg8k
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) December 17, 2022
And some Bills fans took it upon themselves to dig out their own seats in the stadium too.
Is this real life?? The #BillsMafia are digging out their own seats for the game🤣 These fans are the best!! My dad just sent me this from the field pic.twitter.com/uGs24d7cOr
— Brooke Kromer (@BrookeKromer) December 17, 2022
You gotta shovel some snow if you want to sit down. pic.twitter.com/9aMGIXWthN
— Armando Salguero (@ArmandoSalguero) December 18, 2022
Update: With all that snow, some of it ended up back on the field during the game...
Let's go, @QuintinMorris_! ❄️
📺: @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/tUjDhE11R0
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) December 18, 2022
Buffalo fans raining snowballs during play, someone even hit the camera guy pic.twitter.com/MQxj95rrPx
— CJ Fogler AKA Perc70 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) December 18, 2022
Unsurprisingly, Highmark Stadium had some thoughts about that.
massive update from Highmark Stadium, we’ll see how this pans out pic.twitter.com/kiNq2RTjLg
— Marcel Louis-Jacques (@Marcel_LJ) December 18, 2022
the scene after the #bills touchdown ❄️ #billsmafia pic.twitter.com/PGYyOBRgfV
— alex brasky (@alexbrasky) December 18, 2022