Andy Reid: Bills fans were intent on drowning out Chiefs fans during national anthem
When the Chiefs play road games against the Raiders or Chargers, you know shortly before kickoff who most of the fans are there to support.
As the national anthem is played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas or SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, fans in red make their voices heard with the “Home of the Chieeeefs” finish to the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
It’s something you can hear on television, and Bills Mafia made sure that didn’t happen Sunday in Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.
That’s according to coach Andy Reid, who spoke with NBC Sports’ Peter King after the Chiefs’ 27-24 win over the Bills. Reid raved about the atmosphere surrounding that Divisional Round playoff game.
“This environment here is like crazy from throwing snowballs and hitting our bus before the game started,” Reid told King. “Flipping us off as we came in. During the game, they were loud, so loud. You know how they sing the last part of that national anthem? They were trying to make sure you couldn’t hear our fans say, ‘Chieeeeeefs’ in there.”
Reid said despite the high volume from Bills fans, the Chiefs supporters did their best to put a Kansas City-centric finish to the national anthem.
“Our fans, there weren’t a ton of them, but they fought like crazy to get that ‘Chiefs’ in there. I was proud of that,” Reid said. “But the environment, this environment, is football. It’s NFL football. Like Arrowhead. NFL football at its best. That’s what we felt out there for three hours, for all of three hours.”
You probably have seen the videos of Mahomes dodging snowballs, but Reid wasn’t exaggerating about the team bus being hit, too, as shown in videos on social media.
This story was originally published January 23, 2024 at 8:47 AM.
