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Bills Mafia showed support for kicker Tyler Bass by mass donating to cat adoption group

Bills Mafia is once again proving why it’s unrivaled.

We already knew the Buffalo Bills have one of the best fanbases in professional sports, and it’s proving why once again this week.

The Bills’ season came to an end on Sunday night with a 27-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. A field goal attempt from kicker Tyler Bass with less than two minutes to play would have tied the game, but Bass’ kick sailed wide right.

Rather than turn on Bass, who has played for the team since it drafted him in the sixth round in 2020, the Bills Mafia rushed to his support. According to a report from The Buffalo News, fans have donated thousands of dollars and counting to the Ten Lives Club, a cat adoption group Bass has worked with in the past.

Kimberly LaRussa, who works with the Ten Lives Club, told The Buffalo News that fans wanted to donate $22 as an homage to Bass.

“That’s when we kind of learned that he was receiving a little hate today from yesterday’s football game,” LaRussa said. “And we were just so saddened to hear that, because everyone at Ten Lives Club, all our supporters, when they watch the Bills game, they’re all rooting for Tyler. That’s because he loves cats, and he helped Ten Lives Club last year.”

Bass began working with the group as a result of his partnership with Show Your Soft Side, which works in tandem with professional athletes to stop animal abuse.

The Ten Lives Club also made a post on Facebook defending Bass, which spurred a flood of donations. LaRussa said the organization had raised $7,000 through Facebook alone with even more online donations not yet calculated.

“WE STAND WITH TYLER BASS. DON’T BULLY OUR FRIEND,” the group posted on Facebook on Monday. “We just heard the terrible news that Tyler Bass is receiving threats after yesterday’s game and our phones are ringing off the hook from people who want to donate $22 to Ten Lives Club in Tyler’s name.

“Tyler doesn’t deserve any of the hate he’s receiving. He’s an excellent football player and an even better person who took the time to help our organization and rescue cats last year. Leave our friend alone.”

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a gesture like this from the Bills Mafia. After a playoff win over the Ravens in 2021, Buffalo fans donated to the Blessings in a Backpack charity that Lamar Jackson supports.

The following year, fans donated more than $400,000 to support a Buffalo-based charity offering support to families dealing with pediatric cancer in honor of Bills tight end Dawson Knox’s late brother, Luke.

It’s never easy to make a mistake at such a critical moment in the game, but once again, Bills fans have shown compassion to one of their own.

Shirtless Jason Kelce picked up a young Bills fan to help her show Taylor Swift her sign

Actually seems like a pretty cool guy, especially for this:

Jason Kelce had himself a time at Highmark Stadium.

Kelce, the NFL veteran who is on the Eagles, has only played in one career game against the Bills in Orchard Park.

His brother, Travis Kelce, faced and beat the Bills with the Chiefs, 27-24, in the NFL’s divisional playoff round.

Prior to kickoff on Sunday, the Kelce brother who was in attendance as a fan went and hung out with Bills Mafia and tailgated in the parking lot around Highmark Stadium. Kelce then watched the game in a suite with his brother’s well-known girlfriend, Taylor Swift.

While there, Kelce still kept a soft spot for Bills fans even though their team ended up losing. In particular, one young Bills fan was given an awesome experience by him.

Kelce jumped out of the suite he was watching the game in. He went and lifted up one young Bills fan so she could see Swift and so she could show the music star her sign.

That will be a moment not soon forgotten.

Check out the experience below:

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National reaction to Jason Kelce going shirtless in Buffalo to celebrate a Chiefs TD

We’re looking at the national reaction to Jason Kelce going shirtless in Buffalo to celebrate a Travis Kelce touchdown against the Bills

Jason Kelce is contemplating retirement, but that hasn’t stopped the Eagles All-Pro center from enjoying life, and brother Travis’ AFC divisional matchup against the Bills.

Kelce spent Saturday evening tailgating with Bills Mafia, hanging out with Taylor Swift and breaking the internet after going shirtless to celebrate a touchdown by his litte brother.

The older Kelce even came out of his suite shirtless to chug beers with Buffalo fans, and social media reacted accordingly.

Jason Kelce tailgated with Bills Mafia before reacting to Travis’ TD with an electric shirtless celebration

He is THRIVING.

Last week, Jason Kelce’s season came to an end when the Philadelphia Eagles dropped their NFC wild-card matchup against the Buccaneers. That doesn’t mean his time enjoying playoff football is over, though.

Kelce was in attendance at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on Sunday to watch his brother, Travis, and the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Bills. But you just know that Jason wasn’t going to pass up the chance to experience the Bills Mafia atmosphere in person.

Ahead of the game, the New Heights podcast shared a clip of Jason doing a bowling ball shot with the Bills fans in the parking lot.

And then just minutes later, Jason was hanging out in the Kelce suite with Taylor Swift. Trust me: Jason was just getting started.

Once Travis scored a second-quarter touchdown to put Kansas City ahead, nobody in the stadium was more pumped than Jason. He took to the edge of the suite without a shirt and screamed — beer in hand. What a scene.

He even took the celebration into the stands. Simply amazing.

That’s quite a way to start your offseason (and possibly retirement). NFL fans loved all of it.

WATCH: Jason Kelce ingratiates himself with Bills Mafia by tailgating with fans

Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro center Jason Kelce was tailgating with Buffalo fans and hanging with Taylor Swift prior to the Chiefs vs. Bills AFC playoff game

Jason Kelce is a man of the people and a rising media sensation, so it’s no shock that the Eagles All-Pro center is in Buffalo for the Bills-Chiefs AFC divisional matchup on CBS.

Kelce was spotted with his mother Donna and Pop Star Taylor Swift prior to kickoff, but earlier in the afternoon, the people’s champion was spotted tailgating and having cocktails with Bills Mafia.

Kelce is enjoying the festivities and likely went viral against after his shirtless celebration of a touchdown reception by his brother Travis.

Video shows Bills fans incredibly cleared all the snow from Highmark Stadium ahead of Chiefs game

Bills Mafia crushed it.

Bills Mafia showed up for their team before the last week’s wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and they did it again before this week’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

We’re not talking about game day, though. While Buffalo Bills fans will undoubtedly show up in full force for their divisional round game Sunday, they also showed up in the days prior to help shovel snow inside of Highmark Stadium for a second week in a row.

The Bills offered $20 an hour to anyone who would help, and that was apparently more than enough for Bills fans because they crushed it, as this video shared by NFL Network’s James Palmer shows.

Compare how clear the stadium is now to what it looked like just a few days ago, and you’ll understand just how impressive this is.

Chiefs TE Travis Kelce welcomes hostile environment from Bills Mafia

Kansas City #Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce welcomes the hostile environment from #Bills Mafia.

The Sunday night showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills will be the divisional round weekend marquee matchup. Kansas City will be playing its first post-season road game since 2015, well before the arrival of Patrick Mahomes.

Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has always embraced hostile environments on the road and expects a raucous crowd in Buffalo. The Pro Bowler spoke with the media on Friday about the team’s mindset heading into Sunday.

“I think the biggest thing is just the instead of being on the road game because everybody’s played on the road,” Kelce explained. “I think it’s more so in the playoffs; we take it up a notch from the wildcard last weekend, the playoffs just kind of speed up as you go along in the playoffs. And that’s (why) I think it’s more important to stay focused and understand your assignments a little bit more so you can go out there and play as fast as you possibly can.”

The fans, better known as the “Bills Mafia,” have a well-known reputation for supporting their team. A moment during last week’s Wild Card victory over the Pittsburgh Stealers included snowballs thrown from the crowd, and it didn’t go unnoticed by Kelce.

“It’s a hostile environment, ain’t it? Bills Mafia man,” Kelce said. “That’s why it’s their home-field advantage. That’s why I’m sure the guys love playing for that fan base. I grew up in Cleveland, man. We’re throwing beer bottles at people.”

The always fired-up Kelce will be an energetic presence if the weather elements or if fans play a factor in the game.

Massive line of Bills fans is ready to shovel out Highmark Stadium (video)

#BillsMafia has lined up to help:

Bills Mafia is ready to do their part to beat the Chiefs.

Fans have lined up outside of Highmark Stadium. A lot of snow has fallen this week and the team has, once again, requested assistance in cleaning out the seating at the stadium.

Many, many, fans have answered the call. A huge group of people, many yelling “Let’s go Buffalo,” queued up, brought their shovels and got to work.

Check out some of the images and videos of folks outside Highmark Stadium on Friday below:

Bills fans slide down the aisle at Highmark Stadium (video)

Don’t try this ever really:

Don’t try this at home.

Actually, these fans probably shouldn’t have tried this at all either… but it doesn’t appear that anyone was hurt.

Fans at the Bills’ 31-17 win over the Steelers at Highmark Stadium had a lot of snow to deal with. So much so, they were sliding in the stands.

No, seriously. Check it out in the clips below:

WATCH: Snow celebrations for Bills Mafia after playoff win vs. Steelers

Snow celebrations for #BillsMafia:

It was a Bills Mafia type of celebratory mood in Orchard Park on Monday afternoon.

After the Bills defeated the Steelers 31-17, the home crowd decided to take matter into their own hands.

That matter being better known as snow.

After the final whistle, the snow which remained did not for long. Fans were throwing it in the air to celebrate moving onto the next round.

Check out videos and images of the scenes below: