Popular Post NoHuddleKelly12 Posted December 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2023 First let me doff the cap to most of the KC fans this weekendāwelcoming, genuine and all around good sports is what my experience was. I was a little bit nervous that my sonās first regular season Bills game would be an away game, and how that would go, but I neednāt have worried whatsoever. We both had a blast. A minor exception would be a few hotheads who lost their minds in the final few minutes of the game and let loose with profanity riddled screaming diatribes (not directly at me or my 8yr old) that I was doing my best to shield my son from by way of me sending over the shoulder disapproving ādadā stares in the direction of said persons, but to zero effect. šĀ Ā Only heckling I got all day sounded like this: āNo, donāt go Billsā¦but I hope you have a great time, and safe travel back!ā š Ā Our local guide for this trip was my Chiefs fanatic nephew, who along with his wife, arranged getting the tickets and showed us around everywhere.Ā Ā We started out from my brotherās house in Independence KS, close to the Oklahoma line, meaning an almost 3 hour car ride up to KCā¦but talking football with my nephew helped that go by quick. (Side noteāKS roadways are catnip for speeders like me, as the roads are straightaways for miles, no hills or cop presence in rural communities to worry about, and well maintained). Ā First stop was QC39 BBQ in Overland Park by 11:15am local time, where we beat the worst of the lunch rush, and I counted at least 5 other tables of Bills fansā¦a good sign! I had the Brisket sandwich with a side of their 5-cheese Parmesan encrusted Mac, and letās just say this was almost worth the trip by itself.Ā Ā @Zerovoltz, there should never be any doubt about how solid that placeās BBQ game is.Ā Ā Then we headed to the stadium lots, (long car ride when that trash Tech N9ne KCMO anthem is blaring) which were about 3/4 full by 12:45, and heavy rising smoke from the tailgaters. Saw plenty of Bills fans sprinkled like seasoning throughout the tailgates, and witnessed zero fights or altercations of any kind between the 2 sides, fwiw. Ā Went into the stadium when gates opened at 1:30, and were ātreatedā to a tour of the Lombardi trophy cases and other Chefs propaganda by my gleeful nephewā¦all in good fun of course. Another side noteāamongst all the Chiefs historical dioramas, hung a Bills letterman jacket straight from the 60ās, in the case talking about the early years of the League. We got to go down to field level seats and watch warmupsāStef and Gabe came over to where we were and wavedāGabe played catch a few times with the Bills fans near us, but no autographs were signed by any players that I could see. What I thought was kind of cool was Diggs playing corner against Davis for some of their drills, and Davis always caught those contested throwsāunlike the game of course š¢.Ā Ā Also got to see Sal Capaccio hold court with some fans in the roped off VIP experience paint, signing autographs and taking selfies like he was on the team or something! š¤· (Whatevsā¦Iām just jealous he didnāt make it over to our area). BTW, Bass made all of his warmup kicks until getting to about 45+ yards outāhe for sure missed the 55 yarder he attempted, by kicking at least 5-10 yards short of the goal postsāI wonder if McD had this in mind when he decided a Hail Mary was preferable to trotting Bass out right before the half?Ā Ā Then on to our actual seats in Section 302, Row 4, on 40 yard lineāthey were greatāfar enough away to have an all-22 type vantage point, but still close enough to clearly see jersey numbers, and feel like we were right over the action. Bathrooms were āvintage,ā with Chiefs fans in line being good humored about the troughs and only 2 stalls setupāthey know these are originals in sore need of upgrades!Ā Ā Concessions are what youād expectāa pretzel and 2 waters cost 20 bucks for example, and beers were 14 on the cheap domestic end, 16-18 if you were going toāfancyā import cans. Ā Hereās what I found most shocking howeverāthe noise while the Bills were on O was loud, but I was expecting my ear drums to burst given the reputation of the place, and yet it was strangely totally not like that. Even my son who can be sensitive about loud sounds, never once mentioned the crowd noise to me as a negative thing.Ā Ā The game itself was exciting of course, and I finally broke my own streak of only seeing the Bills lose when in person! I wonāt rehash the game details as we have all sorts of threads for that, but a few quick observations: Ā I never saw other players really interact with Von on the sideline whenever I was watchingāin the 4th I noticed him sitting by himself on a drinks cooler almost dejectedlyāI did find it ironic to overhear Chiefs fans talking about how Von shouldnāt even be playing in the game, heās a woman beater who should be in jail right now etc., when we all know the long and sordid history of the DV offenders who have trotted out for the Chiefs through the years, but I digress. (I did mostly agree with the sentiments, fwiw).Ā Ā Cook looked fast and electric out thereāala Thurman in Super Bowl XXVāso why did he only get 15 total touches?? 164 yards, the man was a beast today.Ā Ā Allen was under duress a lot, but he didnāt lose his cool, and he showed a lot of poise just in how he carried himself at the lineāthe man just flat out looked comfortable despite his line doing him no favors, and his WR 1 being uncharacteristically sloppy.Ā Ā Seeing Rousseau running stride for stride down the sideline in perfect pass coverage for a breakup was another highlight for meāa ādouble mint double takeā type moment (fellow GenĀ Ā Xers will know what Iām talking about, ha ha). Ā While the Chiefs were in meltdown mode having just witnessed the Billsiest of losses in the Mahomes era happen to them, I had to constrain my celebration, out of sportsmanship empathy with my distraught nephew as well as having felt like we literally stole the W, not so much earned it on that final driveābut hey, Iāll take it!! (Still bumped a lot of Bills brethren fists walking out, sharing knowing grins and solemn āGo Billsā)Ā Ā Anyway I think Iāve LAMPED long enough for this OP, thanks for reading! Iāll edit this in the coming day to add some pics.Ā 36 1 2 35 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figster Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Awesome stuff OP, Ā It was nice to see most of the bounces and penalty calls going Buffalo's way for a change. The Mahomes meltdown was not a good look for him.Ā Joe Brady with another impressive game plan and play call vs the defending Superbowl champs. I really liked the way we looked today OP. Glad you could be there to represent. Ā Thanks for sharingĀ Ā 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBill Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Glad you and your son had a great time. That is as it should be. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBilz2500 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Sal signing autographs like he is some big deal/celebrity?! Now thatās funny lolĀ 1 2 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 That's awesome dude glad you and your son had a great time!Ā I went to Arrowhead in 2015 and really enjoyed it as well.Ā I think Arrowhead and Lambeau are tied for being my favorite NFL stadiums I've been to.Ā I had a similar experience about the crowd not being as loud as I was expecting but the game we went to the weather was pretty crappy and it was Thanksgiving weekend so the locals told us it's usually a bit better than it was.Ā 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitewalkerInPhilly Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 I too would visit just for the BBQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 A quarter of my family tree is from/buried in KC and I spent a lot of time there as a kid, especially in summers. Itās a great place with great food and great people who are borderline insufferable about their football team. Ā Not unlike WNY in that respect. Ā Glad you had a good time. Ā Glad we beat their asses.Ā 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 29 minutes ago, DBilz2500 said: Sal signing autographs like he is some big deal/celebrity?! Now thatās funny lolĀ Sal has a huge ego im not surprisedĀ 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBilz2500 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 17 minutes ago, DJB said: Sal has a huge ego im not surprisedĀ Good point. Just funny to me.Ā 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, DBilz2500 said: Sal signing autographs like he is some big deal/celebrity?! Now thatās funny lolĀ He literally was signing hats, posters (one kid had a poster board saying, āAll I Want for Christmas is more Teeth and Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs to say Helloā) and glad handing with surgical precision like he was heading to the showers after 2 a days in campāquite impressive! š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBF81 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Nicely written, fantastic account!!! Ā Thx for using paragraphs!Ā LOL.Ā Ā Ā 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 hours ago, DBilz2500 said: Sal signing autographs like he is some big deal/celebrity?! Now thatās funny lolĀ Ā Do we know for sure Sal didn't pay them $$ to ask for autographs ?Ā !!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) To much Red for me The place reminds me of Chuck e Cheese. Ā . Edited December 11, 2023 by Bogie_Klinkhammer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talley56 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Sometimes I think the treatment of away fans gets exaggerated.Ā Heck, I am even friends with a Chiefs fan who went to see the Chiefs play in Philly a couple of years ago with a Chiefs hat on and he said he got through it just fine except for a few comments.Ā And Philly is supposedly the worst of the worst.Ā I recall about 9 or 10 years ago I was at an NE At Buffalo game, and, of course, there were a number of Pats fans in the stands.Ā One Pats' fan had his son with him and a Bills fan gave him a friendly heads-up that there would be profanity yelled around his son.Ā He wasn't disrespectful, just gave a fair warning, and that Pats fan was cool with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Awesome review of environment.Ā Close as I got to KC game was on road for work and I drove by KC during a game. Ā Did you see any of the Bills famous tailgaters like Kenny (Pinto Ron) in parking lot? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Went to Q39 when we were in Fountain City also...that place rocks!Ā Best BBQ I ever have had, although some locals said it's not even in the top 3 but opinions seemed to varyĀ š Ā Did you get to check out the little area that is modeled after Seville, Spain? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NoHuddleKelly12 Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Limeaid said: Awesome review of environment.Ā Close as I got to KC game was on road for work and I drove by KC during a game. Ā Did you see any of the Bills famous tailgaters like Kenny (Pinto Ron) in parking lot? I did not; but during warmups I was standing next to a fan wearing a Buffalo felt headdress w/ hornsā¦which was a nice touch š 1 hour ago, Nuncha said: I failed to mention no Swift sightings for us lol. 2 hours ago, Big Turk said: Went to Q39 when we were in Fountain City also...that place rocks!Ā Best BBQ I ever have had, although some locals said it's not even in the top 3 but opinions seemed to varyĀ š Ā Did you get to check out the little area that is modeled after Seville, Spain? I didnāt, but sounds like a good tip for next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said: I did not; but during warmups I was standing next to a fan wearing a Buffalo felt headdress w/ hornsā¦which was a nice touch š I failed to mention no Swift sightings for us lol. I didnāt, but sounds like a good tip for next time! Ā You definitely need to go there and check it out!Ā The developer traveled there or lived in Seville for a time and loved it so much he literally build a replica of an area of the city right down to a famous church/building that was there. It was super cool...it's a little shopping district area. Edited December 11, 2023 by Big Turk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 5 hours ago, DBilz2500 said: Sal signing autographs like he is some big deal/celebrity?! Now thatās funny lolĀ Ā Saw him at Shea's once and recognized him and there was a moment of like - he knows who i am.Ā But I didn't say anything because I don't really know what he does?Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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