Chiefs fans, in nod to Bills Mafia, give to hospital

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Simply days in the past, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs handed the Buffalo Payments one of the crucial heartbreaking losses in franchise historical past.

Chiefs followers, impressed by the custom of Payments Mafia, have determined to show their group’s massive extra time win right into a constructive for the Buffalo neighborhood, elevating $178,000 for Oisehi Youngsters’s Hospital in Buffalo as of Wednesday morning, per the hospital.

Starting Tuesday, donations in increments of $13 started being despatched to the hospital from Chiefs followers in honor of the 13 seconds it took for the Kansas Metropolis offense to drive down the sector to tie the divisional spherical playoff recreation on the finish of regulation. The Chiefs went on to win on the primary drive of extra time 42-36.

The unique thought from a Chiefs Kingdom Fb group was to donate in $13 increments to quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ basis, 15 and the Mahomies Basis. That modified when Chiefs followers heard extra about Payments fan’s custom of giving again to different groups. They as a substitute directed their efforts to their opponent’s charity of selection.

The Oisehi Youngsters’s Hospital has turn into carefully related with Payments quarterback Josh Allen after followers donated in $17 increments, totaling $1.1 million, in honor of Allen’s grandmother, Patricia Allen, who died final yr. There may be now a Patricia Allen Pediatric Restoration Wing within the hospital and The Patricia Allen Fund to profit the vital care group and supply help for gear, coaching, schooling and applications.

Probably the most noteworthy instance of Payments followers’ custom got here in 2017 when Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and broad receiver Tyler Boyd related for a game-winning landing over the Baltimore Ravens that led to the Payments clinching a playoff berth for the primary time in 17 years.

In $17 increments, followers raised $442,000 for the Andy and Jordan Dalton Basis. This yr, Payments followers have led donation efforts in honor of cornerback Tre’Davious White tearing his ACL, giving again to the Meals Financial institution of Northwest Louisiana in his hometown, amongst others.

Final yr, they donated to Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s basis after a playoff win over the Ravens.

Whereas 13 seconds probably won’t ever once more have a constructive affiliation in Buffalo, fanbases turning a troublesome ending right into a constructive for a unique neighborhood is an uplifting custom.