Cheektowaga, N.Y. (WBEN/WGR 550) - "It's our year!," exclaims one fan.
"We're going all the way!," yells another fan.
It's true what they say, nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills and "Bills Mafia".
Chants of "Let's Go Buffalo" and "MVP" echoed near the Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Cheektowaga early Monday morning, as hundreds of members of "Bills Mafia" stayed up all night and into the early hours of the morning to watch the Bills "touchdown" in Western New York just before 5 a.m. EST.
"Why am I here? Why are we all here? We started off 6-6, everyone hating on us all-year long, they can't handle us. We come back from 6-6 and where are we now? We're 11-6, AFC East champions," said Connor Ketteman from Lancaster.
"This is no joke. The Bills are here. We're here now and we're ready. We're about to see them all live in person. That's why all these people are here at 4 a.m. We are about to do this for the whole City of Buffalo. This is going to be the biggest thing we've ever seen in our entire lives and I'm so ready for it."
The Bills beat the Miami Dolphins on Sunday night, 21-14, to secure a fourth-straight AFC East division title, as well as the No. 2 seed in the AFC Playoffs.
"It was great to see Dalton Kincaid get the single-season receiving reception record for a Bills tight end. It was great to see the defense play well, and it was great to see Taylor Rapp get the game-winning interception. I thought that was really good," noted Louie Genovese from Grand Island.
Now that the playoff picture is all set, the Bills will get set to host the Pittsburgh Steelers next Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park for a 1 p.m. EST kickoff.
How is "Bills Mafia" feeling about it?
"I think we're gonna kill them. I don't think they have any chance against us," predicts Nate Long from Alden. "I don't know who is gonna play quarterback, Kenny Pickett or Mason Rudolph. I know there was some talks about that. T.J. Watt might not play. I think we're gonna destroy them, 42-10."
"We're about to beat the Steelers. [Then] it's gonna be the Chiefs at home," added Ketteman. "I know 'Bills Mafia' is gonna show up, ready to go scream and yell and holler, and we're gonna handle business. We're gonna go into Baltimore and handle business there, and then we go straight to the Super Bowl."
Many fans concur with "all the way" for Buffalo.
"I'm feeling confident in my football team here in Buffalo," said Jake Madison from Cheektowaga. "If we play the way we did today, I don't see a single football team beating us in the world. There's not a single football team out there that can beat the Buffalo Bills."
"We're winnin' it. We're not going to lose another game in 2024," said Timothy Boucher from Alden.
"We're going to the Super Bowl," Long added.