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  • You've seen and heard the stories about the Bills Mafia. But what are they really like?
    How did they endure 4 Super Bowl losses, 17 years without a postseason, and yet still create one of the most passionate fanbases in NFL History? Go Bills
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    00:00 Who are the Bills Mafia?
    00:28 Heartbreaks
    01:31 The History of Buffalo
    02:10 Buffalo Bills are Born
    02:55 The Turning Point
    04:00 The K Gun Offense
    05:30 A Fall from Grace
    06:04 International Fanbase
    07:20 Enter Sean McDermott
    08:28 Playoffs?!
    10:15 Bills Mafia gives back
    14:34 People taking care of People
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    #sports #documentary #buffalobills #billsmafia
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  • @billmagnusson9916
    @billmagnusson9916 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    What a great show to watch for all of us here in Firebaugh, Ca. Josh said that Buffalo reminds him of his hometown. The spirit, the mentality, the physicality, the discipline, the sacrifice, the LOVE, The brotherhood, and the BBQ baby! Thank you Buffalo for the camaraderie, commitment, and courage it takes to be CHAMPIONS...cuz its coming and now its HERE! Lets Go!! Love coach Mag

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thanks coach! Wouldn’t be here without you!

    • @ericweinberg8687
      @ericweinberg8687 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Woah! Great to see you on here, Coach! Thank you for helping Josh to develop into not only a great QB, but a wonderful human being! We appreciate you! Go Bills.

    • @jasonhaynes2952
      @jasonhaynes2952 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Firebaugh, CA is pretty much a suburb of Buffalo at this point, isn't it?!?

    • @heyitsme1534
      @heyitsme1534 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jasonhaynes2952 and Wyoming. Wyoming is basically west Buffalo now.

    • @mentalrent3021
      @mentalrent3021 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      love you too GO BILLS

  • @clemendt5256
    @clemendt5256 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    As a Bengals fan I'll never forget how the Bills fans came together and donated money to Andy Dalton's foundation. They are truly such a great fanbase and it's hard not to like the Bills even though they will more than likely get in the Bengals way for years to come now that both teams are good. Worldclass fans up there in NY.

    • @alanl1577
      @alanl1577 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Classy Bengals fan.

    • @swearnetgaming7166
      @swearnetgaming7166 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      why wouldnt mafia donate after that td pass to Tyler Boyd ending the bills long 17 year playoff draught the last time they made it was 2000 the year before i was born ive been a bills fan for about 6 years since i got into football

    • @mentalrent3021
      @mentalrent3021 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      THANK U

    • @Mafia-Zilla99
      @Mafia-Zilla99 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It’s a beautiful brotherhood we have been since y’all helped us since 2017. 🤝🏽

    • @JDW1110
      @JDW1110 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I’ll never forget either. Thanks again for your team!

  • @beane10
    @beane10 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    As a lifelong member of Chiefs Kingdom I can speak for our entire fanbase when I say it’s an honor to have the Bills & Bills Mafia as our rival in the AFC. If the Chiefs don’t make it to the Super Bowl, I intensely root for the Bills to bring home the Lombardi trophy. The Bills Mafia is best summed up with this quote: “Winning and losing is temporary, class is permanent.”

    • @kidwave1
      @kidwave1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well, we love football madly, AND KNOW IT very well, so none of us could ever deny the incredible talent that Patrick Mahommes is an awesome player. IMO, Josh and he, are tied for the best 2 players in the league. We definitely "leveled up" this year with Von Miller, who looks like he's more than in good enough shape/condition to play out his 5 yr contract. He may just be the missing piece of the equation to getting past the chiefs. Either way, if you love football, you just want to see GOOD FOOTBALL, every year I always say, ...to whatever team eliminates us, I hope they win it all, that way ...at least you can say "we could only have been beaten by the team that ended up being the best". Cheers to a hopefully long and (not so)bitter rival with the Chiefs! It certainly has been shaping up that way. I believe that the comparisons of Allen/Mahommes being this generations Brady/Manning rivalry are well founded.

    • @grobariza
      @grobariza ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kidwave1 von just has 2 many injuries to last 5 years

    • @danevertt3210
      @danevertt3210 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It’s nice seeing other people from different fan basis speaking like this about a team not there own

    • @HOLY_SPIRIT_GOD
      @HOLY_SPIRIT_GOD ปีที่แล้ว

      You were still running down your dad's leg and before even then I was a KC fan. The bills never could hang.

    • @danevertt3210
      @danevertt3210 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HOLY_SPIRIT_GOD hahahahah didn’t Buffalo destroy KC numerous times in the late 80’s through mid 90’s?
      Haha I recall some devastating playoff games where KC was just dominated

  • @JaredC63
    @JaredC63 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    My son spent 3 weeks in Oishei Childrens Hospital's NICU unit in 2019 and they are the reason he is here today, 3 years later. Oishei, the City of Buffalo, and the BUFFALO BILLS are a part of my soul. Go Bills, Go Mafia, I love each and every one of you

  • @michaelsoto3245
    @michaelsoto3245 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Born and raised in Buffalo .. this was my dads team. He passed away before having seen them or our Sabres win one. Let this be the year!
    This video got me choked up. If ever a fan base deserved a championship, its Buffalo. Do you know what that parade is gonna be like?!

    • @kidwave1
      @kidwave1 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the off season just after the NHL 100% PROVABLY, FACTUALLY SCREWED the Buffalo Sabres out of the playoffs with the Brett Hull NO GOAL, they CHANGED THE "SKATE IN THE CREASE" RULE! In this past off season, just after the Bills got eliminated by the ridiculous overtime rule, THE NFL CHANGED IT! Thats TWICE that professional sports leagues CHANGED THEIR RULES, IMMEDIATELY after Buffalo teams got screwed! THESE are the kinds of LEGITIMATE complaints Buffalo is, for whatever reason, constantly being subjected to!

    • @mycuriousmindbyodeddevotio1558
      @mycuriousmindbyodeddevotio1558 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This is our year!!!!!!!!❤️💙🤍🏉🏆

    • @Bwkjam
      @Bwkjam ปีที่แล้ว +18

      No table will be safe

    • @TeddyB8
      @TeddyB8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We WILL get there!

    • @therapist6328
      @therapist6328 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lots of us Canadian's will be crossing the border for that parade. Ive bled Bills Blue since 1981.
      Our Raptors showed the world what a championship parade is all about and i think of western New York as Onatrio South.

  • @Phoenix2215
    @Phoenix2215 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I still get chills whenever I see the video of the locker room celebration following Dalton's throw to Boyd. Kyle Williams holding his kids and tearing up is particularly impactful.

    • @RKOuttathebox
      @RKOuttathebox ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wish Kyle was still on the team for this, he was great through the tough years!

    • @Jake-yo2ey
      @Jake-yo2ey ปีที่แล้ว

      Shit had me tearin up a lil ngl

  • @BeartheSamoyed
    @BeartheSamoyed ปีที่แล้ว +39

    That moment bengals scored that touchdown and the scene of Kyle Williams in the locker room still gets my eyes flowing when I watch it.

  • @spokanemafia4480
    @spokanemafia4480 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I'm 45 next month, I've been a Bills fan since '87. I've never been to New York, one never been to a game, I live in Washington state.
    I made it through 4 lost Superbowls and 17 years of no playoffs. I've seen my heroes all retire and I've found new heroes.
    Being in the stadium for a real Bills game, is on my bucket list.
    I'm a Bills fan till I die... Go Mafia!!

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Get a chance to go before they build the new one!

    • @kidwave1
      @kidwave1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sports_docs I HATE the idea of a new stadium. Ive had season tickets in row 2, directly next to the tunnel since 1987! I'll never be able to get seats like that in a new stadium, and most likely wont be able to afford ANY season tickets ANYWHERE in a new one. For as "respected" of a fanbase as we are, I feel pretty disrespected about this! You go to a stadium to watch a football game, NOT eat 4 star dining, or get catered to in a million useless ways. Besides 99% of fans eat their fill of their own delicacies before they go in anyway. I buy 1, or(rarely)2 beers, each game, ive probably bought nachos a handful of times in 35 years! I go in, go to my seat, watch the damn game, and leave. There is NOTHING wrong with that stadium, it functions perfectly! The idea of spending $2billion for something that gets used for 5 hours 8-11 times a year, just for luxury's sake, is disgraceful! Especially the plans for it to have LESS SEATING! So yea, try to get to a game before they build a new, sterile, unnecessary, characterless monstrosity, because its shameful to waste THAT MUCH MONEY, when we have a perfectly fine, functioning, stadium, THATS LONG SINCE BEEN PAID FOR!

    • @sinneryetsaintly
      @sinneryetsaintly ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope you get a chance to go to a home game! There's nothing like that feeling!!! GO BILLS!

    • @jhandle4196
      @jhandle4196 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe "mafia", a name for a murderous group of criminals, is a good term for Bills fan after all considering one of their best players ever committed a double murder of his ex-wife and her friend.
      Just for that, Bills fans deserve more heartbreak just like their season ended last year.

    • @ghettospankify
      @ghettospankify ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Spokane Mafia please come !!!
      I was in the same boat as you seeing them play in miami and Charlotte at times... never in Buffalo.
      I'm literally here right now fulfilling that dream!
      Bills 41 Titans 7 Monday night football.
      Dream come true ...
      Go Bills!!

  • @jcjanko3802
    @jcjanko3802 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Only missed one thing: The reaction to Norwood at the rally after he missed. That was special.

    • @Loukious
      @Loukious ปีที่แล้ว +16

      God yeah, Norwood stated he was suicidal after that kick. He said the way the fans never turned their backs on him brought him back

    • @kidwave1
      @kidwave1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ...And the donations Bills Mafia made when Lamar Jackson got hurt while playing against us.

    • @blcksmth
      @blcksmth ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kidwave1 That was in the video. 11:52 - 12:14

    • @kidwave1
      @kidwave1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blcksmth ahh yes, ...skated over it a bit tho. thanks

    • @bernadettethomas8487
      @bernadettethomas8487 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed. That was a truly incredible moment to see. True sportsmanship and Mafia love.

  • @bethb.4877
    @bethb.4877 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    This was amazingly done! As a lifer myself, this really hit home. I was in elementary school when the Bills made their 4 straight run. Like so many, I lived the heartbreak, the drought, and now the rise to glory. Im not gonna lie this brought tears to my eyes, and didn't even mention the donations Bills Mafia made when Lamar Jackson got hurt while playing against us. We went public expressing his gratitude several times. We care because we feel deeper than most what it would be to lose one of our stars.

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank You Beth! While we did show some Lamar charity stuff around the 12 min mark on screen, you’re right we didn’t go too in depth. I myself was young during the 4 straight run so I didn’t understand what happened, but it is sure an exciting time to be a bills fan! That’s why we knew we had to start with this video when we launched the channel. - Dan

    • @kgrimes4934
      @kgrimes4934 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lifer as well. I loved seeing the other fans. As someone who lived through the 4peat, one was my best moments as a Bills fan is being transferred to NOLA during the summer abt 10 years ago & someone from work finding out I'm from Buffalo and having to find me to join the Booster Club. No one else was from Buffalo, & only 2 from the NY. Those ppl are still in my life everyday. My best friends were a couple who w lifelong Bills fans from Trinidad.

    • @travissennett1026
      @travissennett1026 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right on Beth. It also speaks volumes that Bills Mafia knows nothing is more important than taking care of each other, regardless of rivalries in a beloved game. That game is much more than a game to many of us, but still a game nonetheless.

    • @HOLY_SPIRIT_GOD
      @HOLY_SPIRIT_GOD ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sports_docs if you bills stop letting ego run you, you would have won SBs.

    • @vritrashadowfang2782
      @vritrashadowfang2782 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is exactly me as well. The last year they went to the super bowl I was 9.

  • @alexandercorey850
    @alexandercorey850 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Born 1985, bills fan since 1985. Let's go win a ring!!!

  • @iankennedy9462
    @iankennedy9462 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I'm a bills fan here in Western Ny, I'm in tears. Thank you

  • @opsports50
    @opsports50 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Fun fact: Most major cities tend to smell like some combination of hobo urine and despair (especially on the east coast). Buffalo however, thanks to the General Mills plant making Lucky Charms and Cheerios just inside city limits and upwind of most of the city proper means Buffalo quite literally smells like childhood nostalgia. Most people describe it as smelling like cupcakes. With that in mind, our ability to ignore the current and remember the greatness of the past, as well as being hopeful for the future in all circumstances shouldn't really surprise anyone. We are a region of child like dreamers with adult expectations. Is it surprising this sentiment spread as far as it did, especially at this time?

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Totally remember going downtown and smelling the cheerios, always brings me back whenever I have cereal. Explains why i've always dreamed big! - Dan

    • @davidmccann9811
      @davidmccann9811 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's so cool.👍🙂

    • @mstudios5637
      @mstudios5637 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I take my mother to Roswell twice a month, It still smells like Cheerios

    • @sharkymcshizzle7372
      @sharkymcshizzle7372 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      that has to be the best summary of my City ever written...Go Bills

  • @thejewishrepublican
    @thejewishrepublican ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was born and raised in Buffalo. Went to school all the way through my residency in Anesthesia. I left after my mom died and went to Cleveland… but Buffalo has always been in my heart. The people and the fans are so special.. My journey with the bills started in 1964.. Jack Kemp, Cookie G., Dunnaway, etc… KC broke my heart that year…. Did it again 58 years later… I just wanna see one Championship for my Bills and the city I still love… I miss it… it was my home. Maybe, just maybe, this will be the year…..

  • @danhaley9393
    @danhaley9393 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    “If the team lost, it felt like the whole city lost.” Very true. We are 1. But it’s not just Buffalo. It’s all the surrounding cities. It’s the city of Niagara Falls, its where im from, the city of Rochester, the cities of Lockport, Batavia, and even Syracuse. When the team loses the whole region feels that way. We are all one. Western NY. When one city sneezes, we all catch cold.

    • @jamesrussell2051
      @jamesrussell2051 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I encountered a lot of people like that when I lived in WNY. It's the dumbest mentality to have and counter productive to having one's own meaningful life. I have too many friends who let that garbage franchise (Sabres too) dictate and affect their personal lives. It's pathetic.

    • @Gixsir
      @Gixsir 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You just described almost every city with a team man I know you want to feel special sorry.
      I mean people in West Virginia claim the Steelers it’s not even the same state and means nothing. You claim the closest city it’s how most are raised

    • @danhaley9393
      @danhaley9393 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Gixsir bro, Rochester is 1 hour from Buffalo, Lockport 30 minutes from Buffalo, Niagara Falls is 15 minutes away lol

  • @Yezir760
    @Yezir760 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was overcome with emotion when we finally ended the drought. Humble and hungry. Lets go buffalo!!

  • @theofficialgreenkane9645
    @theofficialgreenkane9645 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You ever heard the term, trauma-bond? Thats why Bills Mafia & the Bills have the closest relationship between any NFL team & its fans. Because we suffer together. Bad weather, heartbreaking losses, we share the same experiences. And we know our city doesn’t have much to offer Free Agents so we try to make up for what our city lacks by bringing spirit. ❤💙

  • @michelehussar9845
    @michelehussar9845 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "Mafia" means Family. Thats what we are, and what we will always be. We don't jump off that bandwagon when its not going our way. We huddle together, circle those wagons and support our family no matter what comes our way! There is absolutely nothing like a Bills Fan! 🏈

  • @kingofspades7046
    @kingofspades7046 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This video made me cry. It moved my emotions so much I cried. God I love this team and this fan base. Bless the Bills. BILLS MAFIA. LETS GO BUFFALO 🦬🏈

    • @markhitchcock4159
      @markhitchcock4159 ปีที่แล้ว

      the tears just wouldnt stop for me either!

  • @SamiLB_
    @SamiLB_ ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Bills are such a special team in the league. The NFL would not be the same without it. The bills prove that even how crazy some fans are, that love and passion can be used for good. Good luck this season. Great game against the Rams. I hope yall win. Lots of love, from Washington, a Seahawks dude.

  • @fuccckckkkkckkck
    @fuccckckkkkckkck ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As a Chargers fan for most of my life… if we can’t win the SB I hope its the Bills.

    • @kidwave1
      @kidwave1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I honestly have the same sentiment, ...if not the Bills, the chargers! Herbert is awesome! Rather the chargers than the chiefs, that's for sure!

  • @jasonleeii2264
    @jasonleeii2264 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Born in '90 and I have been a bills fan for as long as I can remember. This was beautiful and I am so thankful to part of this mafia family. HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!

  • @dangilbert895
    @dangilbert895 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Wow! Just wow. This absolutely tugged on some heart strings. Bills mafia is absolutely the best fan base in the world.

  • @MrCannolijoe
    @MrCannolijoe ปีที่แล้ว +4

    100% agree the Dalton Foundation donations was THE BIRTHDAY of Bills Mafia. I am very proud to be a member of such a great community of people. Go Bills!

  • @bobbiedylan9758
    @bobbiedylan9758 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Been a loyal fan of the Bills since 89 as a 11yr old child. As a Canadian in Toronto I have to admit, I Love em as much as I do the Leafs! I’m emotional as I type this because I know the city of Buffalo is starving for a winner and recognition! I truly believe your time is near and my ass will be on the highway with the quickness to your city haha LETS GO BILLS 👊🏾

  • @donaldjoy4023
    @donaldjoy4023 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This had me bawling like a baby! Grew up in Buffalo, Youngstown, Chautauqua, and Fredonia.....I'm about to turn 59 and I believe again!!

  • @jeremydoctor1997
    @jeremydoctor1997 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had tears and goose bumps at the same time go bills #billsmafia the one and only !!

  • @sooryudu
    @sooryudu ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Are you kidding me - lived in Buffalo area ( Williamsville / Orchard Park 1994-2001) MOST Hard Working Honest Blue Collar Town Ever GO BILLS

  • @451dskots88
    @451dskots88 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Highmark Stadium/New Era/Ralph Wilson/ Bills Stadium/Rich Stadium is right behind my place of employment. I've gone to work on Football Sundays and stood out back and admired what my senses felt from a distance... The smell of grills cooking burgers, hot dogs, brats, wafting across the parking lot and Smokes Creek to the back parking lot of my work place. The Bills "Shout" song being played over and over. The laughing and hooting and hollering is epic. Love this team, city and our Mafia.

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh what an experience that must be! Especially on a crisp fall day. The energy must be great

    • @451dskots88
      @451dskots88 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sports_docs oh it is... How about all the same things going on when it's -10°F in a blizzard. It's simply amazing. I'm really going to miss that stadium after the new one goes up. So many great memories there.

  • @johnyaudes3062
    @johnyaudes3062 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lifelong fan since early 70s. I will never stop cheering for this team. LETS GO BILLS!!!!!!

  • @frankallen210
    @frankallen210 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Man I cried after seeing this video. When (not if) the Bills won it all, I will be in Buffalo when the week long party starts!! GO BILLS!! - The Herd Forever

  • @4815163642
    @4815163642 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great job!
    I cant wait for the final version where it ends with Bills winning the Superbowl followed by an epic parade!
    Mafia from everywhere will be coming home for that party!
    GO BILLS!!

    • @jaecheveyo5140
      @jaecheveyo5140 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can't even imagine that parade!!!! it'll probably be 3 days and make Mardi Gras look like Sunday church 🤣🤣🤣

  • @jamesharrity8592
    @jamesharrity8592 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    All these international fans are absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!! Let’s enjoy this year it’s our year!!!!!

  • @philiron7461
    @philiron7461 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bills are ingrained in me. Saw the Buffalo Bills super bowl squad crush my teachers in basketball at our school and sign autographs for all the kids and I mean ALL OF THEM!
    I was 4. From that day on I was Red and blue.
    Stuck with them and repped them even through the agonizing years. Still loved them then too.
    Love you too Bills fans!

  • @nbaonbnb7760
    @nbaonbnb7760 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bills Mafia state o' mind. Shoutout from Italy

  • @jebadiahfyefye8994
    @jebadiahfyefye8994 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Eagles fan here. Good luck this year Buffalo fans. I pull for you guys in every game. Hopefully you can lift that trophy finally.

  • @gulubdur
    @gulubdur ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The only actual NY football team. Let's go Buffalo!

  • @JA17SBLVIIIMVP
    @JA17SBLVIIIMVP ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I will NEVER quit on this team.

  • @jjskywriter
    @jjskywriter ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We are Bills Mafia for life! The Bills are and will always be family! Go Bills! ❤️🤍💙🦬

  • @jackson71je
    @jackson71je ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Been a bills fan since the late 70s, going through so many ups and downs with the team, from distances near and far. Love ya, win or loose but this feels different. Its time...go Bills!!!

  • @alfonsojames2950
    @alfonsojames2950 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The buffalo bills story is the story of the city of Buffalo. The pain , the sorrow, the resilience, the pride, they are the representation of our city and the people of our city!!

    • @jamesrussell2051
      @jamesrussell2051 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The story of the Buffalo Bills is the story of a garbage franchise that has leeched off the good will of the community for far longer than it should have. Holding the county and region hostage for stadium deals (and lease renewals)just so they can have a generally crappy team to call their own. The NFL should have moved them 20+ years ago. WNY deserves better than that trash and it's trash fans.

  • @theduckfromthejoke152
    @theduckfromthejoke152 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Reppin the 716 here... love the documentary... We got to send our prayers for Kim Pegula... Make no mistake, she's been the backbone behind this resurgence

  • @edzak7001
    @edzak7001 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this! Was in tears at the end. Just give us one God! ONE and I will be at peace.

  • @dougmael
    @dougmael ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have been to Northwest England, Scotland, London and all over the UK wearing my Bills Mafia and/or Scottish Bills Mafia gear and everywhere I went people stopped me yelling "Go Bills" and "Bills Mafia, OK". Bills Mafia is everywhere!

  • @hood1941
    @hood1941 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great video, marvelous fanbase which Im so proud to be part of it !!! Go Bills!!! See you in November!!! Cheers from Brazil!!!

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      love to see fans from all over. Now the video has Spanish Subtitles! Just check the settings in the video. Go Bills!

  • @davidmccann9811
    @davidmccann9811 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm British and have been a Bills fan since 1983. When the NFL was first televised in the UK back 1982, most UK fans seemed to follow team like the Cowboys, Redskins, Dolphins and 49ers, so I wanted to chose a different franchise. Ironically I've attended Bills games in several American cities from Oakland to New York, but never in Buffalo (yet). 👍🇬🇧😉

  • @Los150
    @Los150 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    From Buffalo, born & raised. This was just fantastic.

  • @toddheywood8837
    @toddheywood8837 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hey this video is going to stay on my phone for the rest of the days I walk this earth. So well done, but most of all, sooooo true. I’ve lived in another city, and it just doesn’t compare. The community is just different. Let’s keep it this way! Go buffalo

  • @sharonknorr1106
    @sharonknorr1106 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Born in the 50's. Daryl Lamonica was my first football crush. My dad helped build the steel plants and then lived to help tear them down. The city has been through a lot, but there it stands, still beautiful and strong. Live in Colorado now (Denver passed on Josh Allen???), still hopeful they will bring the big one home before I pass away. Love you, Bills.

    • @kidwave1
      @kidwave1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This year Sharon! All for you!

  • @MonkKenan
    @MonkKenan ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Born and raised in Denver. Loved watching the broncos win their Super Bowls but I also cried as a young boy watching the tough losses 4 years in a row. I’m more a bills fan now than broncos. My hope is they win it before Kelly passes. Let’s go Buffalo!! Win it for Jim!!!

  • @dominiczito7567
    @dominiczito7567 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    AWESOME! As a lifelong Bills fan, (we were born the same year!) this was great to watch. Touched on so many great moments. Beautiful! Proud to be a Bills fan! Proud to be Bills Mafia! GO BILLS!

    • @jhandle4196
      @jhandle4196 ปีที่แล้ว

      A sports franchise is not "born." It's "founded," or "formed," or maybe "coagulated" considering they adopted the name of a group of criminals who spilled so much blood.

    • @dominiczito7567
      @dominiczito7567 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jhandle4196 figure of speech. SMH

  • @psycholoko
    @psycholoko 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Buffalo Bills taught me to persevere through adversity, which is why I love this team so much. I've been here since 1994. 🏈 Go Bills!!! Supporting from Mexico city

  • @scottdavis8763
    @scottdavis8763 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Buffaloian my whole life. My family are die hard BILLS FAN ONLY! I remember my father going absofreakinglutely insane for 4 years in a row to everytime we lost the Super Bowl! He was convinced the BILLS would only win a Super Bowl when he died. Exact words!! He sadly and suddenly passed away 10/09/21. 😔 He was my best friend and role model and the reason I'm a one team man... THE BUFFALO BILLS!! My dad was never wrong before I don't see it happening now!! Go BILLS. BILLS fan and WNYer until my last breath.

  • @rpvidz
    @rpvidz ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This video is incredible!
    It made me cry on my flight multiple times

    • @JLKristich1
      @JLKristich1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same!

    • @jjskywriter
      @jjskywriter ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same!

    • @rpvidz
      @rpvidz ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jjskywriter have fun!
      GoBILLS

    • @rpvidz
      @rpvidz ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JLKristich1 have fun
      GoBILLS

  • @SteveP-vm1uc
    @SteveP-vm1uc ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Originally from Rochester, the Bill's have allllllways been my home team and only team. I live in Tampa Bay and have seen maybe 2 Bucs games. I have only ever missed a few Bill's games and yes, I was in that crowd who watched the fatal 4, but I have never, ever left MY BILL'S!!!!! And everything this video says about the people from Western NY is 100% true. ~~ GO BILL'S!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @jazzyj8001
    @jazzyj8001 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    WNYer here living in Germany. Have been a Bills fan since I was a little girl in Collins when the Bills began. I LOVE this video, guys...what a well-created, honest and upbuilding history of Bills Mafia and the special people in Western New York. Go Bills!!!

    • @kidwave1
      @kidwave1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stay safe, they are really messing with the farming and food production over there, ...well here to.

    • @jazzyj8001
      @jazzyj8001 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kidwave1 Yes, thanks. I have my own huge all-natural veggie garden and 13 kinds of fruit on the property. No gene-manipulation nor spraying here. I do tons of canning, too! 😀

  • @knucklesupperstudios572
    @knucklesupperstudios572 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bills fan from Pennsylvania. There just something different about this team that made me fall in love with them almost 40 years ago. Bills Mafia for life. Go Bills!

  • @leo29hornsfan
    @leo29hornsfan ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I came from a small Texas town to Western NY back in December of 1988 and after one season became a Bills fan immediately and my first NFL game ever was a Bills game. I moved back down to Texas in 92 and still had a dying passion for them and dealt with being bullied after the first cowboys super bowl loss, but now people that I graduated high school with down in Texas 23 years ago always tell me I hope you guys win it this season because you’re fanbase and city deserve the hell out of it. You stayed loyal to your team all of these years.

  • @kensmith2829
    @kensmith2829 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This was so freakin well done. Easily my favorite rundown on the Bills fanbase. 97 subscribers is a ridiculously low number for the quality of your work.
    +1 to that number

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you Ken! We're hoping more see it! We can't wait to get started on our next video, too!

  • @TroyGabe
    @TroyGabe ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @54 LIFE LONG Buffalo Bill's fan Thank you to all who have played in good time and not so much but still gave it there all let's Go Buffalo.

  • @liamengram6326
    @liamengram6326 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Born and raised a Bills fan living in the capital district of NY. I have made the 4.5 hour drive out to Buffalo well over 100 times. My first game was Washington @ Buffalo in 1991. First playoff experience was Broncos @ Bills in 1992. I was 11 years old when the Music City Miracle happened. I was 29 when Andy Dalton made me cry tears of absolute joy as a grown ass man. Being a Bills fan wasn't easy for a solid 30 years, but the Buffalove was always there - and boy has it paid off to remain loyal to this team. Allen wearing 17 is almost like a sign from the football gods that he brought his generational talent to Buffalo to give Bills Mafia an era of football we will never forget.

    • @liamengram6326
      @liamengram6326 ปีที่แล้ว

      9:15 I still get choked up watching this moment. Especially seeing Kyle, after everything he did for this team, get to celebrate it with his sons.

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We've gone over this edit many times, and that part got us everytime too.

    • @arizona_anime_fan
      @arizona_anime_fan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@liamengram6326 same. been a fan since the early 80's, and that win, and seeing kyle's reaction still make me tear up.

    • @liamengram6326
      @liamengram6326 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sports_docs In college football I am an LSU fan so it hits even harder. I wish the Bills would draft more LSU guys. DBU for sure but look how many good receivers and runningbacks have come out of that program in the last 10 years...
      White, Matthieu, Peterson just to name a few DBs. OBJ, Landry, Jefferson, Chase for WRs. Fournette, Etienne for RBs. Need more LSU drafts on the Bills. But these days I don't trust it anymore. When Miles and Ogeron were around I knew the guys coming out had the stuff. With buttstuffer Kelly there my confidence has gone way down. Never trust and ex-Notre Dame coach.

  • @benetnasch_alkaid
    @benetnasch_alkaid ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I lived in Rochester NY for almost 4 years, I came from Mexico when I was 12 (36 years now) and fell in love with the Bills. Vamos Buffalo!!!!!

  • @krash66
    @krash66 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am from the Eastern end of NYS near Albany, but both my parents were born and raised in Buffalo. In 4th Grade every boy in my class, it seemed like, had and NFL team winter coat. Mostly Giants, Jets and Steelers. I was the only one with a Bills coat. My first NFL Jersey was #32 OJ Simpson (before the whole murdering thing. LOL) I was in college in a room full of Giants fans when "wide right" happened. Anyway, now it is OUR time. GO BILLS!!!

    • @liamengram6326
      @liamengram6326 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've made the 4.5 hour drive from the Albany area to home games over 100+ times. I feel ya on that. For YEARS you saw more Cowboys and Patriots merch in sports stores in the area. Boy has that changed.

  • @thatoneperson8973
    @thatoneperson8973 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    remember when I was young and went to my first bills game my dads car got stuck in some snow and a bunch of drunk guys came beers in hand and pushed us out one of my most memorable moments and haven’t looked back since

  • @wesleycanava6941
    @wesleycanava6941 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well freaking done!! Couldn't be prouder to be Buffalo Bills fan and apart of. #BillsMafia

  • @robertilardi6290
    @robertilardi6290 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a Dolphin fan Bill's Mafia is the best fan base in the league they are also the most generous. The city of Buffalo deserves a super bowl championship. This year might be the year they have an outstanding team.

  • @humbledcowboy
    @humbledcowboy ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I live ~15 miles from Buffalo. The 4-year run happened during my 4 years of high school.
    The SB losses were so brutal, but the hype of those seasons leading up was real. The Bills captured the attention of local sports fans, the no-huddle was irresistible to watch.
    The excitement felt then is comparable to the excitement felt now, surrounding the current team. Everywhere you turn around Buffalo, it's Bills Bills Bills. During the Rams game, I happened to be driving around the city, hearing/seeing fireworks go off in the neighborhood whenever the Bills scored, while I listened to the game on the radio .
    Truly is a special time to be a Bills fan in Buffalo. Would be nice to finally win a championship!
    Hello to any and all Bills fans near and abroad. Enjoy the season!

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said. It is an exciting time!

  • @johnsheehan9318
    @johnsheehan9318 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Spectacular! Love to my home town and all the international fans that are part of this family!

  • @SSJvit
    @SSJvit ปีที่แล้ว +2

    From the bottom of my heart.. I love my team and so grateful to be apart of bills mafia.. I love this teams.

  • @alex240273
    @alex240273 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So proud to be part of this fan base. We have gone through a lot, but now is OUR time!

    • @jhandle4196
      @jhandle4196 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where's the pride in being part of a group that adopted the name of a band of ruthless murderers?
      Oh, perhaps it's so their best player ever who turned out to be a ruthless murderer can be included..

  • @talister106
    @talister106 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Born in the fifties, I am and will be a Bill's fan forever. Go Bills!

    • @danevertt3210
      @danevertt3210 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s gonna finally happen this year brother

    • @HOLY_SPIRIT_GOD
      @HOLY_SPIRIT_GOD ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danevertt3210 "hold my beer" - KC mahomes

    • @danevertt3210
      @danevertt3210 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HOLY_SPIRIT_GOD you shouldn’t troll so blatantly
      Especially when KC is supposed to do so much worse then Buffalo.

  • @arianneenzribeiroklas9712
    @arianneenzribeiroklas9712 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brazilian fan, representing our Bills from Calgary, Alberta! GO BILLS!

  • @kevinpaige5746
    @kevinpaige5746 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing job! I was born in Buffalo but raised in Memphis, TN. Memphis is like Buffalo in so many ways. The underdog city, Jobs lost, Dark history. I've never stopped loving the Bills and have always been able to identify with the place of my birth. So proud to be a Bills fan. We certainly know the cost of loving something for better or for worse. Go BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting maybe we’ll have to look into Memphis for a future video! Go Bills!

  • @ronaldcarlson8572
    @ronaldcarlson8572 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have been a Bills fan since the days of OJ Simpson, and had season tickets during the Super Bowl days of the 1990's, and the Bills definitely are a huge part of your life if you grow up in Buffalo. It is similar to a college town like Clemson or Auburn, as opposed to a pro team. If the Bills ever do win the Super Bowl that city will never be the same, but no city deserves it more.

  • @zesty3200
    @zesty3200 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    not gonna lie this had me tearing up. Beyond proud to be part of Bills Mafia

  • @chrisrizzo627
    @chrisrizzo627 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job. Love this video. Long time Bills fan now living in Tampa, FL. Bills will always be my #1 team. #BillsMafiaforlife.

  • @jrm1979
    @jrm1979 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was 11 when the Bills made it to their first Super Bowl and the following 3 years we never had a doubt that the Bills weren't going to win one of them. And as every year went by and we lost again and again and again it never crossed our minds that it wouldn't happen. Then for 17 years we couldn't even get to the playoffs but every year we always told ourselves, we'll get thee next year. I remember when I was a kid and we would play football either in the back yard or at school we would idolized those Bills players from old, weather it be Thurman Thomas, Jim Kelly, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith. etc. and now to see my own kids do the same thing playing as Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs, Dawson Knox, Tredavious White, etc. and cheer for this team just like we did, which seems like an eternity now, makes me so proud and humble to still be a Bills fan and love this team. We don't need them to be the country's, or the worlds favorite team as long as they are ours that's all that matters. I had a friend of mine said that the definition of Insanity was doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result, but my point of view, cheering for the Bills still after all these years is insanity, it's called perseverance because eventually we will get there, and we will WIN THE WHOLE DAMN THING! And always remember what coach Levy said, "When it's too hard for them, it's just right for us"! GO BILLS!!!

  • @jessgobills
    @jessgobills ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very nicely done. Go Bills!!!!

  • @jhauber2698
    @jhauber2698 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing documentary guys!!! Very well done! Who’s chopping onions?! Go Bills!!

  • @TheJasonGoldberg
    @TheJasonGoldberg ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Wow! This was absolutely beautiful! I never thought I would tear up from a video about the Bills but WOW! Incredible work guys! Keep ‘em comin!

    • @talister106
      @talister106 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bill's!
      When they win the Super Bowl I will cry.

    • @dangilbert895
      @dangilbert895 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yup this hit hard

    • @csms221
      @csms221 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha! I teared up
      Too!

    • @jerrymonti2680
      @jerrymonti2680 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lolol I so did too lolol, i will for sure at the end of this year!!!!!!GO BILLS!!!!!!!!

    • @jhandle4196
      @jhandle4196 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a game. Grow up.

  • @melindataylor9633
    @melindataylor9633 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing our story and the heart of what it means to be a Bills fan. I’ve been ridiculed through the years, for always billieving and standing by my city and team. I’m so glad that the good we share and community is growing! Anyone can make a difference. It starts with one act of kindness. Go Bills!

  • @kellymerrell7644
    @kellymerrell7644 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Watching this epic BILLS MAFIA video before we win tomorrow against the Chiefs! Win on 3… 1, 2, 3 … WIN! Let’s go Buffalo. The Bills make me wanna SHOUT!!!
    I’ve been looking forward to this game all year. Let’s go Josh n boyz!!
    Bills Mafia is in full effect . Let’s show KC who is in charge in the AFC… we ❤ love Poyer, Oliver, Diggs, Cook, & my man Knox. Allen .. u know it.. we love you too. Go Buffalo Bills! Lu.

  • @rebelsoul5980
    @rebelsoul5980 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This brought tears to my 👀 God bless Buffalo and our beloved Bills

  • @joshuajenkins6614
    @joshuajenkins6614 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    😢❤This is what BillsMafia is all about

  • @jeffreybaun8871
    @jeffreybaun8871 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The years of losing and falling short of the 'big win' have made the Buffalo Mafia what it is today. Too much 'Good times' creates weak people, 'Bad times' creates strong people. We have proved that our fan base is strong. The time has come for the Bills Mafia to enjoy a much-deserved Championship. And with a team & organization well respected on a global level for how they handle their business. Thank you for creating this documentary. It was a strong tug at my heart strings.

    • @sports_docs
      @sports_docs  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for this! Yeah, the "Trauma Bond" is real.

  • @kileyslife7541
    @kileyslife7541 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man I lived in Buffalo for pretty much my whole life and even tho I'm not there anymore, I'm still a huge fan. This is our year!!

  • @23tjdiazteca
    @23tjdiazteca ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome video!! I've been a fan since 1989 and there's nothing I love more than my Bills Mafia! Let's go Bills

  • @AJCapi
    @AJCapi ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A real life superhero, Josh Allen is a QB and man that deserves the utmost respect for bringing optimism throughout the trials and tribulations he had experienced in his dream to become an NFL quarterback

  • @hockeysnipes8762
    @hockeysnipes8762 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing video, so well put together. This truly shows what bills mafia is all about. GO BILLS!!!

  • @booker5618
    @booker5618 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I left Buffalo in 97. I worked for Jim Kelly at his nightclub, interacted with many Bills. Moved to Florida, Memphis and back to Florida. 2023 I’m moving back to Buffalo.

  • @travissennett1026
    @travissennett1026 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Spectacular. So many emotions from my lifelong rollercoaster ride of being a Bills fan. I love each and every one of you. Go Bills!

  • @sparkle27crystal
    @sparkle27crystal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had tears. I grew up in Western NY. Fredonia, NY and Ripley, NY. I live in VA now but you can't take the Western NY out of me. The love, family, generosity and loving the Buffalo Bills. #Billsmafia4life

  • @craigfresch575
    @craigfresch575 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im a life long fan, through the Stephenson and bullogh era, until now, GO BILLS!!! Mafia is family!

  • @michellezavala2651
    @michellezavala2651 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    such a great team with an amazing fanbase. Go bills!💙❤️

  • @lesticknor8936
    @lesticknor8936 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This made me cry. I’m so proud to be part of the Bills Mafia. I remember where I was during all the games that they were so close to winning the big one

  • @mentalrent3021
    @mentalrent3021 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is amazing THANK YOU FOR THIS DOC!

  • @randelrobbins1408
    @randelrobbins1408 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A Kansas Citian and lifelong Chiefs fan here. I can totally relate watching this. You Bills fans are my brothers and some day soon, you'll get that Superbowl(s). We were in the pits for decades at a time with sparks here and there, but things finally turned around for us. They've turned around for you too, and I'm confident that you'll get yours.

  • @danielhorvath5342
    @danielhorvath5342 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow that was incredible. Thank you for the video . Bills mafia from Huntington Beach ca ❤

  • @estandsforepic9092
    @estandsforepic9092 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is our season on god I believe in u bills I love you GO BILLS!!!!!!!

  • @creatingwithjon
    @creatingwithjon ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Love you for putting this together!