The Buffalo Bills defeated the Detroit Lions 41-31 in the first game at Highmark Stadium on Thursday night.
Here is what the Bills had to say after their big Week 2 victory.
The energy in the building was palpable
The first game at Highmark Stadium was filled with energy. Bills Mafia made its presence known throughout the day, making a huge impact on the eventual victory.
Parking lots were filled with seas of blue and red hours before kickoff, with fans flying through the doors to the stadium as they opened. Having the energy behind them fueled the Bills players, helping set the tone for an unbelievable night.
“These fans, they’ve been out here. We had meetings at 12:00, and they were out here, tailgating, ready to go,” OLB Bradley Chubb said. “Whenever you could play hard, play fast in front of these fans, play together, that’s all this city is about… And that’s what we tried to do out there today, and hopefully we gave them a show.”
As the team scored on the first three drives of the night, the noise continued to pick up. Buffalo fed off the electricity in the building held in by the canopy, keeping its foot on the gas for all four quarters.
“I can’t put it into words. It reminded me a lot of being back at Penn State, at the whiteouts, like that crazy,” C Connor McGovern said. “The fans are truly affecting the game. You saw, they had a bad snap, they had a couple of false starts, they weren’t on the same page. They had a couple of communication errors. That’s all to the fans.”