A mix of anxiety and calm ahead of the AFC championship game for Bills fans

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Several hundred members of Bills Mafia turned out to Rec Room Sunday night ahead of the AFC championship game, and there were mixed emotions amongst the fans .

For many, it feels like the time is now for the Bills, who have yet to best the Chiefs in the playoffs in the Allen era. For others, crippling anxiety. "I'll tell you what.



I think I've probably gained about 50% gray hair during this postseason," Ali Khalil said. "I have been scared out of my mind. I know that the bills are gonna pull through for me, but I'm still a little nervous.

" Similar to some of the national pundits that discredited the Bills before the season started, Khalil was worried how the year would play out given all the changes with the organization. "I was a little bit worried" Khalil said. "We had a lot of unknowns, but the point still stands, Josh Allen knows how to use the tools that he has at his disposal.

He's able to connect with anybody." Khalil was joined at Rec Room with several of his friends, including David Krygier. "I would say my anxiety is probably double what it was last week," Krygier said.

"I believe in the bill, so I am anxious, but I believe, and that belief is overpowering my anxiety." Not everyone at Rec Room had high anxiety. "I'm not worried about nothing," Willie Ellis said.

"We never get a break. We got a break now. Now it's time to get that Super Bowl.

We're going to bring it back to Buffalo.".