The Kansas City Chiefs may have had some difficulty warming back up after their frigid divisional round victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.
After the Chiefs knocked the Bills out of the playoffs for the third time in four years, offensive tackle Donovan Smith took to social media with a complaint about the state of the visitors’ locker room.
The 30-year-old claimed that Buffalo had turned off the hot water in Kansas City’s locker room after the game, forcing Chiefs players to take cold showers after having competed in below-freezing conditions throughout the game.
“Damn caught a L and they shut off our hot water... smh its all good we got that Dub today,” wrote Smith on X.
Damn caught a L and they shut our hot water off… smh its all good we got that Dub today #ChiefsKingdom
— Donovan Smith (@DSmith_76) January 22, 2024
Although Chiefs players would likely have enjoyed the opportunity to shower down and heat up after the hard-fought 27–24 win, they seemed plenty satisfied to leave Highmark Stadium with a victory and a berth to the conference championship.
Chiefs lit in the locker room #Chiefskingdom pic.twitter.com/l6puyF5WHR
— Dante' Jones (@Dantej21) January 22, 2024
The alleged lack of hot water didn’t dampen the celebrations, however, as the team excitedly soaked in the victory after reaching the AFC championship for the sixth straight season.