The Ravens Flock are stepping up.
Two weeks ago during the AFC Divisional round, the Baltimore Ravens had an opportunity to tie the game late in the 4th quarter, but quickly saw their Super Bowl hopes disappear. With only a minute and a half remaining, the Ravens had a chance to potentially send it to overtime, and the game-tying 2-point conversion pass slipped right through TE Mark Andrews’ hands.
It was a devastating drop…
The two-point conversion is no good 😳
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Mark Andrews took a lot of the blame for the close loss to the Buffalo Bills. And to make matters worse, just minutes before that brutal drop, the Ravens star tight end (who is the career receiving touchdowns leader for the franchise) fumbled the football on a crucial drive. Those two mistakes late in the game led fans to bash Andrews online, and Mark and his wife have even reportedly received death threats.
Mark released a long and heartfelt apology to Instagram:
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That’s where the Bills Mafia stepped in.
After Buffalo beat the Ravens 27 to 25, and the hate started to rear its head, Bills fans tracked down Mark Andrew’s charity: Breakthrough T1D. Andrews himself is diabetic, and he started the non-profit organization in hopes of finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Breakthrough T1D also helps juveniles who are currently living with type 1 diabetes. One of the members of the Bills Mafia created a GoFundMe (with a goal of $30,000) and started to spread it around amongst the fanbase.
As of right now, Bills fans have raised $144,281.
The Bills Mafia has a history of donating money in large amounts when the time calls for it. When Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb suffered a gruesome leg injury in 2023, Bills fans stepped up and flooded Chubb’s foundation with donations. In 2017, when Andy Dalton and the Bengals won a regular season game that ended up allowing for the Bills to squeak into the playoffs, Bills Mafia donated over $400,000 to Dalton’s foundation. Back in 2022, when Tua suffered his second concussion of that season, the Bills fanbase stepped up and made large donations.
And unfortunately for the Buffalo Bills, they suffered a similar fate at the hands of a dropped pass from their TE Dalton Kincaid in the AFC Championship game this past Sunday.
In a 4th and 5 situation with less than 2 minutes to go in the game, Buffalo Bills TE Dalton Kincaid dropped a pass that hit him right in the hands, turning over the ball to the Kansas City Chiefs, who went on to pick up a couple first downs and book their trip to the Super Bowl. Granted, it was a bit of a tough play as a blitz sent Josh Allen falling backward and he just heaved it up. But, it did find Kincaid who was able to get back to the ball and dive to make a play. He dropped it. Tough play, but still, he should’ve caught it.
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— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) January 27, 2025
Dalton Kincaid then quickly found himself in similar situation, and the Ravens faithful responded with a GoFundMe of their own.
The caption reads:
“As many of you know, Bills TE Dalton Kincaid made a phenomenal attempt to catch Josh Allens last pass of the season but couldn’t haul it in, upsetting a lot of Bills fans. We want Ravens flock to donate to Summit Center for autism, the charity Dalton works with and try and return the favor Bills mafia did for us and Mark Andrews. Let’s raise what we can, please repost!”
As of right now, the fund is over $11,000 to help kids with autism.
People helping people… you love to see it.
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