Official: Chiefs Weren't Denied Hot Water After Win vs. Bills in 2024 NFL Playoffs

A local official disputed an assertion by Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Donovan Smith that Chiefs players had the hot water to their locker room shut off after a 27-24 win over the Buffalo Bills.

Smith posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Kansas City no longer had hot water for its postgame showers:

Erie County press secretary Peter Anderson told TMZ Sports that claim is "false."

"There is no way to turn hot water off on one side or the other," he said. There are two huge hot water tanks which feed both home and away locker rooms."

Anderson explained how any issues would've stemmed from a far more innocuous cause amid the cold temperatures in Orchard Park, New York.

"It is no different than in your home" he said. "When the water runs continuously, it will struggle to keep up with demand. Everything for hot water in the locker rooms was upgraded in recent renovations."

Bills star Josh Allen can do a lot of things, but sabotaging a hot-water tank isn't one of them.