Chiefs-Bills AFC Championship Game would be in Atlanta

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Originally Posted by stevegroganfan

Bills ended up losing out since even a 30% chance at #1 seed was better than the situation they ended up with. The Bills did benefit by getting HFA over Cincy and by not having to play the entire game vs Cincy. More players could have gotten hurt. But overall given importance of the bye, it is crazy to say the Bills benefitted.

The other teams losing out a little were the Dolphins and Ravens since they played slightly more rested/healthy teams than they probably face if Bengals/Bills game goes 4 quarters.

NFL was left without a great option.