ChiefsPlanet - Football Bills/ Bengals [cancelled

****ing Cincy & Buffalo received a <i>second BYE</i> this week. They can either accept the BYE & no contest, or they can play a makeup game prior to the playoff and receive no BYE prior. Anything other than that is wildly unfair to the rest of the league.

tredadda

01-05-2023 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravedigger (Post 16711076)

"Per the physicians caring for Damar Hamlin at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Damar has shown remarkable improvement over the past 24 hours. While still critically ill, he has demonstrated that he appears to be neurologically intact. His lungs continue to heal and he is making steady progress," the team said. "We are grateful for the love and support we have received."

Honestly that is awesome news. It looks like he is going to be ok.

RINGLEADER

01-05-2023 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by -King- (Post 16711121)

Schefter also said that the NFL is considering options such as allowing the No. 1 seed to pick home-field advantage OR a bye week.

That's actually kind of an interesting compromise

Are they going to make the 1 seed in the NFC play three games to have home field advantage?

This is a dumb idea.

Coochie liquor

01-05-2023 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DRM08 (Post 16711130)

Bye week and neutral site would be more fair. Buffalo was on their way to losing that game. They don’t deserve home field advantage.

While I’m completely with you on this thought, and the Chiefs being punished because the Bills decided to leave and the Bengals didn’t want to finish under the circumstances is bullshit. If we would have stopped the playoff game against the Texans at the same point as this game was stopped, I’m sure everybody would assume we lost the game. They should call it a tie, and keep the standings as the would fall.

staylor26

01-05-2023 10:54 AM

It should be bye and a neutral site at worst.

In no way should the Chiefs have the 1 seed and be forced to play in Cincy or Buffalo.

digger

01-05-2023 10:54 AM

Here we go:

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KurtCobain

01-05-2023 10:54 AM

Mahomes is just as good on the road as he is at home. And he's lost two AFCCG at home. And bye weeks can be just a detrimental as it is good. You lose momentum. 1 seeds lose all the time.

I DGAF about any of this. Let's just play the games. If we're the best team each week we'll win the SB.

All the crying is getting old.

DRM08

01-05-2023 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by HC_Chief (Post 16711243)

Yep, they chose to not play the game.

TomBarndtsTwin

01-05-2023 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by TwistedChief (Post 16711195)

The NFL probably wants to come up with a solution that it deems fair-ish. If the game can't be played for whatever scheduling-related reason, going by winning percentage might look fair to a lot of Chiefs fans but it's not going to look super fair to the average NFL fan who will just understand that the Bills were the #1 seed, a game wasn't playeyd, and then they lost the seed.

I realize there's this disconnect where everyone here is certain that it should be a forfeit/no contest and then we just go by winning percentage, and I fully understand that thought process. But I don't think that sort of logic resides with the average NFL fan and I can understand where they're coming from.

Two things:

1. The 'average NFL fan' is generally a moron. The die-hards know whats up.

2. They were NOT the 1 seed going into the game. The Chiefs were. The outcome of that game would determine whether they got it back or not. And Cincy has been probably the hottest team in the AFC over the last couple months. A LOT of people picked Cincy to win that game, and based on what we saw in that first 7 minutes of that game I'd say it's highly likely they would have. The Bills didn't lose anything (other than a player to a fluke incident).

arrwheader

01-05-2023 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by -King- (Post 16711157)

...they had 1 full drive. I don't think you can say a team looks unstoppable because of 1 full drive. Especially when stats say Buffalos defense gets a lot better after 1st quarters. Iirc they're 26th in DVOA in 1st quarters and then top 10 in the other 3 quarters.

Then they should have played the game lat night or tonight.

They don't get gifted HFA or 1 seed because of feels.

DJ's left nut

01-05-2023 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by RunKC (Post 16711178)

I get your point but it’s kinda unfair. I seem to remember many a game when the Chiefs looked unstoppable in the first quarter…..and then….

Sure.

But what's 'fair' is to simply wipe the game off the books and let the chips fall where they may.

RINGLEADER

01-05-2023 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by HC_Chief (Post 16711243)

Put even more simply, if the Bills want the bye they need to play the game. If that can’t happen logistically then it should go to win percentage. Still requires all three teams to actually win football games this weekend to get the top seed.

TwistedChief

01-05-2023 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 16711250)

It should be bye and a neutral site at worst.

In no way should the Chiefs have the 1 seed and be forced to play in Cincy or Buffalo.

What the **** is this compromise you speak of?

You're getting soft, staylor.

HC_Chief

01-05-2023 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by arrwheader (Post 16711260)

Then they should have played the game lat night or tonight.

They don't get gifted HFA or 1 seed because of feels.

You tell 'em, Randy bo-Bandy! :clap: