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Originally Posted by JustDiqLix
Devils advocate view: This circumstance does screw the Chiefs a little but it also potentially gave the Chiefs a bye week. If the Bills-Cinci game had continued and the Bills had won, the Chiefs not only have to play on the road (in a non-neutral stadium) but they also have no bye week.
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This is a valid point. We don't know how that Monday game would have finished. For KC, a neutral site game and Bye week is a pretty decent result. I think KC people should view it like conference title games in college football, which are always played at neutral site locations. The Bye week is huge of course. We'll see if KC can take care of business against the Raiders, which is a major question. They struggled big time with those guys earlier in the season.
But I also think the NFL leaders screwed the Bengals pretty hard. They gave the Bengals a chance for a neutral site game with KC, but they did not give the Bengals a neutral site game with Buffalo. I do not understand that one at all. Cincy did not get to finish the game against Buffalo. They were leading, had the ball and a first down in Buffalo territory...IF they ended up winning the game, Cincy & Buffalo would have the same record and Cincy would have a tiebreaker for home field advantage in the Playoffs. But the game wasn't finished, so I think it should be neutral field situation for Buffalo & Cincy in a Playoff game. Just my two cents...and then we have that bizarre coinflip thing for the Bengals with the Ravens.