Bills/ Bengals [cancelled - process in OP]

[cmh6476]

In case anyone needs it spelled out, we would play at a neutral site if the AFCCG ends up being Chiefs vs. Bills. All other scenarios abide by the usual rules (so any other game the Chiefs play will be at home).

Old posts:

Spoiler!

The NFL will consider a neutral site for the AFC Championship Game. Full details: pic.twitter.com/oi3fItUWIj

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 6, 2023

Breaking News: Of course the game is secondary to #DamarHamlin’s health, but #Bills insider @viccarucci just reported on @wgrz Daybreak that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will make the call on rescheduling the Bills/Bengals game and it would have to be played within 2 days.

— Melissa Holmes (@2MelissaHolmes) January 3, 2023

There is another option according to @viccarucci - the league can add a 19th week so the Bills/Bengals can get in all their games. @wgrz https://t.co/1X1hCHVN8c

— Melissa Holmes (@2MelissaHolmes) January 3, 2023

I assume we'll hear something soon

After speaking with both teams and NFLPA leadership, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell informed the clubs today that the Bills-Bengals game will not be resumed this week.

The NFL has made no decision regarding the possible resumption of the game at a later date.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 3, 2023

[RunKC]

The Bengals don’t deserve anything. They have 4 losses. They don’t deserve the 1 or 2 seed

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

It's the same scenario.

The Bills got screwed out of the one seed by not playing, the Bengals got screwed out of the two seed by not playing.

You can argue the Bengals got screwed MORE because they were winning.

Yeah the only fair thing here is to make the chiefs the 3 seed because of the trauma both teams had to endure.

Makes so much sense

[Spott]

Originally Posted by CasselGotPeedOn

We lost to Matt Ryan though

They also lost to Mitch Trubisky at home and got blown out by Jacoby Brissett.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Spott

It’s pretty confusing because whoever has the 1 seed has to have the bye week. There’s nobody for them to play in the first week unless they added another wild card team.

The bye week would then go to the 2nd seed.

[Hoover]

Its so obvious what to do, I don't understand why its still being debated.

I think the only reason there are two options on the table is to allow Buffalo a choice.

OK, so you want to be the #1 seed, you have to play the Bengals game. If you don't play that game, then all KC has to do to secure the #1 seed is beat Oakland.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Absurd. NFLN is basically unwatchable.

They are proving what we all knew, as much as they want to claim they are just people like us it’s obvious they don’t live in the real world.

Hamlin isn’t dead but you would think he was unjustly murdered on MNF. Riots in Portland if they play football this weekend wouldn’t shock me at this point.

It’s muh feels right now. Not logic at all.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

And on Cincy's next possession they'd gone 20 yards in 2 plays to move into Bills territory.

No, we hadn't seen much yet, but Burrow started 4/4 for 52 yards while Allen went 3/6 for 33. The Bengals looked damn sharp and the Bills were fighting it a bit.

And on the road in a key matchup, those things are more likely to continue to snowball that simply revert themselves.

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….

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

Seriously? I would imagine Roger Goodell who is making this decision cares what the average NFL fan thinks.

The average fan thinks the game should still be played. How much does Roger care about that?

The average fan has come up with scenarios like flipping coins, giving both teams a W, etc.

In other words, the average fan is ****ing reeruned.

[VAGOMO 4 LIFE!]

Actually I really like this idea of the 1 and 2 seeds either getting a bye or home field advantage. I actually think this is something they should do moving forwards tbh.

1 seed gets to choose either home field or the bye and the 2nd seed gets to get the other option

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!

Actually I really like this idea of the 1 and 2 seeds either getting a bye or home field advantage. I actually think this is something they should do moving forwards tbh.

1 seed gets to choose either home field or the bye and the 2nd seed gets to get the other option

**** off

do you want to be a dynasty or not?

this is how you not be a dynasty

changing the rules that created other dynasties

[digger]

Oh, I see we have circled back to Thunder Dome...

[-King-]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

And on Cincy's next possession they'd gone 20 yards in 2 plays to move into Bills territory.

No, we hadn't seen much yet, but Burrow started 4/4 for 52 yards while Allen went 3/6 for 33. The Bengals looked damn sharp and the Bills were fighting it a bit.

And on the road in a key matchup, those things are more likely to continue to snowball that simply revert themselves.

Using this logic though, we wouldn't have won any games in the 2019 playoffs and we wouldn't have lost last year's AFCCG.

I agree that it was more likely Cinci would win, but that's just an assumption. A biased one at that.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

I agree with you that there was no greater than a coin-flip's chance. But there was still absolutely a chance, right? Maybe 35-40% chance the Bills win?

Wouldn't that be exactly a situation where compromise would make sense? It wasn't a 0% chance, right? If the Chiefs are given the option, they should OBVIOUSLY take the bye week as that gives them an advantage on par with the probablistic advantage they had when the game was postponed.

Phrased another way...
Would you prefer:
1/ allowing the Bengals/Bills game to be resumed and then determing seedings based on that?
OR
2/ being given the 1 seed with a bye but have the AFCCG played in Buffalo?

Probabalistically speaking, I think they put us in a similar place. And that's why it's a relatively fair compromise option.

If I have to cede some odd set of contrivances, I'm going to at least ask for SOMETHING to be decided on the field. So I'd go with option 1.

I just don't see the need for it. What happened happened. Should we give the Bills a 4 point lead because they lost Von Miller? Teams deal with awful injury luck every week and the league go putting their thumbs on the scale to address it.

And in the end, once you get past the pearl clutching, that's what this is. It's awful injury luck.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by -King-

If they get home field advantage they'd have to play 4 games in the playoffs.

If I was the team picking, I'd pick the Bye week 100% of the time. You might have to play away 1 of the weeks, but rather that than having to play 3 games before making it to the Superbowl.

agreed. I wouldn't hate it as I think this team plays better and more focused on the road anyway if it came to that.

[Spott]

So if the 1 seed is picking HFA or a bye, who is the 1 seed that gets to choose?