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

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Its insanely stupid. Just go by win % for seeding after the last game and play it out as intended in the playoffs.

Homer!

[PHOG]

Originally Posted by SupDock

Here's a look at where things currently stand as to scheduling: 1. No Bills-Bengals game. 2. NFL figuring out what to do with AFC seeding. 3. Neutral site for AFC Championship is possible. 4. Expansion of playoff fields to 8 teams in AFC, NFC is possible. https://t.co/AYyELtmgn3

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) January 5, 2023

Nothing new, but a summary.

1. No game? Sure, Bills were behind, they lose.
2. Nothing, play this weekends games, continue with seeding normally.
3. NYET
4. If you want, sure! Next season.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Ridiculous... the goal should be the option that causes the LEAST amount of disruption.

And that would be Buffalo forfeits, gets the loss and Cincy gets the win.

Homer take!

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by DRM08

Where that gets pretty ridiculous is that Buffalo & Cincy pretty much had an extra bye week in only playing 15% of the game on Monday evening.

what every doesn't matter we are going to the SuperBowl **** these losers!

[Hammock Parties]

The NFL is just trying to give the other fanbases a bit of hope before they friday news dump nothing changes all over them.

Letting them down easy.

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

The NFL is just trying to give the other fanbases a bit of hope before they friday news dump nothing changes all over them.

Letting them down easy.

ONE SEED BABY!

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

The NFL is just trying to give the other fanbases a bit of hope before they friday news dump nothing changes all over them.

Letting them down easy.

They've scheduled a press conference for 3pm today. Probably foolish to hold out hope we might hear something definitive there.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by staylor26

That's why coming up with all these alternative solutions is horseshit.

The players clearly didn't want to resume the game this week.

Fine. No contest. Chiefs get the 1st seed if they win and HFA. Anything else is trying to fix something that can't be fixed.

Yeah, but it seems like the problem is the Bills nor Bengals ever had an idea of what it meant to say they wanted the game postponed.

If your boss asked if you wanted to take the rest of the week off because a coworker died (I KNOW, HE DIDN'T DIE), you asked about pay and he said we'll figure it out later, you wouldn't expect them to come back a week later and say, well you said you wanted to go home, so it was without pay.

If I were the Bengals or Bills, I'd be looking at the NFL to fix their shit if they really had no clue what they were doing... it doesn't seem at this point there was ever an option of "keep playing or forfeit/no contest", it was just "postpone and we'll deal with it"..... and that's on the NFL, not a consequence for either team.

[mr. tegu]

All of this could have been avoided if they just made them okay Wednesday. You can’t convince me the Bills weren’t milking this to their advantage. They have the most to lose by actually losing that game. If it’s played and they lose is essentially the sane for them as if they don’t play the game. On top of that, they can continually push for a solution that doesn’t harm them which gets them closer to results as if they win the game.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Yeah, but it seems like the problem is the Bills nor Bengals ever had an idea of what it meant to say they wanted the game postponed.

If your boss asked if you wanted to take the rest of the week off because a coworker died (I KNOW, HE DIDN'T DIE), you wouldn't expect them to come back a week later and say, well you said you wanted to go home, so it was without pay.

If I were the Bengals or Bills, I'd be looking at the NFL to fix their shit if they really had no clue what they were doing... it doesn't seem at this point there was ever an option of "keep playing or forfeit/no contest", it was just "postpone and we'll deal with it"..... and that's on the NFL, not a consequence for either team.

They STILL don't want to resume the game....

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Yeah, but it seems like the problem is the Bills nor Bengals ever had an idea of what it meant to say they wanted the game postponed.

If your boss asked if you wanted to take the rest of the week off because a coworker died (I KNOW, HE DIDN'T DIE), you wouldn't expect them to come back a week later and say, well you said you wanted to go home, so it was without pay.

If I were the Bengals or Bills, I'd be looking at the NFL to fix their shit if they really had no clue what they were doing... it doesn't seem at this point there was ever an option of "keep playing or forfeit/no contest", it was just "postpone and we'll deal with it"..... and that's on the NFL, not a consequence for either team.

Except I don't believe they weren't given an option to resume the game sometime in the past 2 days. The NFL, in their Tuesday morning release, seemed to be saying that was what they were looking at before later that day saying that was now off the table.

[staylor26]

For those that missed it:

The NFL continues to discuss and deliberate the unfinished Bills-Bengals game from Week 17.

Nothing is official yet. Here’s what we currently know.

Bills-Bengals most likely will not be played. The players don’t want to do it. And there’s no good way to fit it into the schedule.

The best bad solution in this regard would be to play the NFC wild-card round and Bills-Bengals next weekend, with the AFC wild-card round being played the next weekend. This would wipe out the week between the conference championships and the Super Bowl. There’s no appetite for that approach.

The question then becomes seeding the AFC playoffs without Bills-Bengals. Winning percentage becomes the most obvious method. But there are concerns about equity, given that the winner of the Bills-Bengals game would have been in position to be one of the top seed AFC seeds.

One possibility would be to add an eighth team to the playoff field in the AFC. This would eliminate the bye for the No. 1 seed.

To ensure competitive balance, there would have to be eight teams in the NFC, too.

The NFL Players Association would have to agree to a temporary expansion of the playoff field.

Discussions also are continuing on the possibility of making the AFC Championship a neutral-site game. The problem with this approach is that if, for example, a team other than the Bills, Chiefs, or Bengals qualifies for the game, there’s no need to use a neutral site.

However it plays out, a decision needs to be made soon — especially if the playoff field will unexpectedly grow, in both conferences. It changes the dynamics for the teams vying for playoff positioning.

[KC_Connection]

If the decision isn't to go by winning percentage (the only sensible decision from a competitive fairness perspective if the NFL isn't going to have these teams actually play a game on their schedule), there's no reason the Chiefs should have to play the Raiders this weekend and play an extra game than their competitors. None at all.

[KCUnited]

Then you have Burrow basically saying its whatever the Bills want to do. I know he's not THE decisionmaker for the team but that sure seems to be the sentiment. Waiting on Buffalo.

“I think whatever Buffalo wants to do would be what we want to do, as well,” Burrow told reporters on Wednesday. “We're behind them 100%, support them in whatever they would decide to do going forward.” Joe Burrow says Bengals are in favor of doing whatever Bills want to do in terms of possible makeup game.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

If the decision isn't to go by winning percentage (the only sensible decision from a competitive fairness perspective if the NFL isn't going to have these teams actually play a game on their schedule), there's no reason the Chiefs should have to play the Raiders this weekend. None at all.

That's my thinking as well. If it won't affect our seedings, let's just take the week off and call it a DNP. We can use the off week to rest and recover.