Playoff Solutions Assuming they don’t replay the Bengals game.

[Steptide]

So if the game ends up being played, do they start it in the middle of the 1st quarter? Or do they start from scratch and play 4 full quarters? 

[SMAKCruiser]

4 minutes ago, flmike said:

I've always thought that 2-week break was dumb and I believe it cost the Bills a win in their first SB appearance. 

There was not a 2 week break in 1990.   

[No_Matter_What]

6 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Do you not understand that win% gifts KC the 1 unless they lose next week 

I don't know about @LabattBlue, but I do. And so what? Damar Hamlin almost died and that's why we couldn't finish the game. If it can't be rescheduled in a simple way, that just take it as a fact, cancel the game. KC didn't cause it, and if they benefit, then so be it.

Edited January 3, 2023 by No_Matter_What

[Warriorspikes51]

1 minute ago, chongli said:

 

Ok, I meant to write "fairness, but the "f";s got me.Early in the morning for me. I apologize for that.

 

My point still stands though. The trivial needs of the millions in this situation do not compare to Hamlin, when his life and health are at stake.

 

Do you honestly think that Hamlin would want the entire NFL season to be canceled

[Boatdrinks]

5 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

No one here is going to like a solution that gifts KC the #1 seed, but the best solution is to cancel the game, and use winning percentage to determine standings. 
 

A coin flip?  Seriously? 

A coin flip is in the NFL rule book as the last tiebreaker. Hasn’t it been used to determine draft order at least once? Anyway , the time constraints and fact that this game isn’t being played in the next two days make it an option. 

[Greg S]

Just now, Steptide said:

So if the game ends up being played, do they start it in the middle of the 1st quarter? Or do they start from scratch and play 4 full quarters? 

 

They would start where they left off. Bengals up 7-3.

 

[Warriorspikes51]

1 minute ago, Steptide said:

So if the game ends up being played, do they start it in the middle of the 1st quarter? Or do they start from scratch and play 4 full quarters? 

 

I would expect they'd pick up exactly where the game was stopped with the same score, but there's no precedent 

[RiotAct]

2 minutes ago, BillsBy50 said:

Anyone in here saying Bills were going to get beat based off 1.5 drives you don’t deserve to be a part of this Mafia. Log out and be gone!

 

let’s not forget Titans game we won 41-7, and that 7 came on their first drive….

yep… our defense ALWAYS starts out slow and then settles in.  No telling how the rest of the game would have gone, but I don’t think for a second that Burrow was going to continue carving us up like he did for the first 1-and-a-half drives.

[Boatdrinks]

2 minutes ago, Steptide said:

So if the game ends up being played, do they start it in the middle of the 1st quarter? Or do they start from scratch and play 4 full quarters? 

I’d imagine the game resumes where it was when stopped. 

[Steptide]

Just now, Greg S said:

 

They would start where they left off. Bengals up 7-3.

 

Ya I assumed, but even that seems crazy right now 

[LabattBlue]

5 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Do you not understand that win% gifts KC the 1 unless they lose next week 

Didn’t I just say that?

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

Just now, No_Matter_What said:

I don't know about @LabattBlue, but I do. And so what? Damar Hamlin almost died and that's why we could finish the game. If it can't be rescheduled in a simple way, that just take it as a fact, cancel the game. KC didn't cause it, and if they benefit, then so be it.

If they cancel the game I’m pretty sure you’re right about how it’s going to go down.  It’s pretty wild that kc essentially gets 2 gifts in one though…cincy had a shot at the 1 seed too

[No_Matter_What]

2 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

This.

 

To me it seems weird how so many people say that they care about Hamlin but at the same time they only think about how unfair is that KC might profit from cancelling the game. I mean who cares. Do you really want the players to go to Cincy to "finish" that game either tomorrow or sometime after the Pats game just to satisfy your personal feeling that it would be unfair to hand KC 1 seed? Come on.

[SoCal Deek]

3 minutes ago, wvbillsfan said:

I’d take the loss

move on to the patriots game, rest your starters, as many as you possibly can. 
 

Gives the team the best possible chance to be in the right head space at playoff time. Get some rest and hopefully get healthy. 
 

Who and where we play seems irrelevant at this point. 

I’m guessing that’s what they choose to do and then use it as motivation going through the playoffs to win it all for Hamlin. 

[HappyDays]

6 minutes ago, wvbillsfan said:

I’d take the loss

move on to the patriots game, rest your starters, as many as you possibly can. 
 

Gives the team the best possible chance to be in the right head space at playoff time. Get some rest and hopefully get healthy. 
 

Who and where we play seems irrelevant at this point. 

 

If we just basically forfeit the Bengals and Pats game we go into the playoffs rested and with hopefully good news on Hamlin putting the players at ease. We then face the #6 seed (likely Ravens) at home, then probably the Bengals and KC in their stadiums. I'd sign up for that right now. It's the best case scenario that doesn't force the players to play a game they're not ready for or screw up a bunch of other NFL scheduling.

 

Edited January 3, 2023 by HappyDays

[LabattBlue]

3 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

A coin flip is in the NFL rule book as the last tiebreaker. Hasn’t it been used to determine draft order at least once? Anyway , the time constraints and fact that this game isn’t being played in the next two days make it an option. 

A coin flip to determine the outcome of a game that was not completed is very amateur like.  Just don’t see it being even remotely considered. 

[97bills]

12 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said:

Here’s the reality: 

 

We’re either going to re-play the game soon and it will be insensitive and the players won’t be in the right headspace to play 

 

or

 

the nfl says no game and we seed with a different metric. Most likely we lose the 1 seed. 
 

You’re not getting both. 
 

everyone is arguing point a or b in different ways. It’s pretty straightforward. 

Your right!!!  And I don’t think neither team is ready to play , definitely not buffalo…. It would be a sloppy game. 

[PetermansRedemption]

1 minute ago, No_Matter_What said:

This.

 

To me it seems weird how so many people say that they care about Hamlin but at the same time they only think about how unfair is that KC might profit from cancelling the game. I mean who cares. Do you really want the players to go to Cincy to "finish" that game either tomorrow or sometime after the Pats game just to satisfy your personal feeling that it would be unfair to hand KC 1 seed? Come on.

I don’t think it’s out of the realm of reasonability to expect the NFL to devise an idea that accomplishes both of these goals. Doesn’t make the Bills go back to play the game AND doesn’t hand KC the one seed. 

[Warriorspikes51]

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

If we just basically forfeit the Bengals and Pats game we go into the playoffs rested and with hopefully good news on Hamlin putting the players at ease. We then face the #6 seed (likely Ravens) at home, then probably the Bengals and KC in their stadiums. I'd sign up for that right now. It's the best case scenario that doesn't force the players to play a game they're not ready for or screw up a bunch of other NFL scheduling.

No, but it does screw over the Dolphins, Steelers and Jaguars.  They are automatically eliminated from Wild Card seed

Edited January 3, 2023 by Warriorspikes51

[cle23]

10 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Cancel game, Bills and Bengals records remain the same....

*If KC is 13-4, CIN is 12-4, BUF is 12-4:      CIN 1, BUF 2, KC 3
*If KC is 14-3, BUF is 13-3:             BUF 1, KC 2, CIN 3

Why? Both BUF and CIN defeated KC
 

 

Head to head only matters if they are tied though, and they aren't.  You can't penalize KC for a game they weren't even involved in.  There is no great way to fix this, but punishing KC for it isn't the answer either.

 

They either have to play the game at some point, or figure out an acceptable way to make this as "fair" as possible, which I am not sure there is one.

Edited January 3, 2023 by cle23