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

[K D]

4 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Bills have not earned that. 

 

To me, this is not acceptable. 

 

The NFL did the right thing by suspending the game. 

 

But that doesn't mean the Bills are entitled to neutral AFCCG games, and not playing the Patriots this weekend if they don't want to and so forth. 

 

 

And the Chiefs, who lost to both the Bills and Bengals, deserve it because a Bills player died on the field and had to be revived? Nobody wanted this. I personally think the best solution is give Chiefs 1 seed and have neutral site championship game 

Edited January 5, 2023 by KDIGGZ

[Motorin']

2 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Bills have not earned that. 

 

To me, this is not acceptable. 

 

The NFL did the right thing by suspending the game. 

 

But that doesn't mean the Bills are entitled to neutral AFCCG games, and not playing the Patriots this weekend if they don't want to and so forth. 

 

 

 

If the Bills haven't played all of their games and could win the #1 seed, then KC did n't earn Home Field advantage either. 

 

It's a reasonable solution. 

[mushypeaches]

I can't see anyone choosing home field over having a bye

[LabattBlue]

Just now, mushypeaches said:

I can't see anyone choosing home field over having a bye

I would.  

Edited January 5, 2023 by LabattBlue

[PetermansRedemption]

4 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Bills have not earned that. 

 

To me, this is not acceptable. 

 

The NFL did the right thing by suspending the game. 

 

But that doesn't mean the Bills are entitled to neutral AFCCG games, and not playing the Patriots this weekend if they don't want to and so forth. 

 

 

Well, they had a real good chance at having the AFCCG at home rather than a neutral site

[YoloinOhio]

I vote for Detroit as the neutral site - our second home

[Warriorspikes51]

3 minutes ago, Seventeen said:

 

Like the neutral site idea for the AFCC game but the BIlls might still have to return to Cinci for the divisional game if they get the #3 seed.

 

Not a huge fan of the neutral site idea, but would be very intriguing I guess.  I prefer splitting the 1 seed benefits

 

Just now, YoloinOhio said:

I vote for Detroit as the neutral site - our second home

Tennessee.  Lots of Bills fans 

Edited January 5, 2023 by Warriorspikes51

[Augie]

1 minute ago, mushypeaches said:

I can't see anyone choosing home field over having a bye

 

You can lose at home. You can NOT lose if you don’t have to play. 

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, YoloinOhio said:

I vote for Detroit as the neutral site - our second home

 

Not with that turf tho.

[NewEra]

8 minutes ago, colin said:

if the chip game is neutral, why would the one seed ever pick the home field vs the bye?  

OR is the word you need to focus on

[K D]

Just now, Augie said:

 

You can lose at home. You can NOT lose if you don’t have to play. 

Plus injuries

[HappyDays]

If amything I feel bad for the Bengals if that is the solution because they won't control their destiny for the #2 seed. But any solution would be unfair to at least one team so it is what it is.

[K D]

1 minute ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Not with that turf tho.

Great point!

[YoloinOhio]

10 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Bills have not earned that. 

 

To me, this is not acceptable. 

 

The NFL did the right thing by suspending the game. 

 

But that doesn't mean the Bills are entitled to neutral AFCCG games, and not playing the Patriots this weekend if they don't want to and so forth. 

 

 

No one has earned anything. Certainly not the chiefs, who lost to both teams. 
 

Wgr was throwing around ideas to determine the #1 seed, mostly for fun. One was to use the CFB playoff format where the teams push their resumes to the middle of the table and a committee decides based on body of work. In that case, Bills have best resume of all 3 teams, if they all win this weekend. Chiefs lost to both AND have the worst loss (colts). Bengals have worse overall record. 

Edited January 5, 2023 by YoloinOhio

[K D]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

If amything I feel bad for the Bengals if that is the solution because they won't control their destiny for the #2 seed. But any solution would be unfair to at least one team so it is what it is.

If it's Bills vs Bengals in divisional round that should be neutral site too imo. We definitely don't want to go back there and we didn't earn the home field over them either

Edited January 5, 2023 by KDIGGZ

[NewEra]

6 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

So they should be punished then?

Consider the source 

4 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

I would.  

The Bills, Chiefs and Bengals won’t.

[Hebert19]

On 1/2/2023 at 10:09 PM, Einstein said:

My guess (and it’s literally just a guess) is they cancel the game completely and decide seeding by win %. Bills get 2nd seed.

Yes.  Bills get 2 seed but play AFCCG on neutral site so cheifs aren't getting advantage for unfortunate events. 

2 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

If it's Bills vs Bengals in divisional round that should be neutral site too imo. We definitely don't want to go back there and we didn't earn the home field over them either

Agree

[finn]

An

4 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

And the Chiefs, who lost to both the Bills and Bengals, deserve it because a Bills player died on the field and had to be revived? Nobody wanted this. I personally think the best solution is give Chiefs 1 seed and have neutral site championship game 

It bothers me to give the Chiefs the first seed bye despite being beaten by two teams who wouldn't be given a chance for the top seed. Solve the bye problem and I'm on board. I posted a solution: eliminate the last wild card and have all surviving teams play in the first round. 

[Hebert19]

4 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

If amything I feel bad for the Bengals if that is the solution because they won't control their destiny for the #2 seed. But any solution would be unfair to at least one team so it is what it is.

Maybe they do neutral site between us and them if that happens too. 

13 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Bills have not earned that. 

 

To me, this is not acceptable. 

 

The NFL did the right thing by suspending the game. 

 

But that doesn't mean the Bills are entitled to neutral AFCCG games, and not playing the Patriots this weekend if they don't want to and so forth. 

 

 

But neither have chiefs or Bengals.  We don't know how that game would gave played out. 

2 minutes ago, finn said:

An

It bothers me to give the Chiefs the first seed bye despite being beaten by two teams who wouldn't be given a chance for the top seed. Solve the bye problem and I'm on board. I posted a solution: eliminate the last wild card and have all surviving teams play in the first round. 

That would be interesting too but would be hard on 7th seed that fought for that all year.  Neutral site only impact the 3 top teams really which are the ones impacted so its easy. 

[K D]

3 minutes ago, finn said:

An

It bothers me to give the Chiefs the first seed bye despite being beaten by two teams who wouldn't be given a chance for the top seed. Solve the bye problem and I'm on board. I posted a solution: eliminate the last wild card and have all surviving teams play in the first round. 

That wouldn't be fair to the last wildcard team. Even though they have nearly 0% chance of going to the super bowl, that was us a few years ago and we were just happy to be there with an opportunity to play more football