Dan Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 2 thoughts: 1. The league should announce the plan for handling all this today or tomorrow. They can’t wait till after the during or after the weekend. Because then they’re introducing perceived bias. At least this way the teams have “some” control over the outcome by winning or losing. 2. The number 1 seed isn’t the end all be all. The 1 seed isn’t the goal. So people need to get over it. Whatever scenario the league comes up with, the Bills will likely lose the 1 seed. The only way to guarantee we keep it is to play the Bengals and Pats and win both. And the team doesn’t want to play the Bengals yet. So get over it. 2 2 1 Quote
SoCal Deek Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 5:32 PM, Dan said: 2 thoughts: 1. The league should announce the plan for handling all this today or tomorrow. They can’t wait till after the during or after the weekend. Because then they’re introducing perceived bias. At least this way the teams have “some” control over the outcome by winning or losing. 2. The number 1 seed isn’t the end all be all. The 1 seed isn’t the goal. So people need to get over it. Whatever scenario the league comes up with, the Bills will likely lose the 1 seed. The only way to guarantee we keep it is to play the Bengals and Pats and win both. And the team doesn’t want to play the Bengals yet. So get over it. Expand If the Chiefs lose and the Bills win, the Bills are the Number One seed. You can’t let the games play out? Quote
LabattBlue Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 5:32 PM, Dan said: 2. The number 1 seed isn’t the end all be all. The 1 seed isn’t the goal. Expand #1 seed should be a goal every season. 2 Quote
Bills!Win! Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 The 2 seed really isn’t that bad. We get to play 2 home games. And if someone knocks of KC that’s 3 home games Quote
UKBillFan Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 5:34 PM, LabattBlue said: #1 seed should be a goal every season. Expand The Super Bowl is the goal. The number one seed is the preferred way to it. However, a number one seed hasn't won the Super Bowl in the last four seasons - actuallly, three of them were won by the number two seed. Quote
LabattBlue Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) On 1/5/2023 at 5:41 PM, UKBillFan said: The Super Bowl is the goal. The number one seed is the preferred way to it. However, a number one seed hasn't won the Super Bowl in the last four seasons - actuallly, three of them were won by the number two seed. Expand I didn’t say it is “the” goal. I said it was “a” goal…and no kidding, a SB championship is every teams goal. Edited January 5, 2023 by LabattBlue Quote
UKBillFan Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 5:43 PM, LabattBlue said: I didn’t say it is “the” goal. I said it was “a” goal…and no kidding, a SB championship is every teams goal. Expand Sorry, misread your original post! Quote
SoCal Deek Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 5:39 PM, Bills!Win! said: The 2 seed really isn’t that bad. We get to play 2 home games. And if someone knocks of KC that’s 3 home games Expand And just maybe that ‘someone’ is the Raiders playing at home just 48 hours from now in a divisional rivalry game. 1 1 Quote
GolfandBills Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 5:39 PM, Bills!Win! said: The 2 seed really isn’t that bad. We get to play 2 home games. And if someone knocks of KC that’s 3 home games Expand Yeah I mean this isn’t really a bad outcome for the team. Quote
Amaru523 Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 5:52 PM, SoCal Deek said: And just maybe that ‘someone’ is the Raiders playing at home just 48 hours from now in a divisional rivalry game. Expand I've always hated the Raiders, but I'm going to be the biggest Raiders fan in the world on Saturday. F the Chiefs. 2 Quote
GolfandBills Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 Steelers at Bills becoming a pretty likely scenario for wildcard weekend Quote
BillsFanSD Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 5:39 PM, Bills!Win! said: The 2 seed really isn’t that bad. We get to play 2 home games. And if someone knocks of KC that’s 3 home games Expand Also, had we lost to the Bengals, we would be staring down the barrel of the #3 seed. It would depend on this weekend's games of course, but that would have been the modal outcome. Taking the 2 seed is a reasonable compromise IMO. Could have been better, could have been worse, and we'll never know. Quote
TheBrownBear Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 6:04 PM, GolfandBills said: Steelers at Bills becoming a pretty likely scenario for wildcard weekend Expand If we lose this weekend to the Pats, wouldn't that set us up for a rematch against the Pats the following weekend? I'd for sure take that. If the Chiefs win on Saturday, I say rest Josh, Diggs, Poyer, anyone that's banged up, really, against the Pats. Quote
DapperCam Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 6:04 PM, GolfandBills said: Steelers at Bills becoming a pretty likely scenario for wildcard weekend Expand We smoked them earlier this year, but TJ Watt makes me nervous. That guy changes games. Luckily their offense is trash. Quote
BLeonard Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 6:14 PM, TheBrownBear said: If we lose this weekend to the Pats, wouldn't that set us up for a rematch against the Pats the following weekend? I'd for sure take that. If the Chiefs win on Saturday, I say rest Josh, Diggs, Poyer, anyone that's banged up, really, against the Pats. Expand Not necessarily. If the Bills lose and the Bengals win, the Bengals would get the #2 seed based on the strength of victory tiebreaker. Quote
Dan Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 5:34 PM, SoCal Deek said: If the Chiefs lose and the Bills win, the Bills are the Number One seed. You can’t let the games play out? Expand My point is... you determine that mechanism (no contest bengals game; win percentage to determine seeding - latest idea floated). Announce it. Then let play the games this weekend and let it the seedings fall where it may. You don’t play the games first.. then announce the plan... which basically means the league has all the data and picks the seeding or is perceived that way. On 1/5/2023 at 5:34 PM, LabattBlue said: #1 seed should be a goal every season. Expand It is ..A.. goal. But its not ..THE.. goal. we can still accomplish the ultimate goal without the #1 seed. There was a fairly dramatic event on Monday that made the #1 seed far less important..and difficult to ensure without replaying the Bengals game. My point here is that too many people seem supremely focused on how we can get the #1 seed, and all I’m saying is that would be nice, but its not mandatory and given whats happened, I think the team isn’t as focused on that as some here are. Quote
BillsFanSD Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 6:14 PM, TheBrownBear said: If we lose this weekend to the Pats, wouldn't that set us up for a rematch against the Pats the following weekend? I'd for sure take that. If the Chiefs win on Saturday, I say rest Josh, Diggs, Poyer, anyone that's banged up, really, against the Pats. Expand This probably won't happen, but intentionally throwing a playoff berth to New England only to blow them out the following week would be a much-needed moment of levity for all of us. That's a troll job that would go down in history in AFCE lore, since it humiliates the Patriots and bones the Dolphins. All we need to do is figure out how to TP Robert Salah's house and we'd have the trifecta. 1 1 Quote
Low Positive Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) On 1/5/2023 at 6:22 PM, Dan said: My point is... you determine that mechanism (no contest bengals game; win percentage to determine seeding - latest idea floated). Announce it. Then let play the games this weekend and let it the seedings fall where it may. You don’t play the games first.. then announce the plan... which basically means the league has all the data and picks the seeding or is perceived that way. It is ..A.. goal. But its not ..THE.. goal. we can still accomplish the ultimate goal without the #1 seed. There was a fairly dramatic event on Monday that made the #1 seed far less important..and difficult to ensure without replaying the Bengals game. My point here is that too many people seem supremely focused on how we can get the #1 seed, and all I’m saying is that would be nice, but its not mandatory and given whats happened, I think the team isn’t as focused on that as some here are. Expand It's because Bills fans have been focused on the #1 seed since Kelce's TD that ended the Divisional Round game. It's hard to change gears. Edited January 5, 2023 by FrenchConnection Spelling 2 Quote
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