BigBadBills Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 10:02 PM, peterpan said: Obviously too late in the week for this now, but a good option would have been to play the bengals game again this week. Have the Cheats play the Ravens instead at a neutral site. Then the top seed gets settled and both the ravens and Cheats are essentially in a win-and-your-in scenario. They played each other already this year so a lot of the scouting is done. Expand Do you mean Steelers? Ravens already clinched Quote
Billsfan1972 Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 Thankfully it sounds like they're not going to play the game. As said the game has bad juju. Quote
Doc Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 10:08 PM, Billsfan1972 said: Thankfully it sounds like they're not going to play the game. As said the game has bad juju. Expand Yeah the game has been called off. Quote
Kiva Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 What can we do as fans to ensure the league doesn’t take advantage of us and derail our season? 2 1 Quote
Billsfan1972 Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 10:17 PM, Doc said: Yeah the game has been called off. Expand They haven't to date yet. As far as I have heard there is no definitive word but they don't plan on playing the game. Quote
SoCal Deek Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 10:18 PM, Kiva said: What can we do as fans to ensure the league doesn’t take advantage of us and derail our season? Expand Huh? Answer: We can cheer for our favorite team. 1 Quote
NickelCity Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) On 1/5/2023 at 10:18 PM, Kiva said: What can we do as fans to ensure the league doesn’t take advantage of us and derail our season? Expand There won't be a scenario that avoids some team, perhaps several, having to accept a less than ideal outcome. It might very well be us. Fwiw, I am pro coin flip. Edited January 5, 2023 by NickelCity 2 Quote
Scott7975 Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 9:36 PM, The Red King said: I worry if KC loses and BUF wins, that now we have to give up a bye or homefield. We would be one win ahead of them with one fewer game played. How is that fair? Expand There is no fair outcome for everyone. Someone or multiple someones is going to get the short end of the stick. Just have to live with whatever happens and move on. Quote
Aussie Joe Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 9:36 PM, The Red King said: I worry if KC loses and BUF wins, that now we have to give up a bye or homefield. We would be one win ahead of them with one fewer game played. How is that fair? Expand But if KC wins you will be ok with it? Quote
BillsFanSD Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) On 1/5/2023 at 9:36 PM, The Red King said: I worry if KC loses and BUF wins, that now we have to give up a bye or homefield. We would be one win ahead of them with one fewer game played. How is that fair? Expand I imagine the league will resolve this when they get around to making a decision about how playoff seeding is going to work. If they go by winning percentage, we would finish ahead of KC in the scenario that you described, 81% to 76%. Edited January 5, 2023 by BillsFanSD Quote
Success Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 10:59 PM, Aussie Joe said: But if KC wins you will be ok with it? Expand We have to be. These are pretty extraordinary circumstances - no solution will be perfect. We're better than KC. We can beat them at their place, if it comes to that. 1 Quote
Albany,n.y. Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 11:03 PM, BillsFanSD said: I imagine the league will resolve this when they get around to making a decision about how playoff seeding is going to work. If they go by winning percentage, we would finish ahead of KC in the scenario that you described. Expand If KC loses & the Bills win then there's no need for anything since even if you count the Cincy game as a loss, the Bills & KC would have the same record and the Bills would be the #1 seed since they'd win the head to head tie breaker. The only problem with that is the Bengals could claim that if they won the Bills game, they would be the #1 seed. Quote
Aussie Joe Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 11:05 PM, Success said: We have to be. These are pretty extraordinary circumstances - no solution will be perfect. We're better than KC. We can beat them at their place, if it comes to that. Expand I agree with you,,, and I don’t know what they are going to do at the end of the day… But my question was asked around some people seemingly just wanting outcomes that are going to favour the Bills,,,and then rejecting it if it goes the other way… As you say… they gotta make a call and someone is not gunna be happy at th end of the day… I notice people are now getting out of shape as to where the possible “neutral”venue is if they go done that track… 1 Quote
BillsFanSD Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 11:09 PM, Albany,n.y. said: If KC loses & the Bills win then there's no need for anything since even if you count the Cincy game as a loss, the Bills & KC would have the same record and the Bills would be the #1 seed since they'd win the head to head tie breaker. The only problem with that is the Bengals could claim that if they won the Bills game, they would be the #1 seed. Expand Sure, but we would still be ahead of CIN in winning % now that the MNF game has been a no-contest. Some Bengals fans will be a salty over that, just like some of our fans will be salty if KC is handed the #1 seed. Tough. I promise not to complain if we're somewhat disadvantaged, and my expectation for the Bengals is the same. Quote
Albany,n.y. Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 11:15 PM, BillsFanSD said: Sure, but we would still be ahead of CIN in winning % now that the MNF game has been a no-contest. Some Bengals fans will be a salty over that, just like some of our fans will be salty if KC is handed the #1 seed. Tough. I promise not to complain if we're somewhat disadvantaged, and my expectation for the Bengals is the same. Expand If KC gets the #1 seed, home field & a bye without any compromise solution I'll be complaining until the Bills win the AFC Championship. Quote
AlfaBill Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 10:59 PM, Aussie Joe said: But if KC wins you will be ok with it? Expand If the Bills win the SB would there be an asterisk? Quote
Aussie Joe Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 11:29 PM, AlfaBill said: If the Bills win the SB would there be an asterisk? Expand I can’t really answer that until I see what actually happens Quote
AlfaBill Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 11:35 PM, Aussie Joe said: I can’t really answer that until I see what actually happens Expand If it did though would it bother anyone? I know silly question. Quote
Success Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 Comp. committee had a vote at 6:00, right? Any news? 1 Quote
Aussie Joe Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 11:40 PM, AlfaBill said: If it did though would it bother anyone? I know silly question. Expand Not in these circumstances… I don’t think Quote
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