Official: (Bengals) Game will not be resumed this week UPDATE: OFFICIALLY CANCELLED

[Scott7975]

22 minutes ago, goober said:

If the game does get played Sunday, I don’t want to hear the Shout song if the team scores, etc.   I don’t know what’s appropriate but the pretense of normal Sunday game rituals seems so hollow and artificial.  

 

Everyone is different but sometimes normalcy like things help people get through tough times.

[BillsfaninSB]

Bills/Bengals is a no contest.   Use AFC winning %.  Let 8 teams in.  Do the same in NFC for all I care.

 

1 seed is not gifted with bye at least.  Would hurt the Bills but seems fair.  Assuming they beat the Pats. 
 

Edited January 4, 2023 by BillsfaninSB

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, BillsfaninSB said:

Bills/Bengals is a no contest.   Use AFC winning %.  Let 8 teams in.  Do the same in NFC for all I care.

 

1 seed is not gifted with bye at least.  Would hurt the Bills but seems fair.  Assuming they beat the Pats. 
 

I'm sure Eagles fans would love that.  At this point there's a small part of me that wants us to play our backups or forfeit against the Pats just to tick off the Fins and their fans for their stadium design.

[BigdaddyinOrlando]

I’d think something needs to be resolved before Sunday. We called Beasly up from practice squad and that was his last one, if not resolved by then then does that mean he has used his last call up? Obviously not the most important issue with regards to Demar but was just curious about this.

[BRH]

8 hours ago, Einstein said:

Saw this on another forum. What!?

 

“Benjamin Allbright said on the radio that the NFL, as of now, is planning on not playing the Bills/Bengals game and will label it as “No Contest.” They’ll then use a random number generator to pick a random game on the Chiefs schedule, whatever game the random number generator lands on will be listed as “No Contest” and they’ll determine the seeding based on that.”

[Devilmann]

9 hours ago, Einstein said:

Saw this on another forum. What!?

 

“Benjamin Allbright said on the radio that the NFL, as of now, is planning on not playing the Bills/Bengals game and will label it as “No Contest.” They’ll then use a random number generator to pick a random game on the Chiefs schedule, whatever game the random number generator lands on will be listed as “No Contest” and they’ll determine the seeding based on that.”

What if it lands on a loss? Just saying that would give them the 1 seed automatically pending Sunday’s game of course. 

[Tenhigh]

3 minutes ago, Devilmann said:

What if it lands on a loss? Just saying that would give them the 1 seed automatically pending Sunday’s game of course. 

I like those odds for us though

[Low Positive]

6 minutes ago, Devilmann said:

What if it lands on a loss? Just saying that would give them the 1 seed automatically pending Sunday’s game of course. 

Do we get the win erased if it lands on the Bills-Chiefs game?

[Airseven]

31 minutes ago, Devilmann said:

What if it lands on a loss? Just saying that would give them the 1 seed automatically pending Sunday’s game of course. 

Yes indeed, the result of all this may very well be the Bills losing the #1 seed.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

26 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

Do we get the win erased if it lands on the Bills-Chiefs game?

Yikes 

[BearNorth]

Just now, Airseven said:

Yes indeed, the result of all this may very well be the Bills losing the #1 seed.

I suspect the head to head result would be excluded from the random number selection, having had a lot of statistics courses that would be most logical, but this is the NFL and the Hunts arguably are the most influential owners in the AFC.

[zow2]

It's interesting, the vast majority of national "takes" that I've heard are very pro Bills.  If both KC and Buffalo win this weekend, the neutral fans and media want the Bills to have the 1 seed.  I think it's a combination of feeling bad for the Bills situation plus people just don't want KC getting to play important games in Arrowhead this year. They want something different.

[BillsFanSD]

9 hours ago, Einstein said:

Saw this on another forum. What!?

 

“Benjamin Allbright said on the radio that the NFL, as of now, is planning on not playing the Bills/Bengals game and will label it as “No Contest.” They’ll then use a random number generator to pick a random game on the Chiefs schedule, whatever game the random number generator lands on will be listed as “No Contest” and they’ll determine the seeding based on that.”

This is actually a pretty good idea.  I wish I had thought of this.

 

Of course, we know they're going to land on Bills-Chiefs as the game that gets thrown out.  Until that happens, though, it's a fun option to think about.

[mikemac2001]

2 minutes ago, BillsFanSD said:

This is actually a pretty good idea.  I wish I had thought of this.

 

Of course, we know they're going to land on Bills-Chiefs as the game that gets thrown out.  Until that happens, though, it's a fun option to think about.

But that gives the bills one less game same if it landed on bengals would have one less game in that scenario they would likely have to do it again. ****edit Or would they just remove the W OR L and no affect the other team which kind of makes sense

Edited January 4, 2023 by mikemac2001

[Scott7975]

15 minutes ago, mikemac2001 said:

But that gives the bills one less game same if it landed on bengals would have one less game in that scenario they would likely have to do it again. ****edit Or would they just remove the W OR L and no affect the other team which kind of makes sense

 

They would likely leave the head to heads out of the RNG.

[Captain Hindsight]

7 hours ago, goober said:

If the game does get played Sunday, I don’t want to hear the Shout song if the team scores, etc.   I don’t know what’s appropriate but the pretense of normal Sunday game rituals seems so hollow and artificial.  

I get your sentiment. Its hard to feel "normal" going back to a football game. I was telling my wife last night, I feel a little dirty going to and expecting to be entertained by these guys for a few hours. It feels wrong and insensitive.

 

But, theres also something to be said for doing things that are "normal" when you are going through rough times or trauma. I am looking forward to being with the Bills Mafia community and being able to show our love to the players, coaches, GM, training staff, doctors ect. These players provide so much joy to community and its important for the community as a whole to be together. The shout song is a part of that, as is introductions and the charging Buffalos before kickoff.

 

I get it, I'm torn about the propect of just showing up like its a regular game. But I'm also looking forward to the community being together and playing for Damar and hearing the shout song. 

[Warriorspikes51]

31 minutes ago, BillsFanSD said:

This is actually a pretty good idea.  I wish I had thought of this.

 

Of course, we know they're going to land on Bills-Chiefs as the game that gets thrown out.  Until that happens, though, it's a fun option to think about.

I would hope if they actually do use a random number generator to do this, our game against them would not be eligible to change

 

[Low Positive]

Just now, Warriorspikes51 said:

I would hope if they actually do use a random number generator to do this, our game against them would not be eligible to change

 

Or the Bengals game against them for that matter. 

[BillsFanSD]

Just now, Warriorspikes51 said:

I would hope if they actually do use a random number generator to do this, our game against them would not be eligible to change

 

Yeah, I mainly just joking about the Bills getting boned by the RNG in an improbable fashion.  

[Andrew Son]

1 minute ago, FrenchConnection said:

Or the Bengals game against them for that matter. 

So two of their 3 losses???  lol, seems pointless then