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

[TheFunPolice]

2 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Adam Schefter is reporting that Hasselback gave an idea that the NFL is listening to that the Bills/ Bengal game is ruled a tie. Then the winner of the #1 seed has the choice of either home field throughout the playoffs or a bye. The #2 seed team would get what remains. 

 

Bye all day long, although it's interesting. 

 

1 less game to win to get to the SB, and 1 less game of injury possibilities or just general fatigue 

[Yobogoya!]

3 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Adam Schefter is reporting that Hasselback gave an idea that the NFL is listening to that the Bills/ Bengal game is ruled a tie. Then the winner of the #1 seed has the choice of either home field throughout the playoffs or a bye. The #2 seed team would get what remains. 

 

That's actually a pretty decent idea. Bit more convoluted than I feel like the NFL is going to go with but it would keep the games meaningful this weekend so they have to want to do something that keeps their best teams playing.

[Warriorspikes51]

5 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Adam Schefter is reporting that Hasselback gave an idea that the NFL is listening to that the Bills/ Bengal game is ruled a tie. Then the winner of the #1 seed has the choice of either home field throughout the playoffs or a bye. The #2 seed team would get what remains. 

 

This would be nice for us because it guarantees we get something if we win Sunday.

Let's say they announce this before Saturday and KC loses.

Do the Bills take the Bye?  

Edited January 5, 2023 by Warriorspikes51

[boyst]

23 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

 

No one is taking an L.  It'll be "No Contest" 

I'd prefer Tennessee. Not a fan of Detroit's turf.....

i am so ready to get back to normal. go over to chiefs groups whre they're talking trash and admit we are taking a "L" on this but only after the bungles and bills gave them their own "L" so they go jump on a D

15 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said:

For the neutral field.  If it's Bills vs Cincinnati-Detroit.  If Bills vs KC-Indianapolis

This is based on the distance between the two teams & the neutral site. In both these scenarios the distance to the neutral site is close to equal. KC to Detroit is much further than Buffalo to Detroit.  Cincinnati is too close to Indy to be considered.  If it's KC-Cin I don't care where they play it.  

 

For clearly selfish reasons, because it's the closest stadium, play it in NJ.  

 

no way man. i want it outside because all 3 teams are cold teams, play outside and of all 3 teams the one to favor the most to play indoors isn't us. it's the bengals and we tie the chiefs.

 

i'd say CIN/BUF in Cleveland (that place can use some charity)

 

KC/BUF in Nashville - it's 550 miles to KC and 700 to Buf but i'd take the outdoors and that setup/atmosphere over Indy which is almost exactly in between miles wise.

[TheFunPolice]

no neutral fields, that's a terrible idea

 

However you figure out the seeds is fine. Letting #1 seed select HFA or bye is decent too, but then go forward from there as normal.  

 

IF they go that route (whoever ends up #1 seed gets the choice of 1) I would like to see all 3 teams in the running for #1 seed (KC, BUF, CIN) come out and publicly agree to it before any games are played this weekend. 

 

 

 

 

[LABILLBACKER]

10 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

 

This would be nice for us because it guarantees we get something if we win Sunday.

Let's say they announce this before Saturday and KC loses.

Do the Bills take the Bye?  

This idea by Hasselback is the best and fairest I've heard yet to all 3 teams. Plus you wouldn't have to replay the Cincy game.

[Warriorspikes51]

3 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

This idea by Hasselback is the best and fairest I've heard yet to all 3 teams. Plus you wouldn't have to replay the Cincy game.

 

Ehh it hurts Cincy a bit, but they've already won their division by default at least 

[Magox]

5 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

This idea by Hasselback is the best and fairest I've heard yet to all 3 teams. Plus you wouldn't have to replay the Cincy game.

I never thought about this angle.  Seems very fair,  Assuming KC and Bills both win, KC would get to choose if they want the Bye week but give up home field advantage to Buffalo if they played the Bills in AFC championship game?

 

Am I understanding that correctly?

 

and if the Bills win and KC loses this week then Buffalo automatically gets the bye and home field, is that correct?

 

I know it’s not official but under this proposition is that what is being said?

[Warriorspikes51]

Just now, Magox said:

I never thought about this angle.  Seems very fair,  Assuming KC and Bills both win, KC would get to choose if they want the Bye week but give up home field advantage to Buffalo if they played the Bills in AFC championship game?

 

Am I understanding that correctly?

 

and if the Bills win and KC loses this week then Buffalo automatically gets the bye and home field, is that correct?

 

I know it’s not official but under this proposition is that what is being said?

 

No. Whoever the 1 seed is after week 18 based on Win% gets to select whether they want the Bye or Home Field.
 

The 2 seed gets whichever is not elected

[Magox]

2 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

 

No. Whoever the 1 seed is after week 18 based on Win% gets to select whether they want the Bye or Home Field.
 

The 2 seed gets whichever is not elected

I think that is what I’m saying lol

[BLeonard]

1 minute ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

 

No. Whoever the 1 seed is after week 18 based on Win% gets to select whether they want the Bye or Home Field.
 

The 2 seed gets whichever is not elected

I don't see why the Bills wouldn't get the #1 outright if the Chiefs lose and the Bills win.

 

They'd be a game up in the loss column, plus they'd have the tiebreaker on KC.

[Logic]

21 minutes ago, boyst said:

i am so ready to get back to normal. go over to chiefs groups whre they're talking trash and admit we are taking a "L" on this but only after the bungles and bills gave them their own "L" so they go jump on a D

 

*****.

After reading this, I decided to pop over to Chiefs Planet for a minute. As always, I'm so sorry I did.

Do you think they KNOW how awful they are? Like...do the cretins there have any awareness of what an awful, toxic, disgusting cesspool that place is?

Woof.

[GETTOTHE50]

What about adding an 8th seed in the afc? no one gets a bye, and then put the title game at a neutral site 

[TheFunPolice]

1 minute ago, Logic said:

*****.

After reading this, I decided to pop over to Chiefs Planet for a minute. As always, I'm so sorry I did.

Do you think they KNOW how awful they are? Like...do the cretins there have any awareness of what an awful, toxic, disgusting cesspool that place is?

Woof.

 

it's really gross

[Cheektowaga Chad]

41 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

Bye all day long, although it's interesting. 

 

1 less game to win to get to the SB, and 1 less game of injury possibilities or just general fatigue 

Yeah bye all day

 

Plus there's only one team you would have to go on the road to play out of 6 possibilities 

[boyst]

16 minutes ago, Logic said:

*****.

After reading this, I decided to pop over to Chiefs Planet for a minute. As always, I'm so sorry I did.

Do you think they KNOW how awful they are? Like...do the cretins there have any awareness of what an awful, toxic, disgusting cesspool that place is?

Woof.

Could you imagine me as a chiefs fan?  Me being able to deliver a ridiculous amount of misery and vitriol but also being a cesspool and toxic mofo? 

[The Red King]

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?

[Greg S]

49 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

Bye all day long, although it's interesting. 

 

1 less game to win to get to the SB, and 1 less game of injury possibilities or just general fatigue 

 

I can't argue as you make good points. I would also want homefield advantage. The Bills more than any other team seem to feed off the energy of the crowd and use it to their advantage. I think in their entire history they have only lost 1 game at home in the playoffs. Kelly's last game vs Jacksonville in the WC.

[The Jokeman]

Take away KC results this week against the Raiders and have this week's games results count for Bills and Bengals so all teams in the running for the top speed have only have 16 game records. It hurts the Chiefs the most but they did lose to both Buffalo and Cincy.

 

 

[peterpan]

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.