NFL Resolution to Adjust the AFC Playoffs- Poll

[Rocky Landing]

24 minutes ago, Rochesterfan said:

 

I am fine with 90% of it.  They did exactly what I expected.  
 

My only real complaint is I think it screwed over Cincinnati to much.

 

Although I hate it - I would have been all for additional neutral site games of Buffalo/Cincinnati as that game could have gone either way and that impacts everything.

 

I am glad they followed the rules as laid out and then looked at ways to adjust and I think given the terrible situation- the NFL tried and did an excellent job.

 

I just feel for Cincinnati a bit right now.  Good guys, Good Coach and took one on the chin for us - just as we did for KC.

 

 

I agree. Really, there just isn't a resolution that doesn't hurt some team. It suck that both the Bills and the Bengals suffered-- but it was our game that began the issue. I hate that KC gets handed the #1 seed. It would have been nice to be able to either replay, or resume the game next week, but I don't see how that could happen without either compressing the schedule for the Bills, and Bengals (which would likely be a worse outcome for both teams), or postponing the playoffs, which would be unfair to at least the NFC #1 seed, who wouldn't get to play a game for three weeks. 

[TheWeatherMan]

I don’t think any team (Chiefs, Ravens) should benefit from the Bills and Bengals choosing humanity and integrity over selfishness and greed.  That being said, Hamlin is on the path to recovery, which is the biggest victory in Buffalo Bills history.  At this point, I consider everything else that’s playoff football related to be increasingly trivial.  

[Billsfan1972]

The last thing I wanted was the game to be played again regardless of the outcome people would have been upset because it was not played on the Monday. And the schedule is completely thrown upside down.

 

Really I'm not too worried about Cincinnati as I expect them to have no issues with Baltimore. The issue obviously will be coming to Buffalo and if that happens then thinking that they may have been screwed somehow.

Edited January 6, 2023 by Billsfan1972

[WhoTom]

18 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

I agree it's the fairest solution, but it's tough to stomach the Chiefs benefitting the most from it, especially since they've looked like crap while barely beating one cupcake after another for much of the second half of the season.  

 

Maybe karma will catch up and they'll get bounced in the Divisional round.

 

[nedboy7]

I am happy w the decision and find some of these responses silly.  Unprecedented situation.  Deal w it. 

[CSBill]

2 hours ago, Big Turk said:

 

 

I would love to see who voted what. But its probably good we will never know--at least not until long after the season is over.

[JerseyBills]

Hope the football Gods make this a non issue with a LV n Bal W

[CSBill]

1 hour ago, Heavy Kevi said:

Really unfair for Cincy.

 

It sucks that we get no shot at the #1, but at least this makes sure we don't go on the road to KC.

 

But Cincy did nothing other than be gracious and now they are automatically on the road in Buffalo and then a coin flip for Balt/Cincy if they meet in playoffs.

 

Crazy. It's like all the NFL did was try to make it fair for buff and Balt but not really Cincy or KC (though KC deserves nothing special)

 

The Cincinnati thing is interesting. If they were to lose this weekend, they would be 0-2 versus the Ravens, 2-4 in their division. They got a lot of help to win their division. So I find it hard to be too sympathetic for them.

 

Just win and show you truly deserve the division.

 

 

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by CSBill

[Since1981]

• "1" club vote over, closer than I expected.
• CIN likely feels cheated vs. KC.
• I had 0% confidence in Goodell Monday night, 0% this week
• He mostly did correct by me. 

1/6 vs. 1/29 will be interesting to compare my opinion   !!???

[ImpactCorey]

The coin toss for home field for a Ravens/Cincy match up is somewhat unfair.    Especially considering there is likely going to be a Bills/Cincy rematch in the divisional round and has high probability of being played in Buffalo.  They had their home game taken away and potentially given to the Bills in the playoffs.  Surprised they didn't decide to coin toss home field for that match up as well.

[BillsFanSD]

1 minute ago, ImpactCorey said:

The coin toss for home field for a Ravens/Cincy match up is somewhat unfair.    Especially considering there is likely going to be a Bills/Cincy rematch in the divisional round and has high probability of being played in Buffalo.  They had their home game taken away and potentially given to the Bills in the playoffs.  Surprised they didn't decide to coin toss home field for that match up as well.

This part doesn't bother me at all, given that the league decided to call it a no-contest.  If we win this weekend, we'll finish the season with a better record than the Bengals.  Not because of the game that got cancelled, but because of the 16 other games.  We earned that legitimately, under the rules as written.  

[Tolstoy]

1 hour ago, zow2 said:

The Chiefs having control of the bye week and the Bengals potentially having to win a coin toss (vs Baltimore if they lose Sunday) are the only things that really rub me the wrong way. 

It bothered me too, since they get an extra week of rest of they win next week, but then I realized that because the Monday night game was cancelled, the Bills and Bengals virtually had a rest week this past week (1st quarter injuries to Taron J. and Allen notwithstanding). So in a sense, we had almost a bye week in the second last week of the season. So we should be in relatively healthy shape for the next slate of games. 

 

There is no perfect solution, but the one that they settled on seems the fairest to me.

[RangerDave]

I think the one and only fair way to decide this is to have the Bills and Bengals finish the game...on Madden 23.  Their best player versus our best player.

 

Think of the ratings to watch that game!  And it sure beats a coin toss.

[BillsFanSD]

2 minutes ago, RangerDave said:

I think the one and only fair way to decide this is to have the Bills and Bengals finish the game...on Madden 23.  Their best player versus our best player.

 

Think of the ratings to watch that game!  And it sure beats a coin toss.

But this is the NFL we're talking about.  They would turn this into a 3-hour primetime event with a halftime show featuring Sheryl Crow and Darius Rucker.

[LabattBlue]

As much as I love the AFCCG moving out of Arrowhead, it would have been a 100% guarantee that if the Bills were in the Chiefs position, the epic meltdowns here would have made chiefsplanet reactions look mild. 

[Wags67]

8 teams make it in both divisions with 1&2 getting byes.  Conference winning percentages for the ranking...

[stosh64]

I have to agree with Mixon on this, use the existing rule!

This is what happens when you get people trying to figure out what exactly 'equity' is, a huge mess that no one agrees on.  To quote Roger,

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"We believe this is a focused approach that will only affect four teams, and directly address the potential for competitive inequity resulting from 30 teams playing 17 games and two playing 16 games.

I miss the days when we strove for equality and didn't depend on people above us to figure out what 'equity' means.

[WhoTom]

15 minutes ago, Wags67 said:

8 teams make it in both divisions with 1&2 getting byes.

 

The math doesn't work out. If two teams have byes, then the other six play in the WC round, producing three winners. Now you have five teams left.

 

 

 

 

[HOUSE]

If the Bills win the SUPERBOWL I will then be happy with the decision 

[chongli]

3 hours ago, Fleezoid said:

 

Yes. It's essentially a "no" vote with the ability to say, 'I didn't vote no'.

 Yes, I guess. But it is also said "silence equals consent". (There was an old Paper Chase TV episode with this as part of the plot.) So I am not really sure, lol.

 

[Also, I dont vote in polls on this forum that are public.]

Edited January 6, 2023 by chongli