AFC top 3 Seed Flow Chart

[bigK14094]

We should all be aware that last Monday nights game of 7 minutes in length was equivalent to a bye week imho.  the team should be physically healthy because of that on Sunday.  Mentally?   tbd.

[The Red King]

  On 1/7/2023 at 3:57 PM, st pete gogolak said:

Someone previously posted that Bills would have nothing to play for Sunday if the Chiefs won because they would be locked into #2 seed based on having tiebreaker over Bengals if Bengals beat Ravens and Bills lost to Pats.  Based on the flowchart that's incorrect.  Is it?  Even if Chiefs won and Bills did have tiebreaker over Bengals, Bills would still be playing for chance to have AFCC played at neutral site instead of KC.

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Don't the Bengals also hold the tie-breaker over us due to Strength of Victory?  We could drop to 3rd seed.

[The Red King]

  On 1/7/2023 at 4:25 PM, bigK14094 said:

We should all be aware that last Monday nights game of 7 minutes in length was equivalent to a bye week imho.  the team should be physically healthy because of that on Sunday.  Mentally?   tbd.

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Tell Allen's ankle that.

[Georgia Bill]

  On 1/7/2023 at 1:26 PM, TH3 said:

So if Bills lose and Bengals win tomorrow ….and they go in as Bills 3 and Bengals 2….Bills play AT Bengals in divisional round?

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Assuming they both win their first playoff game, the answer is yes.  Which is why I think the Bills will be very motivated to win tomorrow and prevent having to go back to the Bengals stadium this year.

[Nextmanup]

  On 1/7/2023 at 4:25 PM, bigK14094 said:

We should all be aware that last Monday nights game of 7 minutes in length was equivalent to a bye week imho.  the team should be physically healthy because of that on Sunday.  Mentally?   tbd.

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I don't remember our game being 7 minutes.

 

I think it ended with about 5 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.

 

 

[TH3]

  On 1/7/2023 at 4:36 PM, Georgia Bill said:

Assuming they both win their first playoff game, the answer is yes.  Which is why I think the Bills will be very motivated to win tomorrow and prevent having to go back to the Bengals stadium this year.

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That would suck

[LABILLBACKER]

  On 1/6/2023 at 10:54 PM, AuntieEm said:

 

   Got links ready for stidhams foundation?  

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Don't ask me how but the Raiders always play the Chiefs tough. Vegas has Waller and Renfro back. Stidham lit it up last week. Anything can happen. 

[BLeonard]

  On 1/7/2023 at 1:26 PM, TH3 said:

So if Bills lose and Bengals win tomorrow ….and they go in as Bills 3 and Bengals 2….Bills play AT Bengals in divisional round?

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Correct.

  On 1/7/2023 at 3:13 PM, strive_for_five_guy said:

If the Ravens end up hosting the Bengals, are they also assigned the 3 seed, or are they still a 6 seed?  Just curious if they were to then win first round and the 2 seed lost, would they be hosting the 4/5 winner as the 3 seed in the divisional round, or would they go on the road somewhere as the 6 seed? 

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They haven't said anything about the seeds changing and they've made it clear that Cincinnati is the North Champions regardless, so I'm gonna assume that Baltimore would still be the 6 seed and have to go on the road.

[Dan]

  On 1/7/2023 at 4:41 PM, Nextmanup said:

I don't remember our game being 7 minutes.

 

I think it ended with about 5 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.

 

 

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There was about 5:58 left in the 1st quarter.  
 

Just over 9 mins of game time had elapsed. 

[SoCal Deek]

  On 1/7/2023 at 7:09 PM, Dan said:

There was about 5:58 left in the 1st quarter.  
 

Just over 9 mins of game time had elapsed. 

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Both teams punters are well rested! 

[BLeonard]

  On 1/7/2023 at 3:57 PM, st pete gogolak said:

Someone previously posted that Bills would have nothing to play for Sunday if the Chiefs won because they would be locked into #2 seed based on having tiebreaker over Bengals if Bengals beat Ravens and Bills lost to Pats.  Based on the flowchart that's incorrect.  Is it?  Even if Chiefs won and Bills did have tiebreaker over Bengals, Bills would still be playing for chance to have AFCC played at neutral site instead of KC.

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If the Bengals win, they would overtake the Bills if the Bills were to lose to the Patriots based on the SOV tiebreaker.  The Bills would also lose the opportunity to have a neutral site game if they met the Chiefs in the AFC Championship, even if the Bengals lost and the Bills held onto the 2 seed.

 

Even with a Chiefs win today, the Bills have plenty to play for tomorrow.

[AuntieEm]

  On 1/7/2023 at 5:46 PM, LABILLBACKER said:

Don't ask me how but the Raiders always play the Chiefs tough. Vegas has Waller and Renfro back. Stidham lit it up last week. Anything can happen. 

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  Oh by all means I am not nor would i ever count out anything happening.  I do get the sense that this is just how the Bills gotta earn their first SB win.  No one is gonna say Bills lucked into a Lombardi or question this team as a complete team that's on the same mission and won't be stopped.  I expect this bonding will be a solid foundation as they add to their legacy and just maybe this team will have the tenacity to match 4 straight SB but flip the losses into 4 straight wins.  After that if they get a 5th str sb appearance I think the 90s team will salute this version as the a worthy successor for the record and since it's still a Bills record they'll celebrate it not be the jerks the Miami 72 team with their undefeated year.  I'm certainly hopeful that one one the SB years is a undefeated season to win a 17 game season and sb for a new standard.

 

  I could easily see Mahomes and the Chiefs lose today.

 

Edited January 7, 2023 by AuntieEm

[ArtVandalay]

  On 1/6/2023 at 9:36 PM, BLeonard said:

Found this elsewhere and figured it'd be worth posting, so the question of who gets what seed under X result can be consolidated into one, easy to read spot.

 

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There's a contingency of the board that will be lost on this. There's a decent size box wine crowd here. 

[Marvin]

IMHO, Cincinnati should get home field if they win and both the Chiefs and Bills lose.

[strive_for_five_guy]

Looking like the last two scenarios are going to be ruled out in a little bit.

[Billsfanatic8989]

What about NFC?

 

I wonder how a team like KC would match up with the Eagles. Or us and Cincinnati with Philly? They appear to be an elite team. Hurts is playing well and those receivers are elite. That run D is tough. OL is top notch.

 

We shall see how Hurts is health wise. 

[nosejob]

I'm really starting to hate the chiefs....they must be beat....badly