Do the Kansas City Chiefs deserve a bye week ?

[dhgold]

I think the league did a pretty good job of "splitting the baby in half", given the circumstances. As a Bills fan, I feel the Bills came out of the situation pretty well.  If anything, the Bengals have might feel they got the short end of the stick. Up to the moment it became apparent how serious Hamlin's injury was, I was preoccupied with how Burrow was carving up the Bills defense and the prospect of the Bills falling to the 3 seed.

 

If the Bengals end up coming to Buffalo for the divisional round and lose in a close game they're likely to feel that they would have won if the game had been played in Cincinnati -- that they were screwed by circumstances beyond their control.

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

11 hours ago, HOUSE said:

The fair solution was no bye week in the AFC. 

Then KC fans would’ve complained that they didn’t have the opportunity to earn the 1 seed themselves. It’s a lose-lose situation for everybody. Obviously only thing that would’ve worked was a rematch, but doesn’t matter. 

[BananaB]

I’m not sure if I truly wanted a bye. We always win after a bye but then we kind of slow down. Can’t have that in playoffs. 

[4merper4mer]

I don’t know if the Chiefs deserve a bye but I think the rest of the league deserves a week off of watching Chiefs fans in the stands.  It’s like 70,000 extras from Ozark.

[Scott7975]

1 minute ago, BananaB said:

I’m not sure if I truly wanted a bye. We always win after a bye but then we kind of slow down. Can’t have that in playoffs. 

 

I think the solution was about as fair as gets but wanted to comment on this.

 

Its not just about the bye.  Would you rather play Miami, Bengals, Chiefs to get the SB or Chargers and one of Bengals/Chiefs?  One is far far easier than the other.

[BananaB]

11 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

I think the solution was about as fair as gets but wanted to comment on this.

 

It’s not just about the bye.  Would you rather play Miami, Bengals, Chiefs to get the SB or Chargers and one of Bengals/Chiefs?  One is far far easier than the other.

Yeah there is an easier route but if you come out of a bye not playing your best football you’re gonna get eliminated anyway.  We can beat anyone, they have proved that. Now it’s time to put it all together and go do it.  

[Ya Digg?]

There’s going to be a cloud, but to say they didn’t deserve it is a bit unfair. They went 14-3 so it’s hard to say they didn’t earn it. That being said they are a flawed 14-3 and they will definitely have a game on their hands if they have to play Jacksonville (I don’t believe the Chargers are a very good team) 

[dhgold]

39 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

 (I don’t believe the Chargers are a very good team) 

IMO, the Chargers are a very talented team with a below-average coach. On the bright side for Bills fans, the Herbert Chargers have always played the Chiefs close, e.g. losing by three in both games this year and splitting with them last year. I think it's quite possible that if the Chargers played the Chiefs in the division round, the AFC championship game could end up in Buffalo after all.

[Zerovoltz]

12 hours ago, HOUSE said:

The #1 seed is not determined by win percentage 

 

It's also not determined by h2h tiebreakers when you don't finish tied.

 

11 hours ago, PetermansRedemption said:

If the NFL wanted to proceed this way, the Chiefs should have randomly had one of their games excluded. Draw a number 1-16, that week doesn’t count for the Chiefs. 

 

one of those games could have been the Bills game.  Then you lose the tiebreaker.  This place would melt down.

 

one of those games could have been the Bengals game.....talk about completely screwing the Bengals..KC would get the 1 outright....Cincy would get an L and thus lose any shot they had at better seeding period.  THey'd also have lost the division title.  

 

This was not a good solution and rightly was not considered.

 

Also, lets say the game that doesn't count for KC is Seattle.  That game off the board for Seahawks would have meant Packers and Lions instantly eliminated before week 18.  

 

That whole idea was bad.

[Augie]

13 hours ago, HOUSE said:

I will take it to my grave, the Chiefs should be playing this weekend same as the Bills.

The Chiefs won the #1 seed while Buffalo had no chance

Free bye week on a technicality 

 

I think the Chiefs deserve a week of hard labor. I suggest looking for your wallet. Only if they find it do they get a bye! 

 

No trips to Cancun for you, KC! 

 

[Irv]

20 hours ago, Your Brown Eye said:

 

24-20 Loss to Buffalo

27-24 Loss to Cinci

 

 

Not exactly an ass-kicking

Take your brown eye back to KC.  

[Warriorspikes51]

14-3 is deserving of a bye.

However..... KC lost to BUF & CIN who both played fewer games,

KC has been bailed out in key moments of games by officiating.
 

The Chiefs deserved to lose against Denver at least once. The Texans. The Chargers and Raiders early in the season. They lost to the Colts. 

[kkim0904]

Yes, unless we play make up game against Cincinnati, KC is 1/2 game up.

[NewEra]

15 hours ago, special-teams said:

NO!  Makes little sense both the Bengals and Bills beat them in regular season play.  BUT - - Mahomes is the NFL poster boy for the AFC and it's not going to change.

But…..winning% matters.  Obv.  We are where we are.  Enjoy the ride

[Loyal BF]

ABSOLUTLEY NOT!!!

 

The Chiefs were handed the #1 seed that they did NOT earn.

 

They LOST to both Bengals AND the Bills. They LOST to the two teams, that not by anything they did, nor their lack of performance on the field, have been screwed over.

 

The Chiefs cannot be called the best team AFC. They lucked out on the back of Damar Hamlin’s tragedy.

 

If they end up winning the Super Bowl it will be forever cheapened by this.

 

The Bills have to show their resiliency and win the Super Bowl this year, despite all the obstacles and challenges of both the team and the community.

[C.Biscuit97]

No but a complete freak thing happened and no one was going to be happy. I think the Bengals have the biggest beef personally. 
 

but if we really are a SB team, there is zero reason to not be able to win our first 2 games to get to a neutral field (which I think helps us in a weird way).

[TH3]

On 1/9/2023 at 7:42 AM, HOUSE said:

I will take it to my grave, the Chiefs should be playing this weekend same as the Bills.

The Chiefs won the #1 seed while Buffalo had no chance

Free bye week on a technicality 

Complaint with no alternative solution ….atta boy