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Wonder if Pederson regrets not taking the FG on the second drive now.

Well, at least Lawrence won't throw another pick here.

Titans may not have even thrown three times at this point in the game.

Per NBC: Sat - 4:30 - FOX SEA @ SF Sat - 8:15 - NBC - LAC @ JAX Sun - 1:00 - CBS - MIA @ BUF Sun - 4:30 - FOX - NYG @ MIN Sun - 8:15 - NBC - BLT @ CIN Mon - 8:15 - ESPN - DAL @ TB

Per Sal:

Could easily be announced during the postgame. My guess is, they had two potential schedules that depended on the outcome of this game.

Barring any changes to the scheduling formula, these will be the opponents for the Bills next season: Home Denver Broncos Las Vegas Raiders Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Miami Dolphins New England Patriots New York Jets Jacksonville Jaguars Tampa Bay Buccaneers Away @ Kansas City Chiefs @ Los Angeles Chargers @ Washington Commanders @ Philadelphia Eagles @ Miami Dolphins @ New England Patriots @ New York Jets @ Cincinnati Bengals

Hopefully, this will explain all of the playoff scenarios for the Bills, depending on tomorrow's game outcomes. Bills win* OR CIN Loss - Bills Clinch #2 Seed 1: vs MIA if MIA beats NYJ 2: vs PIT if MIA loses to NYJ AND PIT beats CLE 3: vs NE if MIA loses to NYJ AND PIT loses to CLE Bills lose AND CIN beats BAL - Bills clinch #3 Seed 1: vs BAL * - If the Bills beat NE and face KC in the AFC Championship, the game will be held at a neutral site. If you're more of a visual person, here are the current flow charts for the top 3 seeds and the 7th seed.

Volleyball: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/01/06/report-indianapolis-turns-down-nfls-request-to-host-afc-championship-game-if-needed/

If the Bills finish as the #2 seed, they can play NE, MIA, PIT or JAX in the WC Round. If JAX wins tonight, they'd be removed from this list. If the Bills finish as the #3 seed they WILL play Baltimore. If the Bills win, an AFC Championship game between the Bills and Chiefs would be at a neutral site. If the Bills lose, the AFC Championship would be played at the highest remaining seed, as it is normally.

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.

Correct. 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.

Because, if the Chiefs lose and the Bills win, the Chiefs would be 13-4, while the Bills would be 13-3. Because the Bills won the H2H tiebreaker, even if you count the Bengals game as a loss, the Bills still would have finished ahead of the Chiefs. The neutral site scenarios are only for potential games that could have had a different host had the Bills/Bengals game been completed.

Well, it won't be Indianapolis: https://fox59.com/indiana-news/indianapolis-turns-down-nfls-request-to-host-afc-championship-game/

If JAX, CLE and NYJ all win, New England still gets in even if the Bills beat them. If the Bills lose and Cincy wins, the Bengals host the Patriots and the Bills host the Ravens in the Wild Card round.

Especially with the craziness this year. I've already gotten a few texts among the lines of "You're bringing the paper Sunday, right?" "The paper" being the scenarios charted out, which gets folded into a piece of origami to hide the scenarios of teams that lose throughout the day.

Cincinnati would host in that scenario. They would hold the SOV tiebreaker. Bills would be the #3 seed and host Baltimore. Cincy would be the #2 and host New England. Neutral fields I've heard about are Atlanta or Indianapolis. Detroit is getting new turf, so that's out, as they've already started the process.

Probably the easiest way, lol However, I usually get tasked with explaining the scenarios to most everyone in the Bills Backers group at the bar I go to, so I kinda prepare in advance. As of now, there are 128 seeding scenarios left. By the time the Bills kick off, it'll be down to 32, so much easier to navigate then, lol

If the Chargers win, yes.

Coin flip has zero to do with the Bills. Only between Baltimore and Cincinnati if the Ravens win Sunday and they'd meet in the first round of the playoffs.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist or anything, but I will say this: Kansas City losing and the Bills winning this weekend makes a good chunk of their issues regarding seeding a moot point. Yep. If the Bills get the 1 seed, they will have homefield throughout, regardless of who they play.

From what I've read, the top potential sites are Indianapolis and Atlanta. Detroit is replacing their turf after the season and since they know the Lions won't be at home for the playoffs, they've already started, so Detroit is out: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-move-up-field-turf-replacement

Correct. Long story short, if the Bills win, they will only play outside of Orchard Park if they face the Chiefs in the AFC Championship and that'll be a neutral site game.

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.

Read the bolded. The Bills and Bengals will have each played 16 games. Thus, the participating teams will have played an equal number of games.