SoCal Deek

Agreed. Since it looks like the 2 and 3 seed could face each other this year (although you never know) it comes down to how much the Bills want home field advantage for that one. ,

Geez people! Here's how it works. McCarthy sits down with the Republican hold-outs and gives them what they want...or some significant assurance/compromise. That's how legislation is made. That's how this will be resolved.

I haven't read through four pages of responses (nor will I), but nobody evens knows what happened to this guy yet, and people are calling for changes to the equipment? Ya gotta love the internet!

Here's where you and I differ. Nobody owes the Bills anything. If they choose not to play, then they live with the consequences of that decision...and that's OK. It is there choice. Use it as motivation, or not.

Then just forfeit ....now. I have no idea what you want here?

Does it? If the Bengals and Bills end up with the same 12-4 record, do the Bengals get the #2 seed? If so, you may be onto something.

The Bears are trying to pull a Rob Johnson...hoping that some other Team will take him off their hands after he lights it up on Sunday. (Just saying)

Nobody is saying they "have to" play the game. My point is that the Bills should "want to" play the game. If they don't want to play the game, that is in essence a forfeit and they could do that today.

I’ll do it! How hard can it be? 😁

I’ve been to two super bowls….and live in a city that just hosted the last one. There was almost nothing going on in Los Angeles last year during the bye week. Sure, the NFL experience was happening (not even at the stadium site) but that was just advertised locally to SoCal residents. They were practically begging people to go. I cannot believe that more than a few dozen people plan on spending over a week in Phoenix. Local residents who still want to visit the NFL Experience would still be able to do so.

Yes, but who’s holding the controller for the Bills?

Call me crazy…but I’m rooting for the scenario that allows my Buffalo Bills to play their way into the #1 seed and an assured WNY path to the Super Bowl! After fanatically rooting for this team for SIXTY years, the last thing I want is some asterisk after their championship.

Now we’re going in circles. The initial comment was whether the teams needed the week off. They do not. Now as to whether some Japanese beer distributor had planned a party two weeks before the game (which nobody will attend)…I honestly don’t care. It seems like a silly thing to prioritize right now.

The week leading up to the Super Bowl isn’t a big deal for anyone other than for a few off-brand sponsors hosting a party somewhere. Very few. Do the teams need the time? No they don’t. Not so sure? Georgia and TCU are about to play for a championship this week and neither team, nor their fans, nor any sponsors, got a bye.

This incident had nothing to do with the inherent violence of the sport. In the Olympics a couple of years ago Christian Erickson collapsed on the soccer field from a heart attack. He was standing all by himself. In front of an huge international television audience they administered all the same treatment on him and suspended the match. Nobody retired. Erickson is actually playing again.

I’m not trying to be ‘that guy’, but what logistics? Nobody pre-plans for a playoff game. Nobody knows if they’re hosting and when, or where. The only pre-planning is for the Super Bowl, and that date/venue would not change. I cannot believe anyone gives a rats behind if the Pro Bowl nonsense is cancelled. Not even the players. Half of them opt out already…and this year it’s been reduced to a skills competition. You think the two Super Bowl teams are going to complain about getting to play in the Super Bowl..hardly? You think the other First Round teams are going to complain about getting a week of rest…hardly?

First, the Chiefs are not losing to the Raiders. But even if they did, then the Bills and Bengals could still choose to forfeit Week 19. What’s the problem?

Correct…which is exactly how it was for the Bills and the Giants…and nobody cared. It was one of the NFLs iconic games.

Without playing the game BOTH teams are going to have to play in the wildcard round. There’s zero chance the league is gifting the Bills the #1 seed.

Not sure what the problem is here. This is what actual congressional negotiations look like. Has it been so long since we’ve seen them that nobody recognizes them anymore? Just two weeks ago you’all had your hair on fire because these same people were voting in lockstep for a multi-TRILLION dollar spending bill that none of them had read. Now we’re upset because they’re taking their time on an issue that’ll set the course for a two year agenda? Come on people!

Oh brother….okay “it’s my personal opinion that the game should be played”. Better?

Okay…I’ll bite. Why would anyone retire (essentially quit their job) because of Hamlin? Has a Doctor said what happened to him?

It’s been said in another thread: If you resume the game as a stand alone Week 19 matchup, nobody is penalized. And we all avoid sitting through the stupid Pro Bowl week.

So you think the Bills would turn down the opportunity to earn a first round bye because they could be playing a team that got one? I don’t think so! And all the other teams would out number and out vote these two. I still think Week 19 makes the most sense. The game has to be played.