3 way tie for conference lead possibility

[ehfeuh57]

What happens if we lose to Cinci and KC  somehow drops a game and we all end up tied at the end of season?

[zow2]

I would think Cincinnati would get the 1 seed because they beat KC and Buffalo?

[Boatdrinks]

Bills are 2 seed I believe 

[Einstein]

4 minutes ago, zow2 said:

I would think Cincinnati would get the 1 seed because they beat KC and Buffalo?

 

Correct.

[BigAl2526]

I affirm what zow and Boatdrinks are saying.  The first tiebreaker is head to head results.  Buffalo has the tiebreaker over KC already.  A win over Buffalo gives Cincinnati the tiebreaker over Buffalo, and they already have it over KC.  Had these three teams not played each other, there are a bunch of other tiebreakers they can go to in order to determine the seeding in the playoffs.

[BringBackFlutie]

Losing to cinci is not an option. 

[KDIGGZ]

The real bummer would be losing to Cinci and KC continues to win which is the most likely scenario. We go from 1 to 3 and our 2nd and 3rd playoff game are likely on the road. In other words, this is a BIG GAME

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

 

If KC loses a game and we were to lose to Cincy. Cincy gets the 1 seed as they would be 2-0 against the Chiefs and us. We would get the 2 seed as we would be 1-1 against the Chiefs and Bengals and KC would get the 3 because they just......well, they just suck.

 

 

 

[BLeonard]

As others have said, Cincy would get the #1 if all three teams are tied and the Bengals beat the Bills.

 

The easy way to look at it is, if the Bills beat Cincinnati, they clinch no lower than the #2 seed.  The game against New England would then be for the #1 seed, regardless of what KC and Cincinnati do.

 

The good news is, even if the Bills lose to Cincinnati, they can still get the #1 seed with a win over NE and losses by KC (@ LV) and Cin (vs BLT) in Week 18.  Even a loss by either team would give the Bills the #2 seed.

[BigAl2526]

7 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

The real bummer would be losing to Cinci and KC continues to win which is the most likely scenario. We go from 1 to 3 and our 2nd and 3rd playoff game are likely on the road. In other words, this is a BIG GAME

You are correct.  The game against Cincinnati is critical for that reason. 

[Dr.Sack]

Win vs the Bengals so we don’t have to lament the 3 earlier winnable losses. But while we are at it we are one snap and 1 yard push from this game not really mattering. 

[Warcodered]

21 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

The real bummer would be losing to Cinci and KC continues to win which is the most likely scenario. We go from 1 to 3 and our 2nd and 3rd playoff game are likely on the road. In other words, this is a BIG GAME

How ridiculous is that, the Bills could be 13-4 and be the 3 seed, so much for the rest of the AFC West helping us out.

[chongli]

1 minute ago, Warcodered said:

How ridiculous is that, the Bills could be 13-4 and be the 3 seed, so much for the rest of the AFC West helping us out.

 

And last year Tennessee got the number 1 seed at just 12-5.

[Real McClappy]

Just win out!

[Ethan in Cleveland]

As it stands now Bills get they bye and Miami would play KC and Chargers would play Bengals.  Those could be two upsets which would then set up Bills Miami 3rd game in division round, and Chargers then beat the winner of Baltimore/Jags.  All of this sets up perfectly for my prediction of Bills Chargers in AFC Championship in Buffalo.  To be clear I had Chargers winning the AFC West not a WC team, but I still like my chances.  

 

For the life of me I can't remember who I picked in the NFC.  I'm too lazy to go back and search for it.  Maybe Dallas / Tampa in NFC Championship???  

[Buffalo03]

16 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

As it stands now Bills get they bye and Miami would play KC and Chargers would play Bengals.  Those could be two upsets which would then set up Bills Miami 3rd game in division round, and Chargers then beat the winner of Baltimore/Jags.  All of this sets up perfectly for my prediction of Bills Chargers in AFC Championship in Buffalo.  To be clear I had Chargers winning the AFC West not a WC team, but I still like my chances.  

 

For the life of me I can't remember who I picked in the NFC.  I'm too lazy to go back and search for it.  Maybe Dallas / Tampa in NFC Championship???  

There is no way in hell that Grandpa Bay is making it to the championship game this year. They will be lucky to get past the wild card round

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

1 hour ago, zow2 said:

I would think Cincinnati would get the 1 seed because they beat KC and Buffalo?

Oh phew the nfl thought of this already… maybe something like this came up before in the 102 years it’s been around 

[John from Riverside]

It goes to head-to-head matchups basically in order to be able to have the number one seed we need to beat Cincy

[chongli]

25 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

It goes to head-to-head matchups basically in order to be able to have the number one seed we need to beat Cincy

 

Yeah we need to beat Cincy. But if we lost, Cincy could still lose to Baltimore Week 18 and KC would need to lose one of its final two games. Then we would still be the number one seed (assuming we bet New England in the finale).

 

[Typo]

Edited December 26, 2022 by chongli

[BLeonard]

8 minutes ago, chongli said:

 

Yeah we need to beat Cincy. But if we lost, Cincy could still lose to Baltimore Week 18 and KC would need to lose of its final two games. Then we would still be the number one seed (assuming we bet New England in the finale).

KC would only need to lose one of its two games, not both.

 

Furthermore, if Denver somehow beats KC on Sunday (don't see it happening, but any given Sunday) the Bills could clinch the #1 seed with a win against Cincy on MNF.

 

Baltimore could still win the AFC North, too, who the Bills have a tiebreaker over, so they could play a factor in final seeding, too.

Edited December 26, 2022 by BLeonard