cle23 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Warriorspikes51 said: If the Bills play Thursday and then Monday, the league could consider giving the 2 seed a bye and allowing an 8th team into AFC playoffs What does that accomplish though? If Buffalo and Cinci end up as the 2 and 3, then one team gets a bye and the other doesn't? And now add another playoff team for the AFC but not the NFC? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinatraSinger Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, NickelCity said: You're working too hard to make it seems like you're just channeling Damar's wishes. It's speculation to think that the team is able to rally and play, let alone want to (and for a specific reason). I believe that there are times in competitive sports where playing for someone else, is enough to rally and want to play and play well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Ryan Clark said it best: if you make these teams play tomorrow (or any time this week), you're gonna get a trash football game. And it'll be one in which more players are likely to get hurt, if not now then next week on short rest. If the league really cares about player safety, they should be talking about canceling games, not getting a game in. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seventeen Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Caesar said: This is a logistics nightmare. Cancelling the game altogether with no winner impacts so many teams. If the game isn't replayed I guess Im for the final score being what it was when the game was suspended.... but Im a Bengals fan and this might not be the most popular idea here. I don't see this as likely when the NFL has an extra week between the conference championships and the Super Bowl. Just cancel the Pro Bowl, move everything back a week and work with the facilities if there are conflicting events. Bills/Bengals weekend of 1/16. Edited January 3, 2023 by Roy Hobbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I checked the Bengals and KC forums to see what they are proposing. I'd say half of the Bengals fans are ok with a tie or no contest and half want a win because Bengals were winning or going to win so they shouldn't be penalized. I'd say the majority of KC fans don't care as long as they are the #1 seed. They lost to both teams and think they deserve the 1 seed? Stay classy KC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 10 minutes ago, ALLinALLEN said: I don't understand the fixation you have with "Demar would want them to play" as A.) you dont know that, B.) It doesnt matter if he does or doesnt (which he clearly cant comprehend or care about right now or ever. It's not like the NFL and Roger are basing the decision on if the injured player wants them to play or not....cmon. The NFL and Roger won’t base it on that- they barely know him. The Bills players and coaches decision will absolutely be based on that and their thoughts and feelings about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, SinatraSinger said: I believe that there are times in competitive sports where playing for someone else, is enough to rally and want to play and play well Of course. And I agree. But I don't agree with your previous line of argument. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, cle23 said: What does that accomplish though? If Buffalo and Cinci end up as the 2 and 3, then one team gets a bye and the other doesn't? And now add another playoff team for the AFC but not the NFC? Who cares about the NFC? This should be about ensuring the fairest possible outcome to the most possible teams. The NFC doesn't have an inequity issue with their playoff process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLeonard Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said: If the Bills play Thursday and then Monday, the league could consider giving the 2 seed a bye and allowing an 8th team into AFC playoffs Seen a lot of this thought, too. But, here's the thing: You'd have 3 games (6 teams) playing on WC Weekend. Of that, there would be 3 winners. Add in the two bye teams and you have 5 teams. Some team would then have to have another bye, cause you can't have a game with one or three teams. I don't see how adding a team and a bye is a solution. Edited January 3, 2023 by BLeonard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, KDIGGZ said: I checked the Bengals and KC forums to see what they are proposing. I'd say half of the Bengals fans are ok with a tie or no contest and half want a win because Bengals were winning or going to win so they shouldn't be penalized. I'd say the majority of KC fans don't care as long as they are the #1 seed. They lost to both teams and think they deserve the 1 seed? Stay classy KC Completely expected. And add to that that KC barely played anyone else all year (and played all of their games in nice weather). The two games they played against stiff competition, they got rolled. But they want the 1 seed as a reward? Feels legit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessYaDigg Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said: If the Bills play Thursday and then Monday, the league could consider giving the 2 seed a bye and allowing an 8th team into AFC playoffs Just stop. there is no way the league would ever add/subtract a team into the playoff mix this late in the game. Since there is a one week bye before the SB, just eliminate that "week off" and push the playoffs one week to the right. The Bills/Bengals game could be played during the first originally scheduled week of the playoffs. No matter what the NFL decides to do, it will leave a lot of people unhappy. The commish has the absolute biggest decision to make of his life. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Just now, ProcessYaDigg said: Just stop. there is no way the league would ever add/subtract a team into the playoff mix this late in the game. Since there is a one week bye before the SB, just eliminate that "week off" and push the playoffs one week to the right. The Bills/Bengals game could be played during the first originally scheduled week of the playoffs. No matter what the NFL decides to do, it will leave a lot of people unhappy. The commish has the absolute biggest decision to make of his life. They won't do this. Too many things are scheduled for the two-week window before the Super Bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagon127 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said: If the Bills play Thursday and then Monday, the league could consider giving the 2 seed a bye and allowing an 8th team into AFC playoffs I does that math work? 6 teams play the wildcard. 3 teams advance to the divisional to meet 2 other teams. There is then 5 teams playing in the AFC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cle23 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, BRH said: Who cares about the NFC? This should be about ensuring the fairest possible outcome to the most possible teams. The NFC doesn't have an inequity issue with their playoff process. I understand, but like I said, that really doesn't accomplish anything. It would give one team of Cinci and Buffalo a bye, and the other one would probably go without. I think if anything, the playoffs will be delayed in their entirety to give Cinci and Buffalo a chance to finish the game. Still not perfect, but there are way too many other moving parts to do things otherwise. Otherwise there could be tons of teams not involved that would get directly punished by this situation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLeonard Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, cle23 said: What does that accomplish though? If Buffalo and Cinci end up as the 2 and 3, then one team gets a bye and the other doesn't? And now add another playoff team for the AFC but not the NFC? Wouldn't work anyway. Giving two teams a bye means 6 teams play each other, producing 3 winners. That means 5 teams in the divisional round. You'd have another team getting a bye somehow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I am just a dumb Bengals fan but why do so many here believe that the Bills forfeiting the game would be in respect to Hamlin? The guy is a baller, I cannot imagine in any way he would want the team to forfeit for any reason, much less because of him? 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Warriorspikes51 said: No way the NFL allows that But is it truly the NFL’s call? … All teams have the option to forfeit. It would show enormous solidarity around the League and make everyone look like their priorities were in the proper order. The NFL would come out shining like a rose, and all revenue lost from this would quickly be recouped. it would also allow the Bills and Bengals the time to heal and regroup while they await Hamlin’s health status. It would be a humane thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Roy Hobbs said: I don't see this as likely when the NFL has an extra week between the conference championships and the Super Bowl. Just cancel the Pro Bowl, move everything back a week and work with the facilities if there are conflicting events. Bills/Bengals weekend of 1/16. Doesnt this give ALL the other teams a bye before playing either one of us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Caesar said: I am just a dumb Bengals fan but why do so many here believe that the Bills forfeiting the game would be in respect to Hamlin? The guy is a baller, I cannot imagine in any way he would want the team to forfeit for any reason, much less because of him? I agree with you. But more than that, I don't think the league or the team should be making decisions based on what he would want. That's, quite honestly, a copout. Find the fairest and most logical feasible solution, and defend it. None of this "he would have wanted it this way" stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said: I am channeling nothing and I don’t know the man. That the Bills players and coaches decision would have everything to do with it is hardly trying at all. Of course it is all speculation as none of us know anything. Just who is trying too hard here? I was both quoting and responding to someone else. I'll let you answer your question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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