Would you rather playoff seeding scenario?

[Don Otreply]

I would prefer that every opposition QB we face has uncontrolled diarrhea for twenty four hours on the day we play said team, I don’t think that is to much to ask, 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

it’s bugging me out how many people would pass up the #1 seed. With all of the health issues this team has faced along w/ just being banged up in general. Winning 3 games in a row is easier than winning 4. There is no miracle playoff schedule that will make it easier. They are going to have to beat the best teams no matter what. 

[Doc Brown]

It's a great question and shows there's no easy path.  For me, it's REALLY hard to win three road games in a row against good teams.  Especially when we'd pry face the #1 seed in the divisional game who would have two weeks rest.  Give me the home field and a bye week.  There's a chance Baltimore, KC, or Indy would get knocked out in the WC round and we wouldn't have to play both BAL and KC.

[corta765]

1 seed means home all playoffs and only two wins to SB.

It isn't even a debate. If you cannot close with the 1 seed idk what to tell you at that point.

[snamsnoops]

3 hours ago, Heavy Kevi said:

We can beat the chiefs and ravens.

 

Bills are really good after bye weeks.

 

Home games cannot be understated.

 

One less team to beat.

 

Get that 1 seed!

Last game played at Rich stadium, AFCCG

[HappyDays]

No brainer, the 5 seed option. Super Bowl path of Jackson -> Mahomes, vs Rodgers -> Jones -> Nix. Not even a contest.

[HappyDays]

4 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

I wonder what the odds would be of going to the Super Bowl in scenario A vs. scenario B? We need an oddsmaker on here. 🤣🤣

 

Depends on how you assign win probability in those games. My take is Baltimore and KC are both 50/50 games. Let's say scenario B is Steelers, Colts, Broncos in whatever order. I'd say 75%, 60% and 75% win probability in those games respectively even assuming all are on the road. So scenario A is 25%, scenario B is 33.75%. That seems right to me. I'd rather have 3 easier games than 2 harder games.

[Big Turk]

9 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

No brainer, the 5 seed option. Super Bowl path of Jackson -> Mahomes, vs Rodgers -> Jones -> Nix. Not even a contest.

 

Easily 5 seed...our defense against anyone other than Reid in the playoffs is a giant win. They might actually play well, like they have done in other games.

[HappyDays]

2 hours ago, boyst said:

That's just it. Since I'm only a fan and the outcome truly doesn't change my life I think it would be awesome to go beat the Chiefs to get to the super bowl and win. 

 

I want to go out there slay the dragon, ***** the prom queen, eat my cake, maybe even ***** the dragon and the cake. I want it all. 

 

We can beat KC on Allen's 2nd Super Bowl run. That run can be all nailbiters. I want the 1st Super Bowl to be as easy as possible. Screw all the narratives. Once we get the pressure off us it will be exponentially easier to win the next one.

[boyst]

5 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

We can beat KC on Allen's 2nd Super Bowl run. That run can be all nailbiters. I want the 1st Super Bowl to be as easy as possible. Screw all the narratives. Once we get the pressure off us it will be exponentially easier to win the next one.

nope. want to go beat KC by 4+ after beating Baltimore's Jackson led Ravens by 20+

 

I want Mahomes to throw 110 yards, and 5 picks.  i want Jackson to be 9 for 9, 150 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 INT's, and 47 sacks.

[HappyDays]

2 hours ago, Ray Stonada said:

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but to be the best you gotta beat the best.

 

That isn't true. Philly beat Green Bay, LA, and Washington to get to the Super Bowl last year. They didn't have to "beat the best," they just had to win against tier 2 and 3 opponents. Our path by comparison was Denver, Baltimore, KC. Even if you skip the Denver game I'd still take Philly's path last year over ours 100 times out of 100.

 

I don't understand Bills fans that worry about perception or narratives. The only narrative that matters is that we can't win a Super Bowl. Why are we being picky about what it looks like to get there?