What happens to the Bills vs. Bengals game?

[wood20ks]

IMO it's not about appearances, it's about scheduling logistics.

Ehh,who cares.....they travel all over the country as it is,including across seas.......so what would be the problem with an extra travel date......??

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Ehh,who cares.....they travel all over the country as it is,including across seas.......so what would be the problem with an extra travel date......??

If they are worried about fans and fan travel and costs and such, one might ask if they gave the fans their money back after the game was stopped?

TV networks are going to cover it no matter what.

And the fellow himself when he came to, first question he asked was "Did we win?"

It's tough when soccer players are made of tougher stuff than NFL players. Traumatic as hell for sure to witness.

 

[wood20ks]

If they are worried about fans and fan travel and costs and such, one might ask if they gave the fans their money back after the game was stopped?

TV networks are going to cover it no matter what.

And the fellow himself when he came to, first question he asked was "Did we win?"

It's tough when soccer players are made of tougher stuff than NFL players. Traumatic as hell for sure to witness.

Im betting no one got any money,but you brought that up Id almost have to think if the game is cancelled,they are gonna want money back......its not like ml baseball where they get a rain check for another game.......

 

[WNY_FOOTBALL_DUDE]

The more I think about it, the more I like this idea:

- Do not count the Bengals and Bills game.
- Put the AFC Championship Game on neutral field.

The #1 seed gets the bye. That's their reward.

There are three teams which can win the #1 seed - Chiefs, Bills and Bengals. We should never punish any team for something they did not do.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Not if you add an extra playoff team...
AFC
(1)KC (14-3) vs (8)PIT (9-8)
(2)BUF (13-3) vs (7)MIA (9-8)
(3)CIN (12-4) vs (6)BAL (10-7)
(4)JAX (9-8) vs (5)LAC (11-6)

NFC
(1)PHI (14-3) vs (8)SEA (9-8)
(2)SF (13-4) vs (7)GB (9-8)
(3)MIN (13-4) vs (6)NYG (9-7-1)
(4)TB (9-8) vs (5)DAL (13-4)

Mara, is this you? It's bad enough with the Mickey Mouse 7 seeds.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

The more I think about it, the more I like this idea:

- Do not count the Bengals and Bills game.
- Put the AFC Championship Game on neutral field.

The #1 seed gets the bye. That's their reward.

There are three teams which can win the #1 seed - Chiefs, Bills and Bengals. We should never punish any team for something they did not do.

Define punishment.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

They should have just kept playing. Take a respectful break and continue the game.

A guy breaks his neck and they continue. A broken neck is almost worse than death.

 

[molsaniceman]

Profootballtalk reports the NFL's owners will convene via videoconference Friday to discuss AFC playoff seeding in the wake of the expected cancellation of Bills/Bengals.​

It is expected the league will announce CIN/BUF will not be rescheduled and the AFC playoff seeding will be determined via winning percentage. That, of course, creates a host of issues, potentially unfairly advantaging the Chiefs and disadvantaging both the Bills and Bengals. It is unclear what options may be considered as a remedy, but a neutral site AFC Championship Game has been one rumored possibility. There has also been an idea floated that the No. 1 seed would get to choose between receiving a first-round bye or getting home-field advantage, with the No. 2 seed getting the second option. Stay tuned.

 

[WNY_FOOTBALL_DUDE]

Define punishment.

You want to know what the word "punishment" means?

The problem here is seeding. How do you seed the 1-3. It matters a lot, because ONE team gets a 1st round bye and home field advantage. If Bills won week 17 and 18, they would have had the #1 seed. But that same token, if the Bengals beat the Bills and the Ravens, and the Chiefs lost, then they would have had the #1 seed. I do not see why making the Championship game on a neutral site is a big problem, if the Chiefs beat the Raiders.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Fucking idiots.

Asterix the season.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

You want to know what the word "punishment" means?

The problem here is seeding. How do you seed the 1-3. It matters a lot, because ONE team gets a 1st round bye and home field advantage. If Bills won week 17 and 18, they would have had the #1 seed. But that same token, if the Bengals beat the Bills and the Ravens, and the Chiefs lost, then they would have had the #1 seed. I do not see why making the Championship game on a neutral site is a big problem, if the Chiefs beat the Raiders.

I think making rules up in week 18 is pretty weird. Dare I say unfair.

 

[PDay8810]

I think making rules up in week 18 is pretty weird. Dare I say unfair.

No... just fucking up again...Ray Rice comes to mind.
Nasty businessmen

 

[PDay8810]

I know, I know
but I've said for years
"Protect the Shield"

 

[Fountain City Blues]

No... just fucking up again...Ray Rice comes to mind.
Nasty businessmen

On this we strongly agree.

 

[PDay8810]

On this we strongly agree.

I respect your opinion.
Still not sure who all these Mahomes haters are, but thats fine.





almost hate to say this....one son coaches (12 years now), I respect his opinion too.

BUT

 

[Judge Fudge]

Game is off

Looking at Neutral site AFC Championship game.............

Jerrah land anyone?

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Our first bit of real news and not bullshit speculation and media shithrowing.



Feels like a hose-job. Cincy didn't even get the upside of the "no-contest" it looks like. Feel bad for Bengals fans.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Our first bit of real news and not bullshit speculation and media shithrowing.

Typical NFL. They do something right and they Fuck it up another

 

[RememberTheKoy]

Thank god they didn't go with the full retard scenario.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Thank god they didn't go with the full retard scenario.

I fail to see how delaying the playoffs 1 week to replay a game or simply going off of win percentage in lieu of making it up is so damn bad to people.