01-05-2023, 10:19 AM
Sounds like the extent of the damage from a "No Contest" is ultimately this:
1) Bengals have no shot at the #1 seed.
2) Ravens have no shot at the division.
With the #2 seed still in play, I think I can come to terms with that. Kinda sucks for the Ravens, but if that fanbase is being honest with itself that team has hardly looked like a division winner since like Week 6.
Now, if the Bills held onto the #2 seed this weekend, I do think it'd be a gesture of good faith by the NFL to arrange a Bills/Bengals matchup in the post-season to be played at a neutral site with both teams receiving 50% of tickets. But I don't know what the logistics of that would look like.
Going back to Arrowhead in a potential AFCC game is hardly ideal, but you never know. Chiefs could get knocked out in their first game and then the path to the Super Bowl runs through Paycor.
1) Bengals have no shot at the #1 seed.
2) Ravens have no shot at the division.
With the #2 seed still in play, I think I can come to terms with that. Kinda sucks for the Ravens, but if that fanbase is being honest with itself that team has hardly looked like a division winner since like Week 6.
Now, if the Bills held onto the #2 seed this weekend, I do think it'd be a gesture of good faith by the NFL to arrange a Bills/Bengals matchup in the post-season to be played at a neutral site with both teams receiving 50% of tickets. But I don't know what the logistics of that would look like.
Going back to Arrowhead in a potential AFCC game is hardly ideal, but you never know. Chiefs could get knocked out in their first game and then the path to the Super Bowl runs through Paycor.
Everything in this post is my fault.
