For those believing the Bengals got "hosed"

[*ochocincos*]

(01-06-2023, 12:19 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: They did not. 

1. The Bengals win the AFCN, win or lose due to a better win % in less games. Baltimore has no say in that. The Bengals benefit from playing and losing one less game. 

2. Buffalo has won one more game than the Bengals, in the exact same number of games played. If's and but's do not count here. The Bengals were ahead but did not win that game. It didn't happen. The fact of the matter is, they could have just as easily lost the game. 

What are you saying if the Bengals were one game better in the same number of games and the Bills were leading in a game that was cancelled. Let me tell you--you're saying "tough cookies" because we have the better record in the same number of games played. 

3. A coin flip only comes into play if Baltimore wins this Sunday and the results of this weeks games cause the Bengals and Ravens to be matched up in the WC round. A coin flip is fair because the Bengals benefitted from potentially losing one more game vs Bills. 

To wrap it up....the Bengals were not screwed in any way shape or form and if you think they were, you're not being genuine or honest. 

Where I will (somewhat) disagree with your assessment is that about the ONLY benefit to being a division winner vs a wildcard is hosting playoff games(s).
Now, the Bengals might end up having that taken away, so what's the benefit of being the "division winner" now vs being a wildcard team?
On the flip side, the Bengals now have to pick later in the draft because the draft order goes by winning percentage.

Unfortunately, there's no perfect solution to this outcome.
At least one team is going to get a potential disadvantage.
Had everything been determined solely on winning percentage, the NFL just potentially prevented the Ravens from winning the division and forced to be a wildcard.
This coin flip was an attempt to appease the Ravens (to an extent) since we do not know what the outcome of the Bengals-Bills game would have been.