01-06-2023, 03:59 PM
(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.
Well explain why there are rules in place that 100% are on point and very specifically address the situation regarding cancelled games, how to determine playoff seeds when there are differences in games played and how home teams are determined.
Just to say screw the policy, when the Bengals were likely aware of the rules when they agreed to not have Buffalo play the game, for no other reason is bullshit. If they were going to deal with the inequalities of Buff/KC and Cin regarding home field (which still violates policy) there was absolutely zero reason for the coin toss scenario.
