01-03-2023, 10:01 AM
(01-03-2023, 09:29 AM)Sled21 Wrote: The only way I see for them to safely replay this game, since the Bills evidently returned to Buffalo, is to play the regularly scheduled games this coming weekend, then postpone the playoffs for a week while this game is the only game the following weekend. That means the Bengals/Bills get one week less than the rest of playoff teams to rest and prepare, but that's about as fair a scenario as I can come up with. Of course that sets up all kinds of scheduling issues with stadiums and events cities may already have planned.
I thought of this possibility also, and I think it makes the most sense. I don't think neither team should play again until this coming weekend. Don't rush it. Give it time for things to play out, Hamlin's condition to improve and give the teams time to get their minds right.
Postponing the playoffs could be feasible because no one knows when they play and who they are playing yet anyway. The issue becomes the Super Bowl. That cannot be pushed. That's a set date that millions of fans, organizers, networks, sponsors and advertisers have planned for a year (or more). Unless they eliminate the extra week between the Conference Championship games and the SB. The NFL has done that 7 times. The last time was 2003 Bucs vs Raiders.
