RULE 17

[Big Boss]

(01-04-2023, 10:18 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: your missing the fact there simply isnt time to make this game up or resume it.    Without putting players at risk

Right.  And even if you push everything back and create a "Week 19" for just the Bills and Bengals to play their game, you're giving every other playoff team a bye week and thus a competitive advantage.  And if you're the Bengals or the Bills, you will have to play 3 games within 2 weeks. So either the Bengals get screwed by seeding, or they get screwed by their first opponent getting 2 weeks of prep while they themselves are exhausted.   

These organizations ultimately need to decide if they're willing to sacrifice seeding for the sake of their players' health and maintaining as much of a competitive equilibrium as possible going into the playoffs.