New NFL consideration for Bills-Bengals game and

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(01-04-2023, 10:29 PM)BIGDADDYFROMCINCINNATI Wrote: Then it just begs the question of how can the NFL do this without putting both the Bengals and Bills at a disadvantage, and it will.  So in week 19, the NCF has their wildcards round with an added Bengals/Bills game?  So then the rest of the AFC gets a rest and has their WC round a week later?  If they move the entire playoffs back a week, then they cancel the PRO Bowl?

Have  scientific studies been conducted which definitely conclude that teams having a BYE necessarily have an advantage over a team that played that week?