01-05-2023, 06:43 AM
(01-05-2023, 12:50 AM)Foolishpride Wrote: Here's an idea. If our game with the Bills doesn't get finished, and KC, Bills, and Bengals all win Sunday, KC unfortunately gets the 1 seed. Bengals and Bills get 2/3 Seed. If we end up playing the Bills in playoffs, make it at a neutral site like Indy, or Detroit.
Yeah, this is an idea I liked as well. If we all win on Sunday, we know we can't get the #1 seed, so the Bills game is only important to differentiate the #2 (for us).
If scheduling really cannot work this one out, then I agree that you cannot fairly just make the Bills the #2 and us the #3. The fact they have one more win than us doesn't mean a lot in this case, because that #2 seed was just as much in our hands as theirs. Whoever won the game between us, took the #2 seed (ignoring an unlikely tie here) or them the #1 if they won.
That said it's not ideal either. Would the Bills concede the idea we should get home advantage? I doubt guys here would be happy with us giving ours up. Would either team be happy with a neutral venue? We all believe we'd have won and would then have a rocking Jungle for hosting the playoff game.
I think whoever sorts this out will be hoping that Sunday's games provide definitive enough results, where the teams look at least a bit like their usual selves. It might be easier to just get Buffalo to forfeit our game, if they lose on Sunday without playing like crap and we/KC win. That way 'all' that's being conceded is the #2 spot in the name of keeping the schedule on track, and then maybe the Bengals/Bills can decide between them as to whether it's fairer to host it in Cincinnati or at a neutral venue if we both win the wildcard games.
In any case I think Sunday will provide some clarity as to where the NFL can go with resolving this one.
