01-05-2023, 05:50 PM
(01-05-2023, 05:33 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: If the Bengals have indeed now clinched the division because of a no contest, it completely invalidates the Ravens game as the Bengals can't get the #1 seed even with a W and a KC loss as 13-4 beats 12-4, and they can't un-clinch the division with a L. So are we going to be looking at a backup game this weekend? I keep going back to the fact that a Bills forfeit makes everything less janky.
The league was never going to force a forfeit on the Bill lest they become social media bad guys and force Roger into an office corner crying his eyes out over all the hate. But, as a concession to us, since now the 'no contest' resolution means the only way to get the #2 seed is to hit the Pats win/Bengals win parlay, the league should have schedule us for 4:25. At least that way we would have known coming into game time if the Pats were victorious and we had a chance at the #2 seed. Now, unless we decide to completely give up on the #2 seed and rest everyone, we're forced to trot everyone out there and risk injury for a game a Buffalo victory would make moot anyway. Maybe they give us a concession on a neutral site? Please?
It's just a shame because what would have been a division title earned by beating Buffalo and/or Baltimore now feels like it's been awarded by some league CPA somewhere. What a totally ****** up situation.
