For those believing the Bengals got "hosed"

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(01-06-2023, 12:19 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: They did not. 

1. The Bengals win the AFCN, win or lose due to a better win % in less games. Baltimore has no say in that. The Bengals benefit from playing and losing one less game. 

2. Buffalo has won one more game than the Bengals, in the exact same number of games played. If's and but's do not count here. The Bengals were ahead but did not win that game. It didn't happen. The fact of the matter is, they could have just as easily lost the game. 

What are you saying if the Bengals were one game better in the same number of games and the Bills were leading in a game that was cancelled. Let me tell you--you're saying "tough cookies" because we have the better record in the same number of games played. 

3. A coin flip only comes into play if Baltimore wins this Sunday and the results of this weeks games cause the Bengals and Ravens to be matched up in the WC round. A coin flip is fair because the Bengals benefitted from potentially losing one more game vs Bills. 

To wrap it up....the Bengals were not screwed in any way shape or form and if you think they were, you're not being genuine or honest. 

The whole proposal requires 24 of the 32 owners to approve it in a vote.  We're not voting for it, obviously.  KC won't vote for it, as they're most likely the #1 seed and wouldn't want a neutral site AFCCG.  

I also hate to mention this, but only playing 7 minutes of football in a week this late in the season is a pretty big advantage.  Even if a team sits it's starters the last week, there are lots of key backups, rotation players, and even spot starters at positions with weak depth that will have to suit up and play.