Atlanta would be neutral site for Bills-Chiefs AFC title game.

[Willie99]

I explained why it is different
IMO if you make that neutral it is worse than giving the BIlls home advantage but not by a lot
Yes, Bengals had a chance to get 2 seed and the home game if they played and beat Bills. Bills also had the opportuniy to be up 2 games having beat them
With Bills and KC Bills not only had a chance at home advantage but a bye and they beat KC already not might beat them if they played. They did beat them
And they gave KC the advantage of the bye. Bills would have got essentially no advantage had they played that on neutral feld
You don't see the difference?

Those are your words, my thinking is different

Bengals were up 7-3 and driving again. They were home. They win. They get the two seed

Yet they didn't receive any of the benefits the Bills did. As a matter of fact, they could have been hosed by a coin flip. Something the Bills totally avoided with respect to the Bengals

The Bills were favored, the Bengals hosed, ignored the rules and even applied their new rules inconsistently

There is no justification in my world. We're just going to have to agree to disagree... Roger

 

[SheriffJoe]

Bills were the number one seed and in control of their own destiny before that unfortunate "medical coincidence" on MNF.

The game was 5m old. They may have lost to Cincy or they may have won.

We'll never know.

Anything beyond that is pure hubris and speculation.

 

[Loves2kickass]

I wouldn't take a chance on Atlanta. They might cancel like they did the All star game

 

[PatsFan1283]

I think this has been beaten to death but the bye is the real value, then you don’t have to play one of the big 3 teams twice. You also don’t have to play this weekend, although that’s obviously declined in value since phins and ravens are on backups.

 

[Serbone]

Buffalo flew home shortly after midnight of the game... did anybody confirm that the NFL approved it, or did Buffalo just take off on it's own?

 

[Avocado33]

Bills were the number one seed and in control of their own destiny before that unfortunate "medical coincidence" on MNF.

The game was 5m old. They may have lost to Cincy or they may have won.

We'll never know.

Anything beyond that is pure hubris and speculation.

NFL accommodated for losing something Bills had control of

They treated the Bengals differently, as they also had control of getting a higher seed. Plus they were stripped of a home game

And on top of that had off chance of having to play on road in Wild Card round…..thankfully that didn’t happen

 

[SheriffJoe]

NFL accommodated for losing something Bills had control of

They treated the Bengals differently, as they also had control of getting a higher seed. Plus they were stripped of a home game

And on top of that had off chance of having to play on road in Wild Card round…..thankfully that didn’t happen

It's true, the Bengals were stripped of a home game (6-1), while the Bills were stripped of a road game (6-2).

And? What's your point?

Both teams didn't want to finish the game.

Perhaps it cost the Bengals a higher seed and perhaps Josh Allen blows his knee out against the Dolphins having to play that extra game.

It's a loss to some degree for both teams, no question.

So yeah... a less than perfect bush league solution because the NFL had no contingency plans in place for these "medical coincidences", which is tragically unfortunate and stupid because it will happen again.

 

[Avocado33]

It's true, the Bengals were stripped of a home game (6-1), while the Bills were stripped of a road game (6-2).

And? What's your point?

Both teams didn't want to finish the game.

Perhaps it cost the Bengals a higher seed and perhaps Josh Allen blows his knee out against the Dolphins having to play that extra game.

It's a loss to some degree for both teams, no question.

So yeah... a less than perfect bush league solution because the NFL had no contingency plans in place for these "medical coincidences", which is tragically unfortunate and stupid because it will happen again.

Point is they were not consistent in how they treated teams and it was clearly avoidable given alternatives

You could argue both ways

At the end of day doesn’t matter now

They ideally would have resumed game. Bengals should have forced a forfeit I guess

 

[Avocado33]

Bigger picture rules in general should be changed in the offseason

The OT rule change was also a complete joke but at least they waited until the offseason

 

[SheriffJoe]

Point is they were not consistent in how they treated teams and it was clearly avoidable given alternatives

You could argue both ways

At the end of day doesn’t matter now

They ideally would have resumed game. Bengals should have forced a forfeit I guess

What alternatives? Both teams refused to resume the game that night or at a later date. So the NFL cancelled it. Simple.

Yes, both teams got screwed out of whatever outcome would have resulted from that game, so technically they screwed themselves.

So (minus the Buf/Cin outcome) the top 2 seeds (Buffalo and KC) will play at a neutral site.

Bills will definitely suffer some injuries and wear and tear in that extra game - it's football - only a matter of degree. Maybe they get really unlucky.

 

[Avocado33]

What alternatives? Both teams refused to resume the game that night or at a later date. So the NFL cancelled it. Simple.

Yes, both teams got screwed out of whatever outcome would have resulted from that game, so technically they screwed themselves.

So (minus the Buf/Cin outcome) the top 2 seeds (Buffalo and KC) will play at a neutral site.

Bills will definitely suffer some injuries and wear and tear in that extra game - it's football - only a matter of degree. Maybe they get really unlucky.

If it was simply canceled

Then don’t have a neutral site game at all. Make Buffalo go to Arrowhead

Or if you keep that neutral, then make a potential Bengals/Bills game neutral as well

Those are easy alternatives

I think there shouldn’t be neutral sites at all, but if you are gonna implement them then be consistent

 

[exploited17]

If it was simply canceled

Then don’t have a neutral site game at all. Make Buffalo go to Arrowhead

Or if you keep that neutral, then make a potential Bengals/Bills game neutral as well

Those are easy alternatives

I think there shouldn’t be neutral sites at all, but if you are gonna implement them then be consistent

But KC got an advatange still even with a neutral game if they play
And Bills beat KC. Bills win that Bengals game they have same record and Beat KC
Bengals have to win that game to earn bid over Bills. Bills already DID win over KC
How do you not understand the difference
Not all things are equal
So, saying be consistent makes no sense

 

[Avocado33]

But KC got an advatange still even with a neutral game if they play
And Bills beat KC. Bills win that Bengals game they have same record and Beat KC
Bengals have to win that game to earn bid over Bills. Bills already DID win over KC
How do you not understand the difference
Not all things are equal
So, saying be consistent makes no sense

But Bills didn’t beat Bengals

So they didn’t earn anything over Chiefs

Bills controlled destiny for 1 seed and it got at least a neutral game out of it even with loss of bye

Bengals controlled destiny for 2 seed and completely lost it , plus got robbed of a home game. On top of it, had to win just to avoid a coin flip that would have cost them a home playoff game — despite the fact they won the division already and have all of downsides (harder schedule,etc)

The 1 seed is more valuable than the 2, but there were adjustments made to at least address Buffalo’s lost opportunity.

There was nothing for the Bengals, and they added that pathetic coin flip scenario

The Ravens divisional argument doesnt stand either, as Baltimore didn’t control their own destiny — they needed Bengals to lose to Bills.

 

[Avocado33]

And I know scenario was obviously unique in nature, but NFL did have procedure to address this

Changing rules on fly is shitty IMO — seems like something you do in offseason

Fairest solution based on rule book is go by winning percentage in my opinion, no neutral sites

But I guess nature of incident complicated that. Tough spot

For what it’s worth I think you could argue both ways for Bills/Bengals location, but the AFC North coin flip was completely bullshit

 

[Rounding]

Ridiculous. Both the Bills and Chiefs play outdoors and they are going to put it in one of those namby-pamby temp controlled disgraces. Buffalo and KC play in the elements, so let them play the game in Cleveland, Green Bay, or Chicago.


How about London? Bahahahahahaha!


The players should insist on Aloha Stadium in Hawaii!! LOL!

 

[Avocado33]

How about London? Bahahahahahaha!

What Goodell truly wants

 

[BigLouReturns]

You guys spend a lot of time talking about two teams that haven't played their first playoff game yet,