Bills-Bengals game will not be resumed, per report
The NFL has decided to not replay the Week 17 Monday Night Football game between the Bills and Bengals, per Seung Min Kim. The game was suspended after Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a medical emergency on the field and needed to be resuscitated on the field by Medical personnel. Reports on Hamlin’s health have been positive, but he remains in critical condition.
We are still waiting for any moves the NFL will make to try to make this move as fair as possible, but for now we know that the Bills-Bengals game will not count.
With the game not being played, the Bengals and Bills will have one fewer game than the rest of the league, which will impact the AFC North standings and playoff seeding. The biggest change is that now the Bills don’t control whether they get the No. 1 seed. The Chiefs will now be the No. 1 seed if they beat the Raiders on Saturday. A Chiefs win would put the Bills in the No. 2 seed if they beat the Patriots and possibly put them in the No. 3 seed if they lose to the Patriots and the Bengals beat the Ravens. Unfortunately, the tie-breakers for that possibility rely on strength of victory numbers that won’t be known until the Week 18 games are played.
Chiefs clinch a first-round bye and home-field advantage with:
1) KC winOR 2) KC tie + BUF tie
OR 3)BUF loss
BUF clinches a first-round bye and home-field advantage with:
1) BUF win + KC loss/tieOR 2) BUF tie + KC loss
The AFC North has now been won by the Cincinnati Bengals, as even if the Ravens beat them this week, they won’t be able to garner a higher winning percentage. The Ravens could still get the No. 5 seed with a win over the Bengals and loss by the Chargers, while the Bengals have a chance at the No. 2 seed with a win and a Patriots win over the Bills.
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Imo, worst decision the NFL has made in a long time.
NFL may not be the decision maker.
The teams and players might not agree with what the NFL wants.
Bills left on a plane after midnight of the game, did the NFL approve?
Think of the chaos if they play on that field, this close to the tragedy, in this day and age (comparisons to decades ago are not valid) the media will jump all over the ugly opportunity for over dramatic crap, why subject the players and coaches and family to all this potential, "here is the spot..." etc.
Of course I wish they would play but not gonna happen, do not blame the NFL though they will take full responsibility and deny any uncooperative issues with the teams and or players and or family.
The teams and players might not agree with what the NFL wants.
Bills left on a plane after midnight of the game, did the NFL approve?
Think of the chaos if they play on that field, this close to the tragedy, in this day and age (comparisons to decades ago are not valid) the media will jump all over the ugly opportunity for over dramatic crap, why subject the players and coaches and family to all this potential, "here is the spot..." etc.
Of course I wish they would play but not gonna happen, do not blame the NFL though they will take full responsibility and deny any uncooperative issues with the teams and or players and or family.
