A summary of the proposal for the AFC Championship Game:
14-3 Chiefs vs. 13-3 Bills: neutral site
13-4 Chiefs vs. 12-4 Bills: neutral site
13-4 Chiefs vs. 12-4 Bengals: neutral site
Week 18 has no bearing on a possible Bills-Bengals championship game: that would be in Buffalo.
This is embarrassing. It’s like kids playing a pickup game and making the rules as they go.
Just push the playoffs back a week and play this game after week 18.
Bill’s fans have to be furious if they get stripped of the 1 seed.
Two ideas NFL is considering, per @AdamSchefter instead of playing Bills vs Bengals:
-#1 seed gets to pick EITHER home field advantage OR the bye and #2 seed gets the alternative
-If BUF or CIN in AFC Championship game it becomes a neutral site game
Thoughts?
This would give the Chiefs the 1 seed. The NFL and Goodell are trying to turn the Chiefs into “bad guys” to drive up ratings (like the Pats were w/Brady) and they’re taking advantage of Damar Hamlin to do so.
Momentum is currently pointing toward Bills-Bengals not being resumed, with AFC playoff seeding based on winning percentage following the outcome of the Week 18 games.
.@ProFootballTalk says on @937theFan he got wind from high level NFL people that the following NFL schedule could happen:
Week 19
Bengals/Bills
NFC wild card playoffs
AFC playoff bye week
Week 20
AFC wild card playoffs
NFC playoff bye week
There are 2 obvious solutions.
1 - continue the game this weekend and delay the week 18 games
2 - delay the start of the playoffs and resume the game after week 18
If the NFL cancels the game, they are essentially handing the Bengals the division and the Chiefs the 1 seed (despite losing to both the Bills and Bengals). Is Goodell really going to use this terrible situation to increase playoff ratings?
If the NFL cancels the game, they are essentially handing the Bengals the division and the Chiefs the 1 seed (despite losing to both the Bills and Bengals). Is Goodell really going to use this terrible situation to increase playoff ratings?
The Bengals announced their game with the Ravens has been locked in at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Previously, the game was going to be moved to 4:25 p.m. only if the Bengals lost to the Bills—because that would make it for the AFC North title.
Might indicate it won't be for the division.
I don’t necessarily disagree, but Carr wasn’t the reason the Raiders went from the playoffs last year to 6 wins this year.
I think McDaniels should have a very short leash.