BillSabre Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, INbengalfan said: I kmnow that. But you aren't addressing the rest of it because it's the crux of the issue. Why wouldn't the Bills Bengals game get a coin flip then? Baltimore is still 1.5 games back at the moment. Why wouldn't KC have to have a coin flip with Buffalo? They are a half game apart. Why wouldn't Bengals/Bills be a coin flip in the divisional round if they match up? I wanted to go read the memo again before I responded. So what I’m getting from it is the coin flip is based off the winning percentage being off because of the extra game and the Ravens beating them twice. So instead of just giving the Bengals home field, they’re giving the Ravens a 50/50 shot at playing at home. The neutral site for the championship is that both the Bills and Bengals had a shot at being the 1 seed, if not for the game being canceled. So while KC gets the 1 and the bye, IF they were to play either the Bills or the Bengals, nobody will get home field advantage. I also think that they don’t want to use a neutral site for a wildcard matchup for many reasons listed here by plenty of people. So, for the biggest game in the conference to see who advances to the Super Bowl, they wanted it to be as fair as possible to the only 3 teams who could’ve gotten the 1 seed. I hope I explained that properly. Edited January 6, 2023 by BillSabre Edit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 32 team tournament. Lets go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire12 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 I think the possible coin flip between CIN and BAL should Baltimore win in week 18 was to ensure more motivation for CIN to not rest players. If the NFL game CIN the AFC North title and set them with getting a home game they would have no need to play starters a full amount for that situation. With the KC game on Saturday, had KC won, CIN would have been locked out of the shot at the #1 seed. NFL with the subtle move to want as much interest in as many games as possible for week 18. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuskieTitan Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, squire12 said: Also allows any Colts fans to actually watch a game with competent QB play😉 Yeah they've really suffered at the position the last couple of decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingseanjohn Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Bengals aren’t happy… Quote Bengals executive vice president Katie Blackburn is on the competition committee, which approved the scenarios Thursday. In a memo obtained by ESPN's Seth Wickersham, Blackburn urged the committee members to vote against the scenarios. Her reasoning stemmed from the timing of a rule change away from the standard of winning percentages used in this scenario. "The proper process for making rule change (sic) is in the off-season," Blackburn wrote. "It is not appropriate to put teams in a position to vote for something that may introduce bias, favor one team over another or impact their own situation when the vote takes place immediately before the playoffs." Source What’s the point of a rule book if you aren’t going to follow it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 8 minutes ago, kingseanjohn said: Bengals aren’t happy… What’s the point of a rule book if you aren’t going to follow it. Very true. Its one game, and teams will have had 15-16 other teams to get into position. The right move was to cancel the game and do nothing special. The chaos in me liked these weird gimmicks though, so its whatever. Competitive Policy for Cancelled Games”: “If a game is cancelled, a team’s standing in its division or in its conference (e.g., qualification as a Wild Card in the playoffs or position in playoff seeding) shall be determined on the basis of its final record. When necessary, playoff tiebreakers shall be calculated according to per game average for all teams.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMossIsBoss Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Nabbs4u said: There is a two week gap between the Championship Games and the SB. The NFL has had Covid protocols already in place if games due to covid were postponed. If both the Bills and Bengal are supposedly good enough to play separate games "This Weekend". There was no reason the NFL season couldn't of been pushed back 1 week, allowing the postponed game to continue between the two. I know the argument would then be, why should the rest of the NFL get a Bye while Cin/Buffalo played? My counter is why should the rest of the AFC suffer through this supposed fix? This. Least silly solution. I’m sure Bills and Bengals would rather control their destiny for best outcome (1 seed for Buf, 2 for Cincy), even though it means rest of playoff teams getting a rest week, rather than have it arbitrarily decided for them as is the case with these proposed scenarios. Venues, networks and any other variables will bend to NFL’s will to make it work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingseanjohn Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Players starting to speak up… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggie. Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 3 hours ago, kingseanjohn said: Question now is, where is the neutral location? Antarctica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, biggie. said: Antarctica. It has to be an a vector that is equidistant from Buffalo and Cincinnati or there would be an unfair advantage and thus an uproar Edited January 6, 2023 by Malfatron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingseanjohn Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 minute ago, Malfatron said: It has to be an a vector that is equidistant from Buffalo and Cincinnati or there would be an unfair advantage and thus an uproar How about Chiefs/Bengals play in Buffalo, Bengals/Bills play in KC, and Chiefs/Bills play in Cincinnati. Local fans get to buy tickets so everyone is an away team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, Malfatron said: It has to be an a vector that is equidistant from Buffalo and Cincinnati or there would be an unfair advantage and thus an uproar 2 hours ago, pf9 said: They should just call Bills-Bengals a tie, but if the neutral site option is used it should be Cleveland. My god...pf9 was right https://www.travelmath.com/halfway/from/Buffalo,+NY/to/Cincinnati,+OH#:~:text=Halfway between Buffalo%2C NY and Cincinnati%2C OH&text=The town that marks the,° 45' 47" W. The best city between Buffalo, NY and Cincinnati, OH to meet is Cleveland, Ohio which is about 23 miles from the exact midpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daboyle Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Malfatron said: 32 team tournament. Lets go Washington's gonna cash in their Money in the Bank briefcase at the NFC Championship game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, Daboyle said: Washington's gonna cash in their Money in the Bank briefcase at the NFC Championship game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 50 minutes ago, kingseanjohn said: Bengals aren’t happy… What’s the point of a rule book if you aren’t going to follow it. I don't disagree with her. The simplest, most consistent, and most intuitive situation was to always call it a no contest and go by win percentage. But there was too much backlash about it punishing Buffalo for experiencing a tragedy, so they got complicated with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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