I am positive about my teams chances that has squat to do with what's going on here.

They do. They decide to change the rules on the fly.

Come on Bengals fans! Snap out of it. You've got nothing but good things ahead for your team. You are not in the quarterback wilderness. You have fun wide receivers who make plays. You can pressure the opposing QB. The future is bright.

Doubt it. All it would do is add a couple teams that have already lost to all the current playoff teams.

This news is fresh, let us bitch for 4 hours, then im good. I forgot the Chiefs also come out smelling like roses in this as well. They dont even have to head to Buffalo in the event they make it that far.

Here's another fact that I'm sure will piss some people off but facts are facts; out of the 3 teams involved KC is the one that needs homefield advantage the most,......not that they are a bad team, far from it but, I do feel they are not the Chiefs we've seen over the last couple seasons and are the most vulnerable of the 3.

Lets be clear here as well, I'm not saying Cincy is the best team of the 3, I think the Bills are, we have neither the best offense or defense, but I do believe we have been the most consistent on both sides of the ball all season and that bodes well for us.

Bengals can win ugly too. That helps in the playoffs. Should be another great post season.

Either way lets just get this started so we can kick some ass on the way to another SB appearance and WIN!!!!!

Owners stand up and force them to do this right.......vote HELL NO!

Our Fantasy Football finals were last week, and I was in the final. I have Josh Allen and Gabe Davis. The ruling seems to be "Sorry about your luck". Kinda sucks, but there isn't much to do. No money paid in my league, but I wonder how much this affects the money leagues and all the sports betting the NFL has ushered in the last few years.

Guess we will just have to be like these guys to win it and be

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Most league championships that were affected by that game had to split the winnings at least.

Hamlin breathing on his own!!

I have Bass & Allen he has McPherson.
Its very simple; take the player stats from this week and add them to last week.
Both teams are still playing for #2 seed & play at the same time.

Close but not quite accurate. If the chiefs lose(which very well might happen the way they've been playing) and the bills win, they would play afcc at Buffalo if both teams made it.
If both teams win or lose then it'd be on neutral site i believe. If the latter happens, I'd actually think it'd be a nice gesture if kc just said the game can be played at Buffalo instead of neutral site. It'd be better playing on grass for both teams than the turf shit fields they're proposing anyway I'm sure

Still within my 4 hour window, Zac sums it up well

Zac Taylor: "It's the opportunities lost for us. We had control of our destiny and now we don't. There are positives for a lot of teams and negatives for us."

Fixin to Pete Carrol his way back into the NFL

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Great coach ... big improvement over many coaches in the NFL

The 2 or 3 seed for the Bills doesn’t make much of a difference other then who’d they play in the first round, Do they risk injuries just for that?

I've watched Josh Allen play a season and can tell you he isn't worried aboot injuries.
But I haven't read all the shit...so if 2 meets 3 on Playoffs there's no home field?

I understand the frustration of Bengals fans.

Let’s face it, they were gonna win that game! Tore down the field on opening drive for 7, and were headed toward another TD on their second drive.

But it’s tough titty situation. Not really much else you can say.

Come to MD and coach the other Team. Can be next to family too.

Yup you’re right…they were definitely going to win because all NFL games are decided in the first quarter.

I share in your disappointment.Hamlins injury is seperate from this issue.Both Teams have been working towards the same goals and are at the top of the food chain.I hate to see that a better solution hasnt been offered.

Winning or losing that game is not the point, missed opportunities is what pisses me off. We went from control of our destiny to no control of our destiny without a win or a loss. I also feel by possibly depriving us of a homefield advantage as AFC North Division winner seems more punitive than equitable any way you spin it.

However, I'm over it and ready to play so lets get after it! WHO DEY!!!!

I liked the madden idea. Certainly more fun than a coin toss.

Yeah. If coin toss is the alternative, just do something that’s random and actually entertaining.

I thought the 4 hours is up. haha

Pride of Detroit does this every Saturday with Lions upcoming opponent on a Twitch stream. I don't watch it but like to check the score and stats when it's over. It's about 60/40 for getting the outcome of the actual game correct

In the future it would be cool to have a week off before the playoffs, which would allow for recovery time for everyone and the potential make-up game. Then you could eliminate the single bye and even expand to 8. Better yet 8 vs 9 in a play-in game during the bye to give us something to watch that week.

I know players have been against adding bye weeks but half the players wouldn't be affected anyway. I'm going to suggest this to Roger next time I see him.

I think both Bills and Bengals fans have every reason to be upset at the NFL here. Both teams went from being somewhat in control of their destiny to now both losing the 1 seed to KC by default. (unless KC somehow loses the game Saturday and in that case, yes Bengals you really got the short end of the stick here) Ultimately they both did the right thing on Monday and were penalized for it, but if there's any silver lining here I think Bills fans have a newfound respect for the Bengals organization. If the Bengals go to the Superbowl the entire WNY region will be rooting for them.

Neutral site

Life isn’t always fair + shit happens = it is what it is.

We are in different time zones?

Bengals fans seem to be preemptively upset here, if KC beats the Raiders they weren’t going to be 1 seed and they beat a Lamar Jackson-less Ravens team they are the likely the 3 seed. The way it’s set up there is no real difference between the 2 and 3 seed.

Tua playing this weekend?

The only part I cared about is bengals possibly losing the home game against Ravens even though they were awarded the division. Completely pointless.

I agree there, but it’s highly unlikely they lose that game.

KC had it locked up in the event they win this weekend, understood. The only part I hate is the Bengals have no way to avoid playing in Buffalo since they nullified the game.

The NFL made it so the Bills can avoid going to KC despite having a worse record since there is no way to tell who would have won the game on Monday. So why cant the Bengals have the same courtesy in the event they play Buffalo in the playoffs? Its the exact same scenario. The NFL is treating the game like a loss for the Bengals, and a "non loss" for the Bills.

That really is my only frustration in all of this. If the Bills can avoid playing in the higher seeds home, so should the Bengals. I really dont care about the Ravens, if the Bengals lose to the Ravens again fuck it flip the coin, doesnt bother me, but no one is going to convince me the Bills earned the right to host the Bengals.

The Bills wouldn’t host the Bengals would they? I think it would be neutral site.

That is a real possibility, KC is not of old this year they are vulnerable

Kind of my point, Bengals fans are getting upset about what might happen, unlikely as it is.

If you can prove this, then ive been ranting about nothing all day. I am fairly certain though the Bills would indeed host the Bengals.

They are?

He needs to prove he's been spraying this jive all over the place all day

After reading all the scenarios again, it does appear that regardless of the outcomes this weekend that Buf would host Cincinnati in an AFC championship game. Only neutral site scenarios involve teams that haven’t played the same amount games.

So that's a new wrinkle since standard tie breakers would have Bengals as #2 with a win and a Buffalo loss.

They aren't putting teams away this year late in the game ala lot of close games

Not sure, it would come down to common opponent record, which I have no idea on that one.

As it was pointed out here Bengals would have the tie breaker do to strength of schedule.

Haha...oh yeah Mahomes isn't known for come backs eh?

How soon they forget.