Posted on 01/03/2023 9:33:41 AM PST by jimjohn
Mahomes for the win.
What do the bosses in Vegas say?
A Tie would be the best if not the most perfect solution...............
I would agree with declaring the Bills the #1 seed, as they were there, and let them not have to play their final game.
Yeah, maybe it isn’t the fairest solution for the other teams, but it’s the least disruptive.
There is an open week between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl, move the playoffs up one week and finish the regular season as scheduled, playing the Buffalo/Cincinnati game in the open week created after the end of the regular season, delaying the playoffs one week.
Why? There have been countless bad injuries this year, even career ending injuries. This wasn't a extraordinary hard hit, wasn't a dirty play, no one was celebrating the hit, everything was concerned about the player on both sides, it was normal except for the aftermath. Now it is the NFL's decision to suspend the game as per the rules, which they made a judgement call about and did. Now they have to figure out how to move forward while being concerned for the player and all the player's safety. There is nothing ghoulish about asking what's next?
They should be playing tonight.
Play out the season. The ratings will be through the roof!
What’s the over/under on how many more will keel over on the field?
I stopped watching the NFL after several issues.
1) it’s ref ball, not real football. When the female ref gave the ball to the redskins when the browns clearly recovered it was a huge issue. And the replay didn’t want to challenge the 1st female ref and make her look like the idiot she is/was.
2) taking a knee and crapping on our country
3) too much football all week long. I preferred all games on sunday and one on Monday. It keeps it fair and it makes it more exciting as Monday everyone talks about Sunday and Monday’s games.
4) and this is the big one. They acted like they were supporting our troops during the war by having them on the field and doing a little thank you for them. In reality they were paid by DOD to do that! Not only do they take tax payer money to fund their stadiums, but also they take it to “honor” the troops. I haven’t watched since.
College football doesn’t have these issues or at least certainly not on the scale the NFL does.
Having said that it was stupid to suspend the game. Players have died before and/or been crippled or had career ending injuries.
I think the Broncos should be declared Super Bowl Champions. Everyone’s a winner, right?
Brock Purdy takes the 49ers to the Super Bowl in his rookie season and defeats Mahomes and KC in a thriller. The next Tom Brady. Book it!
Should have kept the 14-game season.
That extra game have knocked the stuffi g out of smell teams while other teams seasons have been saved by it.
Note: for those who could care less about the NFL or football in general in this forum, you can skip this thread
* couldn't
I rooting for whatever team has the most politically incorrect name.
thought about that, but believe me, even I wouldn’t want to play (or attend) that championship game here in late January.
Also: Bills & Chiefs both win Sunday. What’s the Bengals motivation the following week? Their position would have been already decided.
My attempt is to avoid delaying the playoffs.
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