Posted on 01/03/2023 9:33:41 AM PST by jimjohn
[Note: for those who could care less about the NFL or football in general in this forum, you can skip this thread]
Oh, to be in the board room of the National Football League right now. All thought are on the player Damar Hamlin. Our thoughts and prayers go out, and this Bills fan has been receiving support from around the country from friends and family. But with that said, it’s going to be asked: What to do with the rest of the NFL season?
[Full disclosure: Bills fan for 43 years]
The complications are manifested by the importance of the game itself when it comes to playoff positioning. A Buffalo win meant a win the following week guaranteed home-field advantage. A Cincinnati win would clinch the AFC North Division with the possibility of home field advantage as well. With Monday’s game postponement, not only is all of that in chaos, but it can also effect 11 of the 16 AFC teams now in playoff position.
Question: Assuming at least one team (The Buffalo Bills) may not be up to (or unable to be) playing this weekend against the New England Patriots (God forbid where their heads may be on Sunday), how to determine playoff positions?
It is impossible to avoid slighting a football team, but here is one possible scenario:
1. Declare the Bills-Bengals game a tie. It will not be rescheduled.
The 4 AFC division winners have clinched playoff spots. The only division winner in question is Bengals or Ravens in the AFC north, who play next Sunday. This game should go on as scheduled. We’ll get back to this game in #2.
2. Give the Buffalo Bills a bye this Sunday. Instead of Cleveland going to Pittsburgh, send the New England Patriots (scheduled on the road to Buffalo) to Pittsburgh. Winner makes the playoffs. Loser is out. If there is a tie, the Dolphins make the playoffs with a win. A Dolphins loss means loser of the Bengal-Ravens game gets in as a wild card. We’ll go ahead a give Cleveland a win for the record books, but their season is over.
3. Now, about the division winner seeding: A Chiefs win gives Kansas City top seed, with Buffalo guaranteed a #2 seed, Bengals-Ravens winner get #3 seed. A KC loss gives Bengals top seed with a win over the Ravens, but a KC loss and a Bengal loss gives Buffalo the #1 seed.
In short, by adjusting the last week of the NFL schedule, we give the Buffalo Bills time to regroup without having to send the season into an extra week in mid-January (that's not fair to anyone).
I know some will say it’s even ghoulish to think about it right now, but next Sunday - the final week of the regular season is right around the corner, and they gotta come up with something fast.
Just my $0.02
You are embarrassing yourself because you refuse to accept any evidence to the contrary, the UF basketball player which I provided the video of, is a perfect example of cardiac arrest and the game continuing.
Heck, when I was in High School I played football, after the season started between games one week we had a player collapse, rushed to the hospital and died, we practiced the next day and played that Friday night. He was determined he suffered from cardiac arrest due to a heart deformity he was born with.
Here is a list of athletes who have died suddenly some during games and some later.
Bottomline I’ve seen someone die on the field.
LOL- evidence?? What, from links?? You don’t even comprehend what you post:
“Heck, when I was in High School I played football, after the season started between games one week we had a player collapse, rushed to the hospital and died, we practiced the next day and played that Friday night.
Bottom line I’ve seen someone die on the field.”
He didn’t “die on the field,” he died in the hospital. Did he suffer cardiac arrest in a game or at practice?? What year was it
There’s absolutely NO comparison between players who broke there necks and what took place last night. Stingley, Utley, Bryd were all conscious and alert immediately after their injuries. Hamlin was minutes from death last night.
But I’m sure you’ll attempt to comeback with some asinine reply.
Re: 60 - Interesting. Looks like they will play the game after the end of the regular season.
LOL- and btw- as per Keyonta Johnson- please shopw me where they were performing CPR on him on the court or had to use a defibrillator- I’ll wait.
“The game continued even after administrators gave the Gators the option of stopping the game, but players at the time reportedly told coach Mike White that they wished to continue playing.”
I agree. This makes total sense.
These guys are all playing the most violent contact sport outside the boxing/martial arts sports with a realistic possibility of severe injury and death. The spotlight has been on head injuries as of late, but the introduction of helmets adds to the risk of heavy blows to any part of the body. Does this injury occur, as well as fewer blunt force trauma injuries, if the game was played without helmets? I think not, and tackling would be more skillful and as we see in Rugby.
Strangely enough you left out the Keyontae Johnson episode, he passed out on the court from cardiac arrest and nearly died, the game continued, and I provided a link to the event.
In my case the event happened in the mid-70s, we lived in a rural farming town with no paramedics, by the time the EMTs got there he was dead from a heart defect, we didn’t know that at the time.
Here is a list of players who died during their career, look at the ones who dies in game, a couple from neck injuries, ie. broken necks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_football_players_who_died_during_their_careers
Google European Soccer players who have died in the last couple years from cardiac events during games or practice.
All you have provide is insults without knowledge or evidence which I have provided.
When the insults start is a sure sign of argument lost.
BS play the game tomorrow.....
BS play the game tomorrow.
He collapsed due to myocarditis. A cardiologist was on the sidelines and treated him.
Here is the article
https://nypost.com/2021/02/16/keyontae-johnson-could-have-died-after-court-collapse/
Again you are talking about something you are ignorant of
I saw several soccer players drop dead well before COVID.
Since both teams REFUSED to play, make them both down for losses.
Exactly, this type of thing has happened before, it’s rare by it does happen.
In most cases the games have continued.
Feel for the kid but not having watched a game in years that is about my only concern.
They cancelled the games for 9/11 and JFK assassination. I don’t remember if they actually made those games up.
At this point I see the league calling the game final after 9 minutes with Cincinnati the victor or the cancel the game and Buffalo and Cincinnati only have 16 game 2022 seasons or they move the playoffs out a week and game is resumed as only week 19 game and Superbowl stays with no off weekend before it.
1st of all 🙏🏻 prayers to Damar Hamlin and his family.
This whole situation is horrible. Neither team probably is in the right state of mind to play the game this.
Football is a brutal sport.
It’s always been a sport of the ”NEXT MAN UP”
I hope they do what is best for both teams without it affecting the other teams in the AFC.
https://fourvertsfootball.com/what-does-next-man-up-mean-in-football/
That’s not the way to resolve it because it affects all the other teams in the AFC. That would be unfair. Why not give them all Super Bowl rings or participation awards.
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