Posted on 01/05/2023 6:10:54 AM PST by Impy
Because of the canceled game, the league’s owners will vote Friday — with 24 of 32 needed (three-fourths majority) to approve — on scenarios approved by the competition committee Thursday that involve a neutral site for an AFC Championship Game. Those are dependent on Week 18 outcomes:
• If Buffalo and Kansas City both win or tie, a Bills-Chiefs championship game will be at a neutral site.
• If Buffalo and Kansas City both lose and Baltimore wins or ties, a Bills-Chiefs championship game will be at a neutral site.
• If Buffalo and Kansas City both lose and Cincinnati wins, a Bills or Bengals vs. Chiefs championship game will be at a neutral site.
The potential neutral sites have not yet been determined. The seeds will hold up throughout the playoffs.
If Buffalo and Kansas City both win this weekend, the Chiefs will get the bye. If Buffalo wins and Kansas City loses, the Bills will be the No. 1 seed and get the bye, and no neutral sites would come into play.
If the Baltimore Ravens win and are matched against Cincinnati in an AFC wild-card game, the site will be determined by a coin flip. If Cincinnati wins or if the two teams are not matched against each other after a potential Ravens win, regular scheduling procedures will go into effect.
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.”
In his statement, Goodell said he recognizes “there is no perfect solution.”
“As we considered the football schedule, our principles have been to limit disruption across the league and minimize competitive inequities,” he said.
A good neutral site would be The Superdome in New Orleans...................
:: Recent history hasn’t favored the Lions in GB, but this Lions team seems pretty different than what we’re all used to. ::
Allow me to introduce you to DFWGator.
He will cause you to understand the folly of your statement.
😉
Local sports is saying Indy is front runner. Man, we really need the Raiders to beat KC tomorrow and then no neutral site is needed.
Lucas Oil Stadium?
Well, the ain’t doing anything with it ............
That is not going to happen. As of today the Ravens don't even know who will be QBing.
I agree about Baltimore, Lamar has a bad Contract injury!
Damar is off the ventilator and talking and visiting with family this morning.
Local new just broke in and says Damar is right this minute doing a Zoom call to Buffalo and talking with his team mates!
Next seasons regular game matchups are now out with the dates to be set in spring. My Bungals have a tough schedule next year and Buffalo comes back to Cincy.
Cincinnati home games:
Baltimore Ravens
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Buffalo Bills
Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks
Minnesota Vikings
Cincinnati road games:
Baltimore Ravens
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans
Kansas City Chiefs
San Francisco 49ers
Left Arizona off Cincy road games list.
I think this issue, which mainly concerns an unfortunate shortcoming of the record of the Bengals and Bills, is having tooooo too much impact on the Chiefs. I think the Chiefs get the bye and home field thereafter as the Bills and Bengals had a blemish on providing a solid record, sad though it may be.
Chiefs over the Raiders. (And forever may it be)
Jags over the Titans
Bucs over the Falcons
Bills over Patriots
Vikings over THA Bears (Although the Vikings are not done disappointing)
Bengal/Bangels over the Ravens
Texans over the Colts (My how the world turns)
Dolphins over Jets
Saints over Panthers
Steelers over Browns (in the game that I am least sure about)
Chargers over Broncos
Eagles over Giants
Rams over Seahawks (A surprise again)
49rs over Cards
Cowboys over the Commanders (Jones does not deserve it)
Lions over Packers (I just have a weird feeling this does not go as Rodgers expects.)
I can agree with you because it’s not the Chiefs fault, on the other hand not really Bills or Bengals fault either. I’ll accept what the owners vote on today no matter what outcome, and chalk this up to sometimes life ain’t fair and get on with it. Damars life was more important and I’m very happy he’s doing so well. Football is my one big sports passion but it’s not that important in the whole scheme of life.
KC
Tenn
Browns
Balt
Bills
Vikes
Bucs
Fins
Aints
Dolts in the Top 5 Draft Bowl
Dallas
9ers
Philly
Seahawks
Bolts
Pack
Georgia for a 2nd straight National Championship
Kansas City over LV Raiders
Jacksonville over Tennessee Cincinnati over Baltimore
Huston over Indy
Tampa over Atlanta
Buffalo over NE
Minnesota over Chicago
Miami over NY Jets
NO over Carolina
Pittsburgh over Cleveland
LA Chargers over Denver
Eagles over Giants
Seattle over LA Rams
San Francisco over Arizona
Green Bay over Detroit.
Dallas over Washington
They should do the coin flip now. So BA & CIN know the situation going into Sunday’s game
If Seattle wins their 4pm game, it eliminates Detroit. That ruins the GB-DET game at 8p
Ruins it for Det and their fans. Game should be at 4p.
I hope the score is GB 27-0 at half to show the NFL their folly
Good idea but they wont know if the coin flip is needed until the games are played.
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