There’s more:
The NFL will never let a crisis go to waste nut this time they’re in a little bit of hot water over playoff considerations.
Nebraska Patriots?
How did Tony Romo get to be a top analyst? His delivery and voice are irritating and I don’t find him that insightful. Sometimes he seems bitter when discussing other quarterbacks with better skills.
Of those four games, that’s the one with the biggest playoff implications. With the cancellation, Cincinnati won the division and Baltimore is stuck as wild card no matter who wins their game. Pittsburgh has a remote chance to get a spot in the playoffs and Indy and Houston will probably catch flights to their vacation homes at halftime.
It is not just Hamlin. it is week 18, Buffalo is a top AFC team, and the game is not meaningless because Buffalo is kind of in contention for the too seed. The other big AFC game is today. A lot of games are between teams that aren’t going to the playoffs, almost meaningless and best players being sat early. It makes sense to put Buffalo on the front burner. NE also has a national following. So the coverage makes sense.
Bills might not even play their starters depending on what happens today. Boring.
Only if one watches the games. Minutes I have watched NFL games live this year...0 I have watched a few clips like when Hamlin collapsed but that is about it. This weekend that streak will remain intact. The Bills are the closest NFL team to me so by all rights I should be super interested but those days are long gone.
Only two games today and the Chiefs get zero coverage. The NFL can kma.
Bills have stated they’re playing the game for Damar.
Plus, they’re loaded and playing for Number 1 seed.
NE is no match for them in a normal game.
Bills by 300.
Boston Sports Talk Radio has been speculating that Indy would be the neutral site for an AFC Championship Game (which I think is the dumbest idea the NFL has ever come up with). Turns out Volleyball trumps Football.
Scheduling conflict prevents Indy from possibly hosting neutral-site NFL playoff game
January 6, 2023 | Mickey Shuey
Indianapolis has turned down a request from the National Football League to potentially host the AFC Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium later this month due to an already packed convention calendar for the city, officials say.
Executives with the Indianapolis Colts said they were approached earlier this week by league officials about hosting the game on either Jan. 28 or 29, after the cancellation of the Week 17 game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals threw a wrench into the league’s typical playoff procedures.
Both teams are playoff bound, but regardless of the outcome of this weekend’s games, they’ll have skewed winning percentages compared to other playoff teams due to the fact they’ll have played one fewer game. A few playoff scenarios would see teams meeting in a neutral site AFC Championship game in a to-be-determined city.
Indianapolis was approached to host the game, but the city already has an event on its calendar at Lucas Oil Stadium and that would make it nearly impossible for the NFL to host the game there.
The Central Zone Invitational, a national volleyball tournament hosted by Capitol Sports Center, is expected to draw as many as 30,000 people downtown, with a peak hotel room occupancy exceeding 7,000 rooms, which accounts for nearly every room in downtown Indianapolis.
Visit Indy and city officials made an effort to see if the stadium could accommodate both the tournament and the NFL game.
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