Not at all saying there is any truth to this, but, if Hurts end up not playing Sunday, what in the actual F is going on.  ( 6:20 mark )

 

 

2 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

What’s the alternative solution?

 

2 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Again.  What’s your solution? 

I actually like the play the NFC wild card round along with the Bills Bengals game week 19 suggestion from yesterday.

No matter what the decision is, it is going to be an inconvenience and give competitive advantage issues to some and take it away from others, but I think the playoff seeding of 4 teams is far more important.

6 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Gonna beat the dead horse,  win percentage is used for the same amount of games played, unless, like in MLB, they determine those games do not have an impact on the win percentage impacting the final standings.

This 1 game has a direct impact on the Chiefs, Bills and Bengals having the #1 seed, and also the Ravens ability to win the AFC north.

You are gifting the #1 seed to the Chiefs, and not giving the Bills and Bengals, who both beat the Chiefs, the opportunity to get into a tie with them and reap the rewards of beating the Chiefs.

Then you have the Ravens, who can beat the Bengals this week, and not win the NFC north because the Bengals did not make up a game they could very easily lose.

At this point, the NFL will make a decision and it will have a major impact on the seasons of 4 teams, and I am most likely going to disagree with the decision, and I have stated in this post that I have a very good case.

What’s your solution? 

1 hour ago, downundermike said:

 

Not the right call IMO.  The Bills will be robbed of the #1 seed after going into KC and beating the Chiefs, something they knew they would probably need to get the #1 seed.

Why are you assuming the Bills were going to beat the Bengals? That's a huge assumption, y'know. They were underdogs going in and were losing a the time, albeit still very early in the game. If you wipe out the Bills game against the Bengals, why not also disregard the Chiefs game against the Bengals too "just to be fair"?

By the way, I still have a hunch the Chiefs are going to lose to the Raiders and the Bills will get the top seed anyway, so everyone can stop crying.

1 minute ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Why are you assuming the Bills were going to beat the Bengals? That's a huge assumption, y'know. They were underdogs going in and were losing a the time, albeit still very early in the game. If you wipe out the Bills game against the Bengals, why not also disregard the Chiefs game against the Bengals too "just to be fair"?

By the way, I still have a hunch the Chiefs are going to lose to the Raiders and the Bills will get the top seed anyway, so everyone can stop crying.

Well if chiefs lose and bills and bengals win, then the bengals beating the bills would give Cincy the one seed. So there’s that

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

So you'd be putting the entire AFC playoffs back a week?  No chance they do that.  There is a lot that goes into the games, other than the game itself.  That's just not how business works.  You can't change the plans or multiple teams and cities because of one game.  

The league was able to do it multiple times during the covid season.  We had a Tuesday double header and a Wednesday game.

5 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

By the way, I still have a hunch the Chiefs are going to lose to the Raiders and the Bills will get the top seed anyway, so everyone can stop crying.

 

As TE pointed out, in your scenario, then you rob the Bengals of the opportunity to be the #1 seed.

 

3 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

Well if chiefs lose and bills and bengals win, then the bengals beating the bills would give Cincy the one seed. So there’s that

 

3 minutes ago, downundermike said:

The league was able to do it multiple times during the covid season.  We had a Tuesday double header and a Wednesday game.

Too close to the playoffs, could affect injuries, rest time for other teams, etc etc 

5 minutes ago, downundermike said:

The league was able to do it multiple times during the covid season.  We had a Tuesday double header and a Wednesday game.

with no fans in the stadium. skeleton crew in the stadium working because no seat ushers, concession workers, no security needed at gates with metal detectors and bag checkers, no ticket scanners etc. No need for boosts in mass transit staffing. No need for parking lot employees. No need for police presence directing traffic and operating traffic lights, and on, and on, and on.

These games are way different than the empty covid games. Way more goes in to moving them now.

1 minute ago, Ace Nova said:

Too close to the playoffs, could affect injuries, rest time for other teams, etc etc 

I am fully aware of that, and if it was two teams seeding impacted, maybe I would not think it was that big of a deal.

But it impacts the 1, 2, 3 seed and the Ravens ability to win the AFC north.

And there is no scenario for the games this weekend to clean it up.

@4for4EaglesNest @TorontoEagle @Ace Nova @HazletonEagle

What if this was the Eagles, and moving the game impacted the NFCCG being in Philadelphia or San Francisco, would you want the game to be made up ??

1 minute ago, downundermike said:

@4for4EaglesNest @TorontoEagle @Ace Nova @HazletonEagle

What if this was the Eagles, and moving the game impacted the NFCCG being in Philadelphia or San Francisco, would you want the game to be made up ??

What I want and what’s likely to happen aren’t the same thing. Life isn’t fair unfortunately. 
 

And the whole thing could resolve itself this weekend. The only difference is potentially the 2/3 seeds being flipped. Which isn’t enough to move mountains around the league

7 minutes ago, downundermike said:

@4for4EaglesNest @TorontoEagle @Ace Nova @HazletonEagle

What if this was the Eagles, and moving the game impacted the NFCCG being in Philadelphia or San Francisco, would you want the game to be made up ??

As one of the 2 teams involved you need to have a common sense level of understanding that you are involved in a horrible situation and there is no fair solution. You deal with it and move on. You dont expect the league to baby you and spread the consequences throughout the league to other uninvolved teams, their host cities, thousands and thousands of employees with those involved teams, and alter schedules of big time sponsorship events. Thats lunacy. 

Its completely wrong to do anything other than a tie or no contest and affect a whole host of other teams.

The best solution distributes the consequences immediately, enabling everyone to move past this as soon as possible, which is basically right now (as soon as a no contest is announced.) and affects only those involved. As such, a no contest automatically lets teams know up front what the seeding is. Where they are all playing, who their opponent is. Preserves the bye week for the #1 seed, and the super bowl bye week for the conference winner, whoever that may be. There are no down the line alterations waiting for any team. It can be done and in the rearview mirror for the entirety of the playoff season.

It does not negatively affect host cities in any way, nor stadium staffing and all of those employees.

It allows everyone to play on schedule and keeps sponsors happy. 

Its the only plan that makes sense. It limits collateral damage, and limits damage only to the involved teams which is the most fair way to do it. Any other potential "solution" if you could call it that, prolongs the damages weeks down the road, and may victimize some random team that wasnt even/shouldnt even be involved.

 

 

11 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

As one of the 2 teams involved you need to have a common sense level of understanding that you are involved in a horrible situation and there is no fair solution. You deal with it and move on.

What about the Baltimore Ravens ??  This impacts them winning the AFC north if they beat the Bengals on Sunday.  They have the better division record, and have a head to head win over the Bengals already, so just assuming they can not beat them and should not get a shot to be the best team in the division is ridiculous.

I have a solution:

No one has a truly viable solution.

16 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

What I want and what’s likely to happen aren’t the same thing. Life isn’t fair unfortunately. 
 

And the whole thing could resolve itself this weekend. The only difference is potentially the 2/3 seeds being flipped. Which isn’t enough to move mountains around the league

Ravens beat the Bengals, they get screwed out of a fair shot at winning the AFC north.

There is no results scenario this weekend that it does not take something off the table.  

Additionally, it will have impact on the last wild card team.

Let's say they announce the game will not be made up.  Then the Chiefs winning Saturday makes them the #1 seed, then do the Bills even play their starters against the Pats, which then give the Pats an unfair advantage over the Steelers and Dolphins who need a win and a Pats loss to get the last wild card spot.

3 minutes ago, Swoop said:

I have a solution:

No one has a truly viable solution.

Not true. Update techno Super Bowl rosters. Computer simulation where we have commercial breaks that sponsors pay for and goes to Damar’s charity. Outcome of the game gets used. Boom! 

5 minutes ago, Swoop said:

I have a solution:

No one has a truly viable solution.

There’s always a final solution!

8 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

 

Wow!  Great news.  

 

3 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Ravens beat the Bengals, they get screwed out of a fair shot at winning the AFC north.

There is no results scenario this weekend that it does not take something off the table.  

Additionally, it will have impact on the last wild card team.

Let's say they announce the game will not be made up.  Then the Chiefs winning Saturday makes them the #1 seed, then do the Bills even play their starters against the Pats, which then give the Pats an unfair advantage over the Steelers and Dolphins who need a win and a Pats loss to get the last wild card spot.

Four teams being affected is far better than 14 (the playoff teams)

11 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

 

Awesome news.

2 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

Put him the slot and he may have that by halftime.

13 minutes ago, Swoop said:

I have a solution:

No one has a truly viable solution.

Cancel the rest of the NFL season, and whichever team had the best regular season record the most number of weeks, is declared champion. 
 

On to free agency and the draft.