If they're going to play the what if game, what if Cincinnati had beaten Buffalo? Cincinnati would host if they meet. They have opened a can that raises alot of questions that can't/won't be answered. Makes me think the decision makers are the same ones that handled the 2020 BIG.
OT: What should the NFL decide to do?
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Cincinnati definitely got screwed the most. Potentially having to go to Buffalo, and even to Baltimore is they (Cin) lose today and lose a coin flip.
All solutions would have screwed someone.
All solutions would have screwed someone.
Yep, and the part that annoys me is it is exactly like the B10, the NFL has a rule to use winning % if a situation like this develops it. They voted to change the rule. Why have a rule if you just vote to change it once it looks like it will go in effect.
The NFL indeed has a rule to use winning % if a situation like this develops.
They voted to KEEP that rule for all playoff seeding and match-ups.
They then also (unwisely, imo) made a new ruling on home field vs neutral, just for teams directly affected by the missed game, and added a coin flip for a potential Ravens-Bengals matchup.
They voted to KEEP that rule for all playoff seeding and match-ups.
They then also (unwisely, imo) made a new ruling on home field vs neutral, just for teams directly affected by the missed game, and added a coin flip for a potential Ravens-Bengals matchup.
Right. They added an addendum to the normal rule. The old rule meant the Bengals could not get the 1 seed, fine, no complaints, that's the rule, winning percentage determines that. But the addendum means the Bengals lose today and win % does not matter and it is a coin toss.
It is like 1981 in MLB where the Reds had the best record in baseball but not allowed in the playoffs.
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