Potential changes to playoffs

The NFL’s full release on everything related to the #Bills-#Bengals game and all that could happen pic.twitter.com/EVk8KBnjol

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 6, 2023

Made a flowchart to explain all the new changes to the AFC Championship game and the NFL playoffs. For your weekend viewing pleasure https://t.co/LDUyTLpcfA pic.twitter.com/6n5kVmPaet

— Brian McGill (@brian_mcgill) January 6, 2023

I don't really understand how the Bengals can win the division and have fewer losses than the Ravens and still have to flip a coin?   I also do not see how the Bills beat KC in KC head to head and yet KC would get the #1 seed despite them both having 3 losses.  There was no perfect solution, however common sense could have been factored into the equation.  But we do know that common sense is not so common in the NFL. 

Leave it to the NFL to find a way to overcomplicate something.

NFL = No Fucking Logic

What's weird is they have an established rule that if a game is cancelled, the standings go by win %.  But for some reason they felt the need to toss that out and create this convoluted participation trophy model instead.

@"comet52" said: What's weird is they have an established rule that if a game is cancelled, the standings go by win %.  But for some reason they felt the need to toss that out and create this convoluted participation trophy model instead.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"comet52" said: What's weird is they have an established rule that if a game is cancelled, the standings go by win %.  But for some reason they felt the need to toss that out and create this convoluted participation trophy model instead.

Exactly!  This is so stupid, that game should have resumed either yet that night or the next day.  Not playing was not going to help Hamlin in any way. Regardless of whether they should have played or not though,  their is an established protocol and now KC potentially gets screwed out of home game

@"JR44" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"comet52" said: What's weird is they have an established rule that if a game is cancelled, the standings go by win %.  But for some reason they felt the need to toss that out and create this convoluted participation trophy model instead.

Exactly!  This is so stupid, that game should have resumed either yet that night or the next day.  Not playing was not going to help Hamlin in any way. Regardless of whether they should have played or not though,  their is an established protocol and now KC potentially gets screwed out of home game

KC is actually the team that benefits from the situation more than anyone.  There is no way they deserve to have the bye if the Bills win tomorrow.  How do you give them the bye over a team they lost to at home?   Playing the championship game on a neutral site would be a win for them, cause they should be on the road.