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Cincinnati Bengals (Same Ole Bengals)

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Fungo Squiggly said:
What bothers me more is that, assuming the Bills, Chiefs, and Bengals all win this weekend and then the Bills and Bengals win in the first round, the Bengals will go to Buffalo to play the 2nd round game. No coin flip there. The Bengals had a chance to beat the Bills at home so that they could host the game, but that was wiped away. The 2nd round road game in Buffalo is the same result as if the Bengals had lost at home to the Bills, so the Bills end up getting the benefit of not having to win the road game in Cincy in order to get the home field advantage over Cincy. It pretty much sucks for Cincy on all counts.

The frustrating part is that there ARE rules in place for this situation and that is win %. They are wiping that away when it comes to Bengals-Ravens where it can only hurt the Bengals, but keeping it in place for Buffalo-Cincy where it ALSO can only hurt the Bengals.

EDIT - I'm really not terribly angry about it. Big picture -- you gotta win the game you play, whoever and wherever it is. It just stings to be on the wrong end of everything here when the Bengals did absolutely nothing wrong.
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Onebuckfan said:
It’s mute KC won, I told my wife Tuesday the goodwill won’t last.fan bases will be bitching in a week. It took less than a week. Lol
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It might be mute, but it is not moot. Fungo Squiggly succinctly and correctly cited the scenario in which the Bills would be treated more favorably than the Bengals (not subjected to a coin flip to determine home field should they both win tomorrow and then go on to play each other in the playoffs), as compared to the coin flip scenario the Bengals would be subjected to if they lose tomorrow and end up playing the Ravens in the playoffs. This has nothing to do with goodwill - the Bengals and its fan base have given that in spades, and they should not be punished for having done so. It has to do with fairness, and not having rules passed on the fly that can retroactively be applied to possibly mistreat only one team as opposed to all others.
 
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JohnnyCockfight said:
It might be mute, but it is not moot. Fungo Squiggly succinctly and correctly cited the scenario in which the Bills would be treated more favorably than the Bengals (not subjected to a coin flip to determine home field should they both win tomorrow and then go on to play each other in the playoffs), as compared to the coin flip scenario the Bengals would be subjected to if they lose tomorrow and end up playing the Ravens in the playoffs. This has nothing to do with goodwill - the Bengals and its fan base have given that in spades, and they should not be punished for having done so. It has to do with fairness, and not having rules passed on the fly that can retroactively be applied to possibly mistreat only one team as opposed to all others.
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Bills and Cincinnati both gave up their rights Monday
 
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I do wonder about the wisdom of having players laying motionless on the field as a celebration given what happened on this same field earlier this week. :lol:
 
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