Week 17: NFL Other Games

[Santi]

Currently, Buffalo is the #2 seed, but they have a chance at the #1 seed and a bye if they win both games with KC losing their Wk18. A loss this week and next week (hypothetically) would result in Buffalo being the 3rd seed.

KC don't need to lose, Bills have the tiebreaker so simply winning their games is enough. Rest of your point stands

 

[Deus Irae]

Tomorrow night works. Hopefully the kid pulls through but, even if he doesn’t, they’ll have time to process what they saw tonight.

The problem with such a quick turnaround is that play already happened, and recovery time is already needed.

 

[PatsfanTN]

Signing off tonight with a strong sense of melancholy. Hug your people folks, say you love them, life is short.

 

[RobertWeathers]

to some that might sound harsh, but that is 100% true. I highly doubt this Sunday's games will be pushed back.

The games will go on. Not trying to be insensitive but it's reality

 

[Kontradiction]

I am not sure what the proper mourning time is. But they are not shutting down the season. Nor should they.

The proper mourning time is 3 days. Any more than that, and they’ll have to use their paid leave.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

There is no world where that happens but postponing everything for a week must be in play. Means no bye before the Super Bowl maybe. Who knows.

Didn't they do that in 2001 post 9/11?

 

[Ian]

I am not sure what the proper mourning time is. But they are not shutting down the season. Nor should they.

I didn't say they should - I was just saying that the idea of them even taking the field this weekend is a little crazy to even imagine. Albeit, the situation will at least be different if he's O.K. Like everyone else, I'm still processing it.

 

[Guts]

I am not sure what the proper mourning time is. But they are not shutting down the season. Nor should they.

My boy has a casino to run
Humor aside the closest thing I can remember was the Erriksen situation in the Euro 2020.
I hope Hamlin pulls through

 

[A.C Vegas]

The proper mourning time is 3 days. Any more than that, and they’ll have to use their paid leave.

That is so cold and calculating I truly hate it.

 

[Kontradiction]

Didn't they do that in 2001 post 9/11?

Yep.

 

[Kontradiction]

That is so cold and calculating I truly hate it.

Sorry, dude. I deal with situations like this through humor. Or attempted humor. Not sure how good any of these jokes are.

 

[farn]

Currently, Buffalo is the #2 seed, but they have a chance at the #1 seed and a bye if they win both games with KC losing their Wk18. A loss this week and next week (hypothetically) would result in Buffalo being the 3rd seed.

Right. So « it’s purely seeding ».

Yes, BUF would benefit greatly by having the bye. But in the end, it’s two playoff teams who are looking to see where they will place in the tournament seeding.

It’ll be an unpopular position, because people (and fans) love « fairness » and want « everything to be fair ».

Life isn’t fair. It’s grossly unfair. The young player fights for his life, it’s unfair.

I guess I am saying that if the players are rightfully shook up, maybe going winning % and just skip this game, would make sense. The NFL will SAY it’s to be « fair » and fans will agree. But it’ll be for the $. Not fairness.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Didn't they do that in 2001 post 9/11?

yup they cancelled football for one weekend

 

[TBR]

Sorry, dude. I deal with situations like this through humor. Or attempted humor. Not sure how good any of these jokes are.

I have one I want to make, but it would definitely be my last post on here.

 

[DaBruinz]

KC don't need to lose, Bills have the tiebreaker so simply winning their games is enough. Rest of your point stands

Buffalo is 12-3 currently. KC is 13-3. KC wins, they're at 14-3. Buffalo would have to win both to go to 14-3. Buffalo loses both and they can fall to #3. If KC loses then Buffalo only needs to win 1 game of the two remaining. That's what I was referring to.

 

[PatsfanTN]

 

[Boomer B]

Sorry, dude. I deal with situations like this through humor. Or attempted humor. Not sure how good any of these jokes are.

You're at about an Arthur Fleck level Kontra

 

[farn]

From the Bills board

Hamlin is not breathing on his own.

That is both sad and unsurprising.

Even the strongest and most agile of us is - in the end - very fragile. It’s unsettling.

 

[SamusAranX]

I could see them postponing all games this week. But not the whole season.

In the end what matters is that he pulls through. As someone said earlier…a strong sense of melancholy is in the air

 

[ahmed]

Hopefully the player will pull through. Prayers for him and his family. Also feel for the guy who tackled him. He is probably the most emotionally messed up after the family.

So scary. Bad outcomes like this makes me think about how few times they happen relative to the violence of the sport.

I am glad I tuned in late and did not see what happened.