As NFL enters the final week of the regular season, there has been a ton of speculation on how the league will handle the Bills-Bengals game that was suspended following the scary medical emergency involving Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin.
Monday’s clash between the two teams—one that league decided that would not be rescheduled on Tuesday—held significant AFC playoff implications, particularly for the conference’s top seed. Shortly after ESPN’s Adam Schefter shared an “educated guess” on First Take that the league would likely not replay Monday’s game, he also suggested two scenarios the NFL may consider in the AFC playoff picture.
Schefter’s first plan consisted of calling the Bengals-Bills game a tie and the No. 1 seed in the AFC gets the choice of home field advantage throughout the playoffs or the bye week. The No. 2 seed would get the option that the top seed did not choose.
