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Auggie

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5. I expected issues when they postponed the Monday game

Reply to JT45242 (Original post)

Fri Jan 6, 2023, 07:10 PM

Jan 2023

The NFL is rigidly scheduled. Cancel a game this close to seasons' end with several teams in contention for playoff byes and home field advantage and one or two or three of those teams could be at a disadvantage.

Yes, it would have been a very tough call to not to cancel Monday. But this is the result.

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Bengals getting screwed hard by NFL.. [View all] JT45242 Jan 2023 OP

It all seems fair...home v. away difference, maybe one game in future. Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2023 #1

Eh Mike_in_LA Jan 2023 #2

There's no solution that everyone will think is fair. No matter how they did it someone was RockRaven Jan 2023 #3

The NFL screws the players everyday, why would they care about fans? dem4decades Jan 2023 #4

I expected issues when they postponed the Monday game Auggie Jan 2023 #5

Had they just ruled it a tie, it would have been better. JT45242 Jan 2023 #6

Roger Goodell is bullshit, so anything he decides tends to follow suit Better Days Ahoy Jan 2023 #7

You're asking them to assume the Bengals would have won. That would be very unfair muriel_volestrangler Jan 2023 #8