The Bills continue to try to strike the balance between getting the most out of Josh Allen's abilities and keeping him healthy. McDermott added, “He’s one of the best in the league and I don’t want to take his personality away from him…but there needs to be an adjustment in that style of play.” “We have to get that adjusted and it’s never going to go completely away, but it has to get where it’s workable,” McDermott told Battista. Allen has been one of the team’s most effective and consistent ballcarriers, last season rushing for 762 yards and seven touchdowns. McDermott added that the Bills would not take that part of Allen’s game away entirely, but would find a more sustainable way to do it. “I don’t think that’s a healthy way to play QB in this league and it’s undefeated that things are going to happen when you play that style, brand of football,” McDermott told Battista, who shared the exchange on Twitter.
McDermott said it “absolutely” made him nervous to see Allen taking so many risks on the field and said it would hurt his long-term viability to keep playing that way. Battista noted that Allen takes hits on 66 percent of his downfield runs. The proposal we are asking the ownership to consider, however, addresses the most significant potential equitable issues created by the difficult, but necessary, decision not to play the game under these extraordinary circumstances.Battista caught up with McDermott at the league’s annual meeting, asking the Bills coach what he might have planned to keep Allen from taking so many hits next season. “I recognize that there is no perfect solution. “As we considered the football schedule, our principles have been to limit disruption across the league and minimize competitive inequities,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. However, if the Bengals win this weekend or if Baltimore and Cincinnati are not scheduled to play each other in the wild-card round, the game sites would be determined by the regular scheduling procedures. Therefore, if Baltimore defeats Cincinnati and if those two clubs are schedule to play a wild-card game against each another, the site for that game would be determined by a coin toss. If Buffalo and Kansas City both lose and Cincinnati wins, Bills or Bengals against Kansas City in the AFC title game would be at a neutral site.Īlso, if Baltimore defeats Cincinnati in Week 18, the Ravens would have two wins over the Bengals, a divisional opponent, but will not be able to host a playoff game because Cincinnati will have a higher winning percentage for a 16-game schedule than Baltimore will for a 17-game schedule.
If Buffalo and Kansas City both lose and Baltimore wins or ties, a Bills-Chiefs AFC title game would be at a neutral site. If Buffalo and Kansas City both win or tie this weekend, a Bills-Chiefs AFC title game would be at a neutral site. Those circumstances involve Buffalo or Cincinnati qualifying for the game as a road team.
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1 seed and hosted the game had all AFC clubs played a full 17-game regular season. The AFC Championship Game will be played at a neutral site if the participating teams played an unequal number of games and both could have been the No. The resolution being presented to clubs for a vote on Friday follows: The league is considering several sites, including indoor and outdoor stadiums. The scenarios approved by the competition committee include a potential neutral site for the AFC championship game. The Bengals (11-4) had a chance to earn that top seed with two more wins and a loss by the Chiefs. The Kansas City Chiefs (13-3) now hold that spot. Buffalo (12-3) entered Monday night needing a win to maintain the AFC’s No 1 seed.
The Bills-Bengals game had major playoff implications for the AFC. Hamlin has shown what physicians treating him are calling “remarkable improvement over the past 24 hours”, the team announced Thursday, three days after the 24-year-old player had to be resuscitated on the field. The NFL said its decision creates “potential competitive inequities in certain playoff scenarios.” The league said clubs on Friday, in a special league meeting, would consider a resolution recommended by the commissioner and approved today by the competition committee. Also, the NFL said playing the game between the Bills and Bengals would have required postponing the start of the playoffs by a week, and affecting all 14 teams that qualified for the postseason.
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