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Initially, the NFL did not pick a specific time for the Week 18 game between the Ravens and Bengals. There was a reason for that.<\/p>\n

If the Bengals had lost to the Bills on Monday night, making the Week 18 game the AFC North championship, the game would have been played at 4:25 pm ET. If the Bengals had won on Monday night, the Bengals would have clinched the AFC North, putting the Ravens game at 1:00 pm ET.<\/p>\n

With the NFL announcing on Wednesday that Ravens-Bengals will be played at 1:00 pm ET, some are interpreting this as meaning that the NFL has decided to cancel Bills-Bengals. If so, and if the NFL then determines playoff seeding based on winning percentage, the Bengals would clinch the AFC North.<\/p>\n

As one source with knowledge of the dynamics explained it to PFT, the timing decision for Ravens-Bengals doesn’t mean that a decision has been made regarding Bills-Bengals.<\/p>\n

Even without a head-to-head result between the Bills and Bengals, Cincinnati could force a tie with Buffalo by winning on Sunday, if the Bills lose to the Patriots. And the Bengals apparently would win the two-way tiebreaker with Buffalo. So the league has opted to play those games at the same time, in the event Bills-Bengals is never played.<\/p>\n

There’s still a chance that Bills-Bengals could be played during wild-card weekend, with only the NFC wild-card games played then. The AFC wild-card games would happen the following weekend, with the AFC and NFC playoff schedules synching up again the divisional round \u2014 and the two-week break between conference championships and the Super Bowl cut to one week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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