After Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest eventually led the NFL to cancel Bills-Bengals from last Monday night, a potential logjam at the top of the AFC saw Cincinnati draw the short straw in the new plan. While everyone made concessions in a proposal that could never be perfect considering the circumstances, the Bengals — the AFC North champions, mind you — were not guaranteed a home playoff game.
Were matters to break against a frustrated Joe Mixon and Co., a coin flip would actually determine whether the defending AFC champions would get to host a team — in this case, the Ravens — in their home digs.
