With the Buffalo Bills defeating the New England Patriots in Week 18, a neutral-site AFC Championship Game involving the Kansas City Chiefs remains a possibility. That was the agreed-upon solution from NFL owners after the Bills-Bengals Week 17 game was canceled and declared a “no contest” following Damar Hamlin’s injury.
So what would have to transpire from here on out for a neutral-site AFC title game to happen? If the participating teams in the AFC title game had a different number of regular season games played and the lower-seeded team could have been the number one seed had Week 17 been played. Basically, if the Chiefs and Bills meet in the AFC title game, it will be played at a neutral location. In any other scenario, the higher-seeded team would host the game.
