We’re a long way away from this even being a possibility, but the NFL is already starting to consider its contingency plan should the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills — the top two seeds in the AFC for the 2023 playoffs — both reach the AFC title game.
After Damar Hamlin collapsed from cardiac arrest during a pivotal and now cancelled Bills-Bengals game roughly two weeks ago, the league decided to even things out by guaranteeing a neutral site AFC Championship Game between the Bills and Chiefs in a theoretical playoff matchup. The main consideration appeared to be Buffalo losing out on clinching the de facto No. 1 seed through no fault of its own (it literally lost a game off its record) after already beating the Chiefs earlier this year and owning the head-to-head tiebreaker.
