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Originally Posted by kcpasco
Playing at Arrowhead doesn't seem to be an advantage for this team. You can argue they are a better road team. The bye week to get healthy is what's most important.
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The bye week also gives you one less chance to lose.
It seems to me like the damage done by losing the 2 seed is...
1. 2 chances now to get eliminated instead of one.
2. Converted one home game into two road games.
3. Losing a bye week for injury purposes (which I think is notably less important than the first two things).
I'm not sure the level of competition changes that much moving from 2 to 5, but there's now twice as much of it.