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Originally Posted by Rain Man
Change my username to Callous if you want, but I don't think the teams should be consulted on this. What if McDermott would prefer the unexpected bye week and a road game over a 50 percent chance of winning a bye week? Competitive factors come into play.
And is it only the Bills' decision, or do the Bengals have input? What if one team wants to play and the other doesn't?
I get that a team could conceivably forfeit any game, but if the Texans decide to forfeit next week because the game is pointless and they want to save some game checks, the league would/should pull their franchise. An NFL team is obligated to play the games that the league tells them to play, and while this situation is unfortunate, it's below the line at which the league's authority extends.
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We played a game the next day after a player killed himself in front of the coach and GM.. I’m sure our players didn’t want to given a choice…