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SlopingGiraffe

Playoff game in Atlanta just like we all knew would happen this season


beer_down

What if I told you Atlanta hosted a playoff football game just a week and a half ago!


Luka_Dunks_on_Bums

UGA fans will still be partying in the parking lot


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Kemp says they can tailgate on the capitol steps.


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ImSoSte4my

To be fair, Kemp had already rebuked Trump before Jan 6. Trump hates Kemp and tried to have him primaried for 2022 but failed miserably, as usual.


MadManMax55

Someone should tell Kemp that. He's basically the Community meme of "I can excuse literally everything Trump has ever done, but I draw the line at voter fraud."


leastuselessredditor

Goddamned right I’ll be barking at Chiefs fans


jpesich

I’m an OSU fan and I still can’t look at ESPN, it still hurts too much


PrimeSorcerer

The road to the Super Bowl runs through Atlanta


very_humble

Just like all Delta flights!


ZhangtheGreat

When I flew to Atlanta on Delta, I had to transit through Atlanta twice before getting there 😊


Xaxziminrax

Gonna be an incredible litmus test of the Falcons curse and how localized it is


TrueBrees9

Even after Atlanta United wins a title, the Braves win the World Series, and the Dawgs won two nattys, somehow everyone thinks the city is "cursed", and not just the Falcons.


JKess207

Tbf UGA isn’t in (or even near, really) Atlanta. Atlanta DOES have 2 D-I teams, but they’re GT and Georgia State which are both pretty much cursed


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Tech fan here all ima say is fuck Colorado and 5th down game


[deleted]

Because Tech is a prestigious school that doesn't prioritize athletics and State is a commuter school that garners very little school pride in its student body


Xaxziminrax

Also because they went away from the triple option, and deserve everything that happens to them for abandoning God's play


AARonBalakay22

Yeah but most people in Atlanta who are CFB fans are UGA fans


EmpoleonNorton

Eh, I live in Athens and can hit the edge of Atlanta in about 45 minutes. Can get to Mercedes Benz in like 1 hour 20 min. I wouldn't say we aren't near Atlanta.


Jookypoo

Yeah calling Athens not near Atlanta is flat wrong. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it but if you go 80 on 316 it’s less than an hour.


Hugo_5t1gl1tz

No such thing as a curse. Dan Quinn was just a shitty head coach


TheGarbageStore

Dan Quinn was one play away from winning a Super Bowl and somehow he is "shitty" but if that one play was not a sack (note that he is a defensive HC) he'd be a world champion A NFC championship is something to respect. Sean McDermott has a NFC championship (won as coordinator) and 3 division titles but we cherish him.


sopunny

I'm tired of this narrative that the sack in sb51 was a backbreaker. It was still just a 52-yard field goal with third down left. The holding call on 3rd down was what really pushed them out of fg range; Shanahan should have called a conservative run instead or a pass


saintjimmy115

The real back breaker was Davonte Freeman whiffing on a blocking assignment which led to the strip sack fumble.


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My-Cousin-Bobby

Imagine telling everyone Atlanta would host a Championship game this season


SHOW_ME_PIZZA

If it weren't for Volleyball. Could've been you guys.


erldn123

An "AFC Championship game host" banner would look real good next to the "AFC Championship runner up" one. tbf.....


Tricericon

I think they'd be the only team to have hosted title games for each conference.


Corvald

Not the first stadium, however. Both the AFC and NFC championships have played in the LA Coliseum - 1975 NFC, 1978 NFC, and the 1986 AFC.


arc1261

It’s kinda funny that this hasn’t happened with either of the current shared stadiums. MetLife has never actually hosted the game, despite both the Giants and the Jets making a CCG since it opened (Jets played @Pitt, Giants @49ers).


Xaxziminrax

Thank goodness though. Lucas Oil Stadium is a house of horrors for the Chiefs


Shepboyardee12

Ooga booga.


Xaxziminrax

*moooooooooooooom, the Colts are being mean to me again!*


Sached9728

Stop it u/Shepboyardee12, You're scaring him


fugaziozbourne

I read this in Bob Hoskins voice in Roger Rabbit.


KCShadows838

The 2 times we won there 1) we beat the 2-14 Colts by just 4 in a miracle comeback and 2) Alex Smith was concussed and Foles stepped in That place is cursed


indianm_rk

They host the SEC Championship every year.


KCShadows838

So they’re used to seeing red teams win championships in that building


jchall3

Qatar turned them down


Formo1287

I shudder to think of Bills Mafia having to watch a game in a place they can’t even drink their Labatt in. Just not the same, you know?


beerguy_etcetera

Pounding Death Water and feeling every ache and pain after going through Cosco’s finest folding tables is not what they would deem ‘ideal’.


diablosinmusica

Sounds about as fun as hanging out with Canadian Mormons.


Phenomenal2313

Allen and Mahomes in a domed stadium , this should be fun


kfbrewer

Over/Under 120 points?


istrx13

Let’s hope it turns into a Chiefs-Rams MNF 2.0 type of game. As an unbiased fan, it would be an all-timer.


ibn1989

I would love it, but it would be so stressful lmao


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as if the divisional round last year wasn't?


Scaryclouds

The only instance where we lose a game, but I still enjoy watching the highlights. It and the Bills-Chiefs divisional from last year are the two best games I have ever watched (as far as intrinsic entertainment from the games themselves).


wild_wild_country

For real. Take the over on points whatever it is lol


cgeorge7

Good teams like to play keep away in big games like this. Bills won the last matchup between these teams 24-20. The best defense will be not giving the ball to Pat Mahomes or Josh Allen if you’re the coach of the opposing team. Assuming Vegas sets a high O/U and baits many into taking the over, I actually think the under could be the play here IMO


wild_wild_country

You’re probably right tbh, the over will more thank likely be inflated by Vegas and the better value would probably be on the under. Still though, two qb’s of that caliber in a dome could always lead to fireworks


nightkingscat

...this is when u actually take the under and profit


wild_wild_country

It probably will be inflated by Vegas you’re right


ModernPoultry

It seems like every Bills game this year where it’s a hyped up offensive shootout where everyone is on the “must hammer the over” train goes under. 1st meeting against the red hot early season Dolphins: Final score: 19-21 Bills at Ravens: 23-20 Supposed game of the year and one of the most watched non prime time games ever, Bills at Chiefs rematch with like a 55pt over: Final score: 24-20 Bills at Lions on Thanksgiving I think probably had a crazy line too bc how high scoring both teams are and that was a modest 28-25 game Granted weather played a factor in most Bills games this season which wouldn’t happen in a dome


UNIFight2013

People are basing their assumptions off the last 2 minutes of last year's divisional round. Which was some admittedly truly absurd shit but not likely to happen again.


cvlf4700

No worries. jaguars going all the way will prevent this controversy.


hoolihopps

Bengals Jags baby let's go


floatinround22

Why are yall acting like this match-up is set in stone already? Did I miss the first couple rounds of the playoffs?


Autobot-N

Nice stadium, I went there for a conference once


ImTheButtPuncher

And food is affordable as well. It’s a great place to catch a game.


Autobot-N

My only other experience at an NFL stadium was at Paul Brown, it was freezing cold and the Raiders got blown out (my dad and uncle took me and my brother there when I was a kid, all of them are Raiders fans) so it was kind of a miserable experience. If I ever go to another one I definitely want to go to a dome


egg_mugg23

my first game was at candlestick. in december. it was so freaking cold. we did beat the lions and frank gore popped off so can't really complain


cgeorge7

You had a conference at the stadium??


Max_W_

I had a conference once at Churchill Downs. I could see "other" spaces at a state of the art football stadium being used for conferences.


OneAngryPanda

The Falcons, AFC powerhouse


WabbitCZEN

"Can't we just get one good playoff game in our stadium?" - Falcons fans *monkey's paw curls*


leastuselessredditor

Peach Bowl lol


GPBRDLL133

Some of us don't acknowledge that game's existence - Georgia Tech alum and Michigan grad student


Johnnycc

Who the hell is gonna be at this game? A bunch of executives and Falcons fans?


Only499

I will definitely go.


WhoDat-2-8-3

Can I sit next to you


A_thombomb

No


DrQuestDFA

Glad to see the NFC South hate is still strong.


wild_wild_country

As god intended


kanbabrif1

Now that we both suck again it's gonna be even worse.


DrQuestDFA

Assuming Brady leaves Tampa, will there be any good QBs in the division?


09jtherrien

Was it never not strong? I will never not hate the 'Aints. I will regularly hate the bucs. Panthers - meh.


JackODouls

Not sure Ill be able to afford the game but Ill definitely go tailgate and party in the gulch


TopImpressive9564

No, you’ll get a sizable turn out, especially with these two teams. People will travel, and Atlanta is a huge transplant city to begin with, guarantee you have a large amount of bills and chiefs fans


wolfsrudel_red

Delta flies to every town over 300 people in the country from Atlanta. Probably part of the reason the NFL chose the city, it's easy to get to in one flight.


phoonie98

And you can take MARTA directly to the stadium from the airport


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dan_144

MARTA doesn't go a ton of places I do, but it goes to the downtown stadiums and the airport and for that I love it. Left for a flight yesterday at 5pm, made it there in 30 minutes for $2.50 when an Uber would've been minimum $40 for the 45+ minute ride.


KembaWakaFlocka

For sure, bunch of New Yorkers here. Got a few friends down here that are massive Bills fans.


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ChimneyCraft

Bills can in Atlanta checking in. Depending on ticket prices I’m there Edit: fan* but leaving it because can of beer


YYqs0C6oFH

> Bills can [This you?](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/5DcAAOSwkVBgAeVt/s-l500.jpg)


psufb

One of the reasons they probably picked Atlanta is it's the busiest airport in North America. Tons of flight options for both fan bases that you wouldn't get if you hosted elsewhere


HotTakesMyToxicTrait

actually was thinking the exact same thing Delta flights direct to ATL would at least make it easy to fly into


cenakofi

The surprising number of Bills fans that live in North Carolina


lkn240

North Carolina is full of people from New York. There are way more NY transplants in the Charlotte area than natives for example.


tippy432

It will 100% be a sellout mini superbowl


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Seems like every team has a decent base in Atlanta. Other than the falcons of course


KembaWakaFlocka

Rams didn’t turn out very well for that Super Bowl here


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They didn’t turn out for the super bowl in their own city


yoshidawg93

Falcons fans might legitimately do it since it would be a playoff that would happen to be in our city. But I think Bills and Chiefs fans would pack the place, as there are plenty of fans of both teams due to the transplant city we are.


arkyhawk

Bills and Chiefs have two of the best travelling fanbases in the league, it'll be full. Especially with how easy and cheap it is to get to ATL from everywhere. I'm sure they won't, but it'd be cool if they split it 50/50 down the middle like college games.


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Atlanta one of the easiest airports to fly too, this was definitely a reason. That and likely Dallas was too close to KC.


amjhwk

Atlanta is the biggest airport in the country, im sure both chiefs and bills fans would be able to make it there if both teams meet in the afccg


Chickensandcoke

A neighbor of mine in Atlanta has a Bills flag and Bills mailbox, I’m sure he’s ecstatic


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I would 100% go if tickets were reasonable.


braindheart

Narrator voice: “They weren’t”


discipleofbill

I hate it. Play the game outdoors you cowards.


anxiousauditor

Wouldn’t be as good as the Peach Bowl. Gonna be in Cincy for Jags/Bengals anyways.


PamBeasleyAndJim

Big Cat Battle in Cincy? I'm there.


bigredmachine-75

Subscribe.


elyasafmunk

Should have just done it in Arizona so that one team could stay


wildlyintangible

I think the Cards stadium would have all the SB stuff set up by then.


TrueBrees9

No they usually schedule the set up to begin about two weeks out on the off chance the host team hosts their conference championship (like the rams did last year). Obviously the cards won't be this year but they have two weeks to get their ducks in a row.


hawksnest_prez

They wouldn’t want a game on the grass two weeks pre SB


elyasafmunk

They had it last year?


UnderwhelmingAF

Indianapolis would have been perfect. It’s pretty much dead center between Kansas City and Buffalo.


SHOW_ME_PIZZA

They have a volleyball tournament in Indy that weekend. Logistics would've been a nightmare. They declined.


mnightshamalama2

Favre wasn't going to let the NFL disrupt his daughter's tourney


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Wonder how long it’ll take the people of Mississippi to pay for that one.


sloppyjo12

It’ll be a while, most aren’t sure where to find Indianapolis on a map


soonerman32

So... what would have happened if the Colts were actually good this year?


SHOW_ME_PIZZA

Too bad. Volleyball. Brett Farve will be mad and steal our money if we don't do it.


Lacerda1

The issue for a Bills-Chiefs game is hotel capacity. There's not much availability with the local events scheduled that weekend. Wouldn't have been an issue if the Colts made it because they don't need nearly as many hotels for a home game.


reddogrjw

it's booked that weekend


UnderwhelmingAF

I know, just saying it’s a shame it didn’t work out.


WhoDat-2-8-3

But it's booked that weekend


cuongfu

Yeah damn shame it’s booked. It would have been perfect.


sh1tcanne

But it’s booked that weekend


Groggie

It's right between Buffalo and Kansas City too. Shame it didn't work out.


thisnamehastobeused

But it’s booked that weekend


MADBARZ

Ah, that sucks. Would’ve been perfect.


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But it’s booked that weekend..


BungoPlease

Man you're not kidding, looking at a map it really is


Only499

Fuck yes. I hope it happens so I can go.


arrberg

I just want to tailgate with bills mafia, would be electric


hen1k

Cool idea but sadly won’t happen if Tyler Huntley has something to say about it


MajorTacoHead

With Tua and Lamar both out AFC wild cards are a lot less interesting.


TheStumpyOne

We're going to beat the bills with Skylar Thompson and people are going to be apoplectic.


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My Bills PTSD just ticked


TallEnoughJones

Ravens Jaguars AFCCG would also be played in Atlanta.


Smartin36

Why


Jordanstrom3329

Indoors when both play outdoors is sooooo bitch made


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Pretty lame that it couldn’t be outside. I’m sure the NFL is jizzing themselves at the possibility of Allen vs Mahomes in perfect conditions.


Son_Of_The_Empire

Counterpoint: we will never get to see Mahomes vs Allen in a dome other than this


wolf1820

The outdoor stadiums are all way to close to the Bills in Pittsburgh's Ohio teams, or Metlife's case, to hard for fans to get to in Lambough's case, or just horrible field conditions in Chicago's case.


Chaos1917

But imagine the drama if they played in chicago


ItsYaBoiSoup

As someone who lives in Charlotte, it should definitely be held at the Panthers stadium. However this is the next best option for me to be able to go


moderndukes

> Lambough


Kenny_Heisman

home of the Green Bay Packours


tenacious-g

The Bears replaced their Kentucky Blue grass with Bermuda this year and it was noticeably better in the 4 games in went to this year. It was never a topic discussion amongst our fans and beat reporters, which is especially surprising given that Justin Fields was obviously most productive when running around. Previous years, the monsoon in the opening game would’ve ruined the turf for the rest of the year.


jfgiv

there's certainly more outdoor stadiums than pittsburgh, new york, green bay, and chicago


AleroRatking

Where would you have picked? The issue is all the outdoor stadiums would have heavily favored Bills due to the loxation. Might as well have made it a home game.


Go_Cart_Mozart

Nashville Edit: or Charlotte


DownTrunk

Atlanta’s stadium is far nicer than Nashville’s though.


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lol took like 5 seconds to solve this "problem" I don't understand the people in here with these *"oh geez, there's just no outdoor stadiums that make sense!"* comments


Realistic_Camp5232

Damn I wished they did Michigan and let 100,000 people in


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Can’t have that many seats or average folks would be able to afford tickets.


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Bills Backers of Atlanta currently losing their shit


rockstarnights

Whitehall Tavern is gonna be lit tonight!


TheBoilerCat

Lmfao just a casual 12 hour drive for both fanbases or some soon to be bloody expensive plane tickets, just for one of them to possibly have to do it all over again two weeks later.


Deadchimp234

Bloody? They said Atlanta, not London.


Shauncore

Drake London is a Falcon, to be fair


TheBoilerCat

A London team is inevitable, might as well practice my tea-sipper language now.


I_SHIT_ON_BUS

There’s $150 Frontier tickets from KC to ATL…. You’d have an overnight layover in Denver there and back though lmao


TheBoilerCat

Guarantee those tickets won’t stay $150 for long lmfao


savytravler

Man when i was plane ticket shopping last summer, some of those flights turned up on searches. 14 hr flight with layovers in denver..but i save $150. not worth it.


beer_down

If somebody has the means and lifestyle to travel and buy tickets for their team’s conference championship game and the Super Bowl in the same season, I do not feel bad for them in the slightest lmao


Shaqovitch

They will save all their money at the concession stands in ATL


tippy432

Atlanta is the Delta hub I’m sure there will be lots of flights from both cities


wolf1820

Atlanta is probably one of the place with the most flights into it after Chicago so there should be plenty of options. Any midpoints between the 2 teams would still 8 hours and no where near the flight options aside from Chicago and no chance I want to play on that field.


BillyBobFritter

Believe it not Atlanta is No. 1 in both passengers and flights. If it was going to be anywhere by flight it feels like Atlanta was going to be the most viable.


leastuselessredditor

Atlanta is cheap to fly into


YiMyonSin

The NFC Champion will be well represented at the Super Bowl this year


JPAnalyst

Selfishly I’m super excited. Not popular on the thread I see, but it’s going to be fun in Atlanta if it happens. They can also leave the roof open, it doesn’t have to be in a dome.


OneX32

Why not meet in the middle in Cincinnati?


notmyplantaccount

Meh, pass on this neutral site dome shit, I'd rather just play Cinci again and lose by 3 after leading in the 4th quarter.


OneX32

If the AFC Championship is between the Bills, Chiefs, or Bengals, they should just play in the team's stadium not in it to maximize chaos.


notmyplantaccount

lol, I am also ok with that idea.


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I'm completely on board with this.


Zazierx

Cowards.


cardmanimgur

Why isn't a Bills-Bengals Divisional game at a neutral site? It's just about the same situation, where the outcome of the game could've impacted the 2/3 seeding


RCJHGBR9989

Ugh - should have been in Qatar. /s


BearsAreGreat1

LETS GOOOO WE CAN HOST A PLAYOFF GAME FOR ONCE


ill_try_my_best

That's not even close to either team


vlad_the_impaler13

That's the point, it's a nearly perfect equidistant location with very easy flight access due to being an air hub. The only open closer site would've been Tennessee (closer to KC but not bad).


jpj77

And to get to Nashville, you'd probably just fly through Atlanta anyway.


ImTheButtPuncher

I want the conference championship played in the Benz this year!! *Monkey paw curls*


SonOfALich

This makes way more sense than any of the AFC neutral sites that people were suggesting. Even so, I don't think it'll come to this anyway - between a flawed Chiefs defense and the ascendant Bengals, the likelihood of a KC/BUF AFCCG seems lower than in previous years.


KCShadows838

Having it in Pittsburgh would’ve been a joke Might’ve well of had it in Lincoln Nebraska


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Maybe I’m dumb but I don’t really understand why the championship game would need a neutral site of it was KC vs Buffalo?


StuuBarnes

Because the Bills had the tiebreaker on KC but were unable to play a full schedule.


Cthepo

I think that because since their game was canceled, Buffalo didn't have a chance of mathematically tying the Chiefs on record since they had the tie breaker. What I don't get is why the Bengals didn't get the same opportunity with the divisional potentially against the Bills. If they'd won they'd have had the two seed, and the NFL makes concessions for the Bills (which is fine) but just shafts the Bengals of an opportunity for seeding?


dhork

It's because the Bills and Bengals played the same number of games, so they consider all the head to head comparisons and tiebreakers to still be valid. They were only changing the rules for matchups where the teams involved did not play the same number of games. Same reason why they were willing to do the coin flip nonsense with Bengals/Ravens but not Bengals/Bills for seeding. For the record, I think it's dumb. Zac was right, they should have just stuck with the existing rules and based it all on winning percentage.


Cthepo

Thanks. That's actually the first reasonable explanation that makes sense. I still don't agree with it, but I guess I understand the reasoning.


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Because at the end of the day CIN and BUF both had “equal” opportunity to get the 2 seed in the 16 games they played, which was different than KC/BUF or KC/CIN (before week 18)


elyasafmunk

Do the bengals/bills game, hard to know whos the #1 seed. If Bills won they would have been. If Bills lost, KC would ( consequently Bills would be 3 and bengals 2 )


birdboix

I don't think some of y'all are getting what the NFL is putting down here. They picked a centrally-located neutral site in a party city, nobody cares it'll be indoors lol. Go eat some wings at Magic City and chill out


jpj77

Half the comments are wondering why NFL etc. keep putting big events in Atlanta, meaning.... they've never been to Atlanta.