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A closer look at NFL’s neutral-site discussion and requests the Chiefs made of league

Through five NFL playoff games, the top seed has won four times, and the AFC’s wild-card teams have all been eliminated.

Should the top seeds win in the AFC divisional playoff games, the Chiefs would be headed to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to face the Buffalo Bills.

That’s a result of Buffalo’s Week 17 game against Cincinnati being canceled. The idea for a neutral site AFC Championship Game came from commissioner Roger Goodell, and NFL owners approved it on Jan. 6.

Details from that owner’s meeting have trickled out since them, and it shows how the Chiefs voted and what they wanted in a neutral site game.