“The NFL continues to be in regular contact with the medical team caring for Damar Hamlin, and also the Bills and Bengals organizations and the NFL Players Association. After speaking with both teams and NFLPA leadership, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell informed the clubs today that the Bills-Bengals game will not be resumed this week,” the league said in a statement.
“The NFL has made no decision regarding the possible resumption of the game at a later date. The league has not made any changes to the Week 18 regular season schedule. We will continue to provide additional information as it becomes available.”
[As I wrote earlier, this is the least important issue arising from last night, but it’s not entirely unimportant either. The easiest and likely the best option is to just cancel this game entirely and leave both teams with one fewer game than the rest of the league. That has playoff complications, but it’s safer than trying to squeeze an extra game in this coming week. — Ed]
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