01-03-2023, 09:53 PM
I would have liked to see the game restarted today and the Bengals Saturday game pushed back until Sunday.
There is not going to be a magical moment when everyone wants to replay the game. Saying it depends on Hamlin's health at this point makes no sense. He's in critical care and likely to remain there awhile after what he went through.
Not playing the game before the weekend affects the following other teams:
Ravens - do they play the Bengals for the division maybe not resting injured players when it could still be taken away if the game is canceled or played later?
Chargers - they are competing against the Ravens/Bengals for the #5/6 seed and would have known the result of Cin/Bal before their afternoon start.
Chiefs - canceling the game automatically makes them the number one seed, for now, b/c Buf has one less win.
Looked at another way, the game affects the #1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 AFC seeds.
I understand the NFL not completing the game when there may have been a player death on the field; it's unknown territory. But by not playing the game or even making a decision on the game yet, they are responsible for the messes that have been and are being created. I already think that the league should refund all the tickets and pay for the transportation and hotels of the fans that traveled to the game.
Damar Hamlin got the best care that could have been given. There was no better place for this to happen than where medical care and transport were immediately available. There is little or nothing more that the NFL can do for Damar right now. Information about the cause of the injury will trickle out over time, if at all. At the risk of sounding uncaring, now that everything that could be done has been done, the league and the players need to move forward. For some players that may mean quitting football. If not, that means playing the games.
There is not going to be a magical moment when everyone wants to replay the game. Saying it depends on Hamlin's health at this point makes no sense. He's in critical care and likely to remain there awhile after what he went through.
Not playing the game before the weekend affects the following other teams:
Ravens - do they play the Bengals for the division maybe not resting injured players when it could still be taken away if the game is canceled or played later?
Chargers - they are competing against the Ravens/Bengals for the #5/6 seed and would have known the result of Cin/Bal before their afternoon start.
Chiefs - canceling the game automatically makes them the number one seed, for now, b/c Buf has one less win.
Looked at another way, the game affects the #1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 AFC seeds.
I understand the NFL not completing the game when there may have been a player death on the field; it's unknown territory. But by not playing the game or even making a decision on the game yet, they are responsible for the messes that have been and are being created. I already think that the league should refund all the tickets and pay for the transportation and hotels of the fans that traveled to the game.
Damar Hamlin got the best care that could have been given. There was no better place for this to happen than where medical care and transport were immediately available. There is little or nothing more that the NFL can do for Damar right now. Information about the cause of the injury will trickle out over time, if at all. At the risk of sounding uncaring, now that everything that could be done has been done, the league and the players need to move forward. For some players that may mean quitting football. If not, that means playing the games.
