01-03-2023, 09:48 AM
The question is: What would we like to have happen?....
#1: #3 is A-ok and able to live a full functioning, normal life after being taken off of life support.
This happened in the NHL back in the 90s where a guy took a puck to the chest, got up, stumbled, and the collapsed. Literally looked identical woth the exception of the hockey player fell forward. He went on the play 12 more seasons.... obviously... OBVIOUSLY... in this cause of injury: Human > Hockey puck. In this sport OBVIOUSLY Football has more chance for this type of collision (size, speed, force, angles) than hockey. Point is, the hockey player ended up perfectly fine and had a hell of a career. Video is on youtube if you want to compare.
^ This type of impact happens in car accidents as well when people's chest hits the steering wheel, airbag, dash, etc. at high impact at the wrong time and angle. Perfect storm kind of freak injury.
- Since the question is about the game itself... which is a reasonable question, IMO, because life and the NFL will go on....
#2: Game should be decided that the Bengals get the win. Read on as to why....
I don't see any other reasonable outcome that makes sense. Is it unfair to the Bills? No. Absolutely not. Game couldn't be continued from their side and there is no timeline to pick the game up where it left off that can make sense.
Assuming Hamlin lives, the league WILL play this week. It WILL go on. That's a fact. There are competitive scenarios that have to be considered, regardless of what happened to Hamlin. That's just how it is. The game was stopped when it was stopped: Bengals ahead with the ball in Bills territory when injury occured and the Bills couldn't continue.
- Bills have (understandably) left Cincinnati and there is no way they can just come back in a reasonable time to play the game without extreme disruption to the last week of the season, which would ripple effect into playoffs, etc. Is it safe to have these two teams go back out at this stage? Or better to just transition into next week? I say the latter. Will the Bills be "The Bills", or just there because they have to be? That's not a good look, either, and could lead to more injury if the teams cannot give it their all.
If this were before bye-weeks or with then it would be doable. In this instance, I just cannot get on board with how they do it safely and effectively. The Bills players psychologically need to see their teammate is going to be ok (or not). The Bengals players need to psychologically process what has happened and that takes time. The players around the league need some sort of closure, before they continue without risk of injury or just going through the motions.
Terrible situation, obviously.
#1: #3 is A-ok and able to live a full functioning, normal life after being taken off of life support.
This happened in the NHL back in the 90s where a guy took a puck to the chest, got up, stumbled, and the collapsed. Literally looked identical woth the exception of the hockey player fell forward. He went on the play 12 more seasons.... obviously... OBVIOUSLY... in this cause of injury: Human > Hockey puck. In this sport OBVIOUSLY Football has more chance for this type of collision (size, speed, force, angles) than hockey. Point is, the hockey player ended up perfectly fine and had a hell of a career. Video is on youtube if you want to compare.
^ This type of impact happens in car accidents as well when people's chest hits the steering wheel, airbag, dash, etc. at high impact at the wrong time and angle. Perfect storm kind of freak injury.
- Since the question is about the game itself... which is a reasonable question, IMO, because life and the NFL will go on....
#2: Game should be decided that the Bengals get the win. Read on as to why....
I don't see any other reasonable outcome that makes sense. Is it unfair to the Bills? No. Absolutely not. Game couldn't be continued from their side and there is no timeline to pick the game up where it left off that can make sense.
Assuming Hamlin lives, the league WILL play this week. It WILL go on. That's a fact. There are competitive scenarios that have to be considered, regardless of what happened to Hamlin. That's just how it is. The game was stopped when it was stopped: Bengals ahead with the ball in Bills territory when injury occured and the Bills couldn't continue.
- Bills have (understandably) left Cincinnati and there is no way they can just come back in a reasonable time to play the game without extreme disruption to the last week of the season, which would ripple effect into playoffs, etc. Is it safe to have these two teams go back out at this stage? Or better to just transition into next week? I say the latter. Will the Bills be "The Bills", or just there because they have to be? That's not a good look, either, and could lead to more injury if the teams cannot give it their all.
If this were before bye-weeks or with then it would be doable. In this instance, I just cannot get on board with how they do it safely and effectively. The Bills players psychologically need to see their teammate is going to be ok (or not). The Bengals players need to psychologically process what has happened and that takes time. The players around the league need some sort of closure, before they continue without risk of injury or just going through the motions.
Terrible situation, obviously.
