01-03-2023, 10:43 AM
(01-03-2023, 10:24 AM)Tomkat Wrote: It should NOT be declared a "tie," nor a "win" for the Bengals, since they were leading.
I also think is should NOT be declared a "no contest" and started over at some later date.
IF resumed, it should be resumed at the exact point it was postponed. Down, distance, position of field, time on clock... everything can be reset to that point... similar to how delayed baseball games are resumed after weather delay. All that stuff is known, just re-start from there.
Have everyone kneel to honor Hamlin (regardless of ultimately what happens with his condition), let the Bengals take a delay of game penalty before the first snap (which the Bills decline, of course) then play on.
I don't think there's any way to just wipe the game off the schedule. The NFL will go on playing, and there's 30 other teams that will do so, this weekend.
If the Bengals agree to a tie, fine.
If not, the Bills could not continue due to injury. Bengals get a W. Even if it feels weird, that's how any competitve sport is handled, even if the person or team who is too badly injured was winning at the time they had to stop. The term in most sports is "retired". The Bills had to retire due to injury.
I HATE that that happened. I was there. I HATE that Hamlin is the guy hurt. By all accounts, an A+ human. But, the Bills could bot continue. Let alone the Bengals being up and driving in Bills territory. That honestly wouldn't be a factor in other situations/sports.
