What would you like to happen?

[CKwi88]

This has to be the most unique situations I have ever seen.

Unlike the Shazier/Alex Smith/Teddy Bridgewater injuries (among many others), players had an absolutely justified belief that they had just seen another dude die on the field. Hell, with the reports coming out, they very well might have seen Hamlin die and the (absolutely amazing) medical professionals bring him back. Yes, Shazier's injury was scary, but he never lost consciousness, was communicative and there was no doubt that he would live. Yes, Alex Smith's bones were on the wrong side of his skin, and yes there was a real fear he could lose his leg (although I doubt the players were aware of that at the moment) but he was also awake and responsive. And while Bridgewater was out cold, he eventually got up and left the field on his two feet.

The Hamlin injury is unlike anything ever seen in the NFL before. It's closer to the Christian Eriksen injury during the Denmark/Finland match at the Euros 2020, but even then Eriksen was awake when leaving the stadium. It is a very tough ask to have players from either team complete the game before having at least some clarity on Hamlin's situation. At this point, even hearing that he is in critical but stable condition would be a welcome development.

To answer the OP, I guess the ideal, if unlikely, resolution is that today we get the news that Hamlin's life is no longer in danger and the teams complete the game tomorrow and have to play week 18 on a short week as if it were a Sunday/Thursday turnaround.

More realistically, I think the game is declared a no-contest and the Bills and Bengals will simply have a 16 game win-loss record. While "unfair" to teams like the Ravens, good luck airing those grievances given all of the circumstances.