I get that. But this is the NFL. Their considerations for how to handle anything, much less a near-death incident during the live presentation of MNF, are magnitudes of difference in scale than some faceless kid in the middle of nowhere. That sounds harsh, but that's pretty much how the NFL would view it. Their POV. The biggest difference being that if a player dies on MNF, it's instantaneously a national event. It's one of the most watched events in the country. And it happens in real time.

By the time you first found out about that kid in NE or wherever, the kid had been dead three days. And as humans we automatically drop that information into the "bad news from recent past" file, and whatever emotional response you could have would be toned down by that many days. We're human, it happens.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Bills are returning to Orchard Park this evening, according to the NFL. Some players are choosing to stay with Hamlin in Cincinnati.</p>&mdash; Joe Buscaglia (@JoeBuscaglia) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBuscaglia/status/1610145091653406720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Again this seems like the Bills anticipate being back in CIN soon.

I think I understand what you are trying to say....but for the most part CPR hasn't changed in a while 30 compressions 2 breaths - repeat - so while he wasn't technically breathing his brain/body was still getting a fresh supply of blood/oxygen. It's not like they just keep compressing for 9 minutes without giving breaths.

I remember that. They just up and decided to go ahead and play the game that night. The Chiefs went down there and stomped the Dolphins.

Dude. Stop. You don’t administer CPR because someone “isn’t breathing”. You start CPR because someone is pulseless.

I’m sure they did slap an AED on him as soon as possible.

If the plan is to play in less than 24 hours, why fly home? Why pack up all the equipment, players, etc and fly home … just to turn around and fly back tomorrow? Why not just stay at a hotel overnight?

I would think all of them would leave Cincinnati if they weren't planning on playing the game this week, yeah.

That's a lot of hotel rooms to find with almost no notice.

Probably logistics. How many appropriate hotels would just happen to have 100+ rooms available tonight? Especially with the game being there?

They could have left the equipment in the stadium if they planned on coming back. Unless they didn't know at that point, or very well don't know even now.

I don’t think players staying is any indication at all. They just want to be there when he hopefully wakes up. But I do expect the game to be played.

Ofcourse you do. You administer cpr if they aren't breathing and or if their heart has stopped. Pretty basic knowledge.

Logistically they were already scheduled to fly home and it’s not like a flight from Cinci to Buffalo is really going to take long. I’m sure they just want to be home with their families tonight.

I would lean the opposite at this point…with players staying to support the family I would think this game will not continue…just too many moving pieces and players thinking about everything else but football (rightfully so…supporting the family, etc). It will be hard for these two teams to play this weekend at this point too unless there is a great recovery.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NFL executive V.P. of football operations Troy Vincent says on a conference call that there was never a plan to let players have five minutes to warm up and continue tonight. &quot;I&#39;m not sure where that came from,&quot; Vincent said.</p>&mdash; ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1610144924996886528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>