The grandstanding on ESPN today is ridiculous.

Foxworth going on a rant about CTE… Hamlin suffered freaking CARDIAC arrest.

Agreed that isn't happening. Not trying to be insensitive but just speaking on strictly competitive balance\fairness they have to play this game tomorrow or the Bills take the L.

Before anyone comes at me about how the players can't play tomorrow well they have to play on Sunday unless they are going to forfeit those games, is an extra 3 days going to make a difference?

Exactly right. They are already playing in just a few days.

Agree here, the NFL is in a very tight spot given all the angles in play here.

They would have to make that determination today since the bills went home last night unless you're going to make them travel and play on the same day.
It'll be interesting to see how the league handles this for sure

In case people are wondering if stupid is just limited to message boards. Within 5 minutes at work, had a co worker say it was because of vaccine.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Breaking News: Of course the game is secondary to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DamarHamlin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DamarHamlin</a>’s health, but <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bills</a> insider <a href="https://twitter.com/viccarucci?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@viccarucci</a> just reported on <a href="https://twitter.com/WGRZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wgrz</a> Daybreak that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will make the call on rescheduling the Bills/Bengals game and it would have to be played within 2 days.</p>&mdash; Melissa Holmes (@2MelissaHolmes) <a href="https://twitter.com/2MelissaHolmes/status/1610227452852441089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Gotta love "breaking news" that just says there will be news at some point. ROFL

Re-schedule it to Thursday and their Week 18 games are moved to Monday or Tuesday.

If Buffalo decides not to play on Thursday… they forfeit the game.

National championship game is on Monday night and I am sure they won't want to interfere with that so they could play Monday afternoon.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There is another option according to <a href="https://twitter.com/viccarucci?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@viccarucci</a> - the league can add a 19th week so the Bills/Bengals can get in all their games. <a href="https://twitter.com/WGRZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wgrz</a> <a href="https://t.co/1X1hCHVN8c">https://t.co/1X1hCHVN8c</a></p>&mdash; Melissa Holmes (@2MelissaHolmes) <a href="https://twitter.com/2MelissaHolmes/status/1610235021956157441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

We tend to make heroes and villains out of these players solely for our enjoyment of being entertained. When the reality is, once the pads come off, they are just like you and me. Sons, fathers, brothers, etc.

If there is a sliver lining to this tragedy, it would be fruitful to realize this.

I got a healthy dose of "realize what's really important" last night.

I'm sure I'm not the only one.

This actually seems like a good use case for NFL player safety protocols working.

Outside of this happening inside a hospital, an NFL stadium seems not far behind in idealness.

Hats off to the men and women on the scene who were prepared and jumped in to do their jobs to help save a life.

Hats off to the coaches, players, field and league officials for coming together to do what they felt was the right thing for everyone involved in the face of a highly traumatic on field event.

I don't envy anyone in the further decision making process of how to move forward.

Hopefully some good news on Damar is received to help sooth the ultimately tough decisions that have to be made.

If the league already has it narrowed down to these choices, but hasn’t yet announced an arrangement, I wonder if they are waiting to gather input from the Bills. In which case the league lays out the options, and if the players aren’t ready to go back to playing then the Bills forfeit. Sucks, but it would give the Bills players a voice in how to go forward, and does move things forward.