Originally Posted by emaw1979 (Post 16705761)

I feel for the family, loved ones and teammates of Hamlin.

It may seem callus but as someone who handles death or serious injury frequently in my line of work don’t understand the inability to play the game last night or today. Most people don’t get the luxury of not working when tragedy strikes in the workplace. They grieve, they push through it. It’s part of life. I have lost coworkers on the job and have been there for people who’ve also suffered loss. We continued on and we certainly grieved.

Have we become such an emotionally immature civilization that we can’t handle grief now? What is the line now for NFL players and injuries? Will they stop games for all serious injuries or just heart attacks? What about broken bones? While serious, most aren’t life threatening, so they are probably ok.

While the NFL is a multi billion dollar industry that has become so much bigger than a game.

Originally Posted by BDj23 (Post 16705881)

Is SVP the only good ESPN media personality left? I'm watching Mina Kimes, Stephen A Smith and some broad that looks like she got shot with the Simpsons makeup gun.

I think the other dude is Bart Scott? He isn't too bad I suppose.

Originally Posted by CapsLockKey (Post 16705973)

In the grand scheme of things, both teams are making the playoffs regardless. If those two teams care enough about their seeding then agree to resume the game tomorrow otherwise both take the forfeit unless it's just the Bills refusing to play then just give them the forfeit. Even if the Bills miss out on the bye because of it, there's still an advantage for both of them to getting a week off two weeks before the playoffs and not having to show things against an opponent in what could be a rematch in a couple weeks.

Originally Posted by BDj23 (Post 16705881)

Is SVP the only good ESPN media personality left? I'm watching Mina Kimes, Stephen A Smith and some broad that looks like she got shot with the Simpsons makeup gun.

I think the other dude is Bart Scott? He isn't too bad I suppose.

Originally Posted by TwistedChief (Post 16705525)

I threw this out there yesterday as a possibilty, but I just read the following and I really do think this might be the outcome:



https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ms/6233925002/

Originally Posted by crayzkirk (Post 16705535)

Terrible thing to happen to a young man. I think we all forget how violent and dangerous football can be.

Why not go back to the 12 team playoff format? Cancel the off week for the 1/2 seeds, cancel this week for all teams and play Buf-Cin next Monday?

If his condition worsens, then just cancel the rest of the season. I don't like it however you have to show some respect for the people.

Originally Posted by Shields68 (Post 16705546)

Don't see this happening. Also at this point do not see the game being played. The big question is what to do about the playoff seeding. The Chiefs will have one more win if they beat the Raiders, can not see giving the Bill's the tie breaker when they are not tied....

Originally Posted by Womble (Post 16706081)

I doubt they will be able to reschedule the game and we'll end up with #1 seed as a result assuming we beat the Raiders. I wouldn't surprise me and I wouldn't be against the idea of us making a request to the NFL to have the Championship game played in Buffalo (as a token of good will) if we both get there.

Originally Posted by Womble (Post 16706081)

I doubt they will be able to reschedule the game and we'll end up with #1 seed as a result assuming we beat the Raiders. I wouldn't surprise me and I wouldn't be against the idea of us making a request to the NFL to have the Championship game played in Buffalo (as a token of good will) if we both get there.

Originally Posted by Womble (Post 16706081)

I doubt they will be able to reschedule the game and we'll end up with #1 seed as a result assuming we beat the Raiders. I wouldn't surprise me and I wouldn't be against the idea of us making a request to the NFL to have the Championship game played in Buffalo (as a token of good will) if we both get there.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 16706096)

I think they'll play Wednesday. Potentially Thursday and thus push both teams to Monday night the following week.

And even that is a slight disadvantage as one or both teams would then get a shorter rest period before the playoffs. But my memory is WC weekend plays on Saturday/Sunday so if you ended up working the schedule to play their games on Sunday after playing Monday and the other guys play Saturday after playing Sunday, they're all on relatively even footing.

So if I'm betting, I'd say a Thursday night game then they play next week as a double-header on Monday.