ESPN’s top NFL pundit Adam Schefter believes the NFL is unlikely to play the Cincinatti Bengals vs. Buffalo Bills game again and the league is currently reviewing its options.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field during the first quarter of the Buffalo Bills’ Monday Night Football clash with the Cincinnati Bengals.
The 24-year-old received CPR for ten minutes before being taken to a local hospital.
The game was later abandoned, and it is not expected that there will be any plans to reschedule it for a later date, instead continuing as normal with the regular season campaign.
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On ESPN’s First Take today, Schefter said: “I don’t think they’re going to do a repeat of the Bills-Bengals game on Monday night. The game is bad, it’s time to leave it behind and move forward, not back.”
One of the ideas discussed was to have the AFC Championship game in a neutral stadium if any of the teams that played a different number of games and were affected by Monday night’s abandonment would be included.
Both the Cincinnati Bengals and Bills are Super Bowl contenders and the NFL will have to make a thoughtful and informed decision to make sure all parties are treated fairly.
“If at the end there is an AFC Championship game involving teams that don’t have the same number of games played, where Monday night’s result influences who gets home field advantage, it will be played somewhere else. netural”.
Another scenario considered suggested an option presented to the number one seed of a bye or home field advantage.
“You call the Bengals-Bills game a tie. The number one seed has the option of playing at home during the playoffs or the bye. Seed number two gets what is not chosen.
Adam Schefter believes the NFL will not seek to resume the Bengals vs. Bill and that the league is working towards either a potential AFC championship game at a neutral site or 1 seed choosing between having a bye or playing at home with 2 seeds getting whatever isn’t picked. pic.twitter.com/MKnRLcRGNQ
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