After Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was rushed to the hospital, reports claimed that the teams were under pressure to continue the game. “They have been given five minutes to quote-unquote get ready to get back playing,” ESPN’s Joe Buck said (via Mediaite). “That’s the word we get from the league and word we get from down on the field.”
But NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent claimed that those reports were far from the truth. “Frankly, there was no time period for the players to get warmed up,” Vincent said in a press conference (via ProFootballTalk). He added that the only time period that was discussed was the amount of time that was needed for both teams to discuss what the next steps were. “It never crossed our mind to talk about warming up to resume play,” he continued. “That’s ridiculous. That’s insensitive. And that’s not a place that we should ever be in.”
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Despite rumors that the game would have to resume within the next two days, it was announced by the Cincinnati Bengals that the game will be “suspended until further notice,” and that a reschedule won’t be happening this week. “No decision has been made to reschedule the game as well as any decision regarding this weekend’s schedule,” the statement said.
