The NFL head office has provided an update on the way forward as it pertains to the postponed game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals.
There is still no word on when the game will take place. However, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the league’s executive vice president of football operations, Troy Vincent, has said that everything is being considered.
Vincent, who has been made to deny that the NFL tried to get the game to continue after Damar Hamlin’s life-threatening incident, is also reported to have explained that the league will also be guided by the protocols that allowed it to play during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NFL exec Troy Vincent says “everything is being considered” when it comes to the #Bills–#Bengals game. “The guiding principles that took us into the 2020 season with COVID” are there.
“It may not be perfect, but will allow those participating to be able to play.”
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 4, 2023
As for Hamlin, the Bills safety remains in critical condition. He is still fighting for his life after collapsing during the first attempt at Bills-Bengals this week.
Totally understandable.https://t.co/0xNb4OHLLq
— TPS (@TotalProSports) January 4, 2023
NFL players are understandably distraught, and at least one of them has been reported as saying he does not want to play football this week.
