2022-2023 NFL Season

[Goose]

I’m praying that the delay in calling off the game could be a good sign, looking for any silver lining.

[tower912]

I don't know the protocols in Cincinnati.  I know our protocols are that we never transport without a pulse.

[GB Warrior]

I don't know the protocols in Cincinnati.  I know our protocols are that we never transport without a pulse.

Updates from local Cincy. https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1610098849636388870?t=hGYVH3vJHgNzG4542_AEeQ&s=19

This game needs to be called. It is unsafe and unfair to continue.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Teammates stand around a player like that to keep the cameras off the injured player.

Same thing as when Christian Eriksen had cardiac arrest playing for Denmark in the Euros.

Prayers up.

[MuggsyB]

I’m praying that the delay in calling off the game could be a good sign, looking for any silver lining.

It doesn't sound like they know anything Goose. 

[Uncle Rico]

What, exactly, is the NFL waiting for?

[DegenerateDish]

Call it already. Make it a tie, it’s really that simple.

[Uncle Rico]

Call it already. Make it a tie, it’s really that simple.

League office going through the lawyers first and advertising folks second

[Goose]

The NFL leadership is showing a lack of leadership and respect to their players. I think their lack of compassion is disgusting.

[DegenerateDish]

League office going through the lawyers first and advertising folks second

You’re not wrong here either.

[wadesworld]

The 30 for 30 on Hank Gathers was well done. But hopefully we don’t need one for this. Keyante Johnson collapsed at Florida, was out for years, and is now really good for Kansas State. Hopefully that’s closer to this story.

[MuggsyB]

What, exactly, is the NFL waiting for?

It took way longer than it should have. 

[DegenerateDish]

It’s amazing that the NFL earlier was like “ok, ambulance is gone, you guys have 5 minutes to get loose”.

[withoutbias]

Intubated and in critical condition.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

League office going through the  advertising folks first and lawyers  second

FIFY

[MuggsyB]

It’s amazing that the NFL earlier was like “ok, ambulance is gone, you guys have 5 minutes to get loose”.

That's seriously messed up. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I guess if you tighten the definition enough, you will eventually be right.

But if you Google “best running quarterbacks in NFL history,” Steve Young is on that list.

He's on the list because he was the best running qb of his time. A running QB in the 90s is very different than a running QB today.

[Uncle Rico]

The NFL didn’t decide to cancel/suspend  this game, the players did

[GB Warrior]

It’s amazing that the NFL earlier was like “ok, ambulance is gone, you guys have 5 minutes to get loose”.

The NFLPA reps need to have that emblazoned on their shirts in the next round of negotiations.

[BM1090]

Update from his agent.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jordonr/status/1610117943454568451

[GB Warrior]

I know it's informed partly by his intimate personal healthy history, but Ryan Clark has been excellent in navigating this.

[MUfan12]

I know it's informed partly by his intimate personal healthy history, but Ryan Clark has been excellent in navigating this.

I've only been watching since he and SVP took over and they're doing exceptional work.

[DegenerateDish]

I share this only for context.

When I worked for the Bears (23 years ago), one of my duties on game days was if a player from the Bears was injured badly, I had to go into the stands and find the players significant other(s) and escort them to the locker room area. I remember Bobby Engram tore his ACL, and I had to find his wife and two kids in the player’s seating section, and get them out of there. Mrs. Engram was distraught and his kids were like 4 & 2.

Nowhere near the level of what happened tonight, I just can’t imagine Hamlin’s mother coming out of the crowd, probably not knowing what was exactly going on, just impossible to comprehend.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

They have to declare this a no contest or a tie. The Bills aren’t likely to be ready mentally to play next Sunday, though they will have to barring this doesn’t take a more tragic turn. Trying to manipulate the schedule at this point doesn’t make any sense.

[MU82]

The Panthers switched from grass to artificial turf for this season, and players from both the Panthers and the Lions said the surface was hard as concrete on Dec. 24, when game-time temperature was about 20 degrees.

There were numerous injuries for both teams, and the NFLPA reportedly has filed a grievance against the Panthers.

The move to artificial turf was made to save money because the stadium, which rarely held anything except for 10 Panthers games a year, now hosts an MLS team and many concerts/events. Panthers owner Dave Tepper is the NFL's second-richest owner. Several Carolina players, who have never before publicly criticized Tepper over anything, have forcefully told him that the field should be grass again.

Given the enormous investment Tepper has made in his players, the cost of maintaining a grass field would seem to be comparative pocket change for a multi-billionaire. Especially one who claims to put players' health above all else.