NFL Cancels Bills-Bengals Game After Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest, to Consider Scenarios for AFC Playoffs

The Buffalo Bills gather while CPR is administered to Damar Hamlin at the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Jan. 2, 2023. Sam Greene/USA Today Sports via Field Level Media

The NFL announced Thursday it would not resume the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals that was suspended late on Monday after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest on the field.

Playing the game between the Bills and Bengals to completion would mean postponing the start of the playoffs by a week, which would affect all 14 teams that qualified for the postseason, the NFL announced.