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Why Jeff Howe believes the NFL should postpone Week 18 games one week

Jan 3, 2023, 7:17 PM

A vigil is displayed at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for NFL player Damar Hamlin of ...

CINCINNATI, OHIO - JANUARY 03: A vigil is displayed at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for football player Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills after he collapsed following a tackle during the game against the Cincinnati Bengals and was transported by ambulance to the hospital on January 03, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

(Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

The Athletic’s Jeff Howe joined Cattles & Ramie on Tuesday to discuss the latest storylines around the NFL, including the latest news on Hamlin and his condition. As of Tuesday afternoon, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was still in a Cincinnati-area hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest in Monday night’s game against the Bengals.

Topics discussed include:

  • How strange it felt for the NFL to take so long to postpone the game and how the league tried to backtrack Joe Buck’s reporting during the game
  • Bills and Bengals coaches showed incredible leadership
  • If he thought the NFL would resume the game on Monday night
  • What options are the league looking at for Week 18 with the Buffalo Bills?
  • Jeff believes the NFL should postpone Week 18 one week to give players and teams more time to cope with what happened Monday night
  • The league really is a brotherhood. “These guys really are family and they mean so much to each other.”

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