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ESPN’s senior NFL insider Adam Schefter believes the NFL is unlikely to replay the Cincinatti Bengals vs Buffalo Bills game and the league is currently reviewing their options. Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field during the first quarter of the Buffalo Bills’ Monday Night Football clash with the Cincinnati Bengals. The 24-year-old was given CPR for ten minutes before being transferred to a local hospital. The game was later abandoned and there is expected to be no plans to reschedule it for a later date, instead continuing as normal with the regular season campaign. RELATED: Bills Safety Damar Hamlin Showing ‘Remarkable Improvement’ Following Cardiac Arrest On ESPN’s First Take today, Schefter said: “I don’t think they’re going to replay that Bills-Bengals game from Mo...

Shannon Sharpe made his return to Undisputed on Wednesday to face and confront co-host Skip Bayless over his tweet posted after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday Night Football. Hamlin, 24, collapsed on the field during the first quarter of the Buffalo Bills’ Monday Night Football clash with the Cincinnati Bengals and was given CPR for ten minutes before being transferred to a local hospital. The University of Pittsburgh graduate was resuscitated twice, once on the field and again in the hospital where he remains in critical condition as doctors work to get him breathing without a ventilator. Sharpe explained his absence from Undisputed on Tuesday, saying: “There’s been a lot of speculation about why I wasn’t on here yesterday and I won’t g...

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin fell to the floor within the first quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals, causing the game to be suspended. Following a hit on Bengals receiver Tee Higgins that appeared to impact with his chest, 24-year-old Hamlin clambered on to his feet, only to collapse moments later. The Bills confirmed Hamlin went into cardiac arrest in a statement following the game, but it was clear from the on-field medical attention, which lasted nearly half an hour and required both CPR and oxygen, that a serious incident had occurred. Everyone packed inside the Paul Brown Stadium were visibly distraught, and the Bills players and staff were seen embracing one another, coming together to form a human wall around Hamlin as the medical team tended to him in a heartwarming di...

Skip Bayless may have won the competition for being cancelled the quickest following a bizarre tweet in the aftermath of Damar Hamlin’s on-field cardiac arrest during the Bills clash with the Bengals. The former ESPN commentator turned Fox presenter is no stranger to controversial quips and has made a living out of outlandish hot takes, but this latest opinion has ruffled the feathers of fans and fellow experts. The match-up between Super Bowl contenders Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was suspended following Damar Hamlin’s on-field collapse, which was later confirmed to be the result of a cardiac arrest. Indeed, suspending games altogether is a rarity in the NFL despite the nature of the sport being the cause of some sickening head injuries, concussions and broken bones. However, a s...

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day games in the NFL aren’t all that common, but when the schedule falls perfectly on a given season fans get to savour all the usual festivities, as well as some live football action. With 10 match-up set to be decided on Christmas Eve, as well as a three-game slate on the day itself, this will take the total tally up to 27 Christmas Day games across NFL history. When Was the First Christmas Day Game Played in the NFL? We have to rewind little over 50 years to the 1971-72 season to find the first ever Christmas Day NFL fixture. Following the merger, an opening double-header of the Divisional Playoff Round featuring the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings as well as the Miami Dolphins against the Kansas City Chiefs, set in motion a sporadic tradi...