The Bills-Bengals game will not resume this week, the NFL announced on Tuesday morning.
The Monday night matchup between two of the AFC’s best teams was postponed in the first quarter after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and went into cardiac arrest. He remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
“The NFL continues to be in regular contact with the medical team caring for Damar Hamlin, and also the Bills and Bengals organizations and the NFL Players Association,” the league said in a statement.
Bills and Bengals players were visibly emotional after Hamlin collapsed following a tackle of Cincinnati receiver Tee Higgins. Hamlin was administered CPR and received oxygen as he lay on the field for 16 minutes before being taken off in an ambulance.
The league has not made any changes to the Week 18 schedule, so it is unclear if the Bengals-Bills game will go down as a tie, of if the league will try to make it up at a later date. The Bills are next scheduled to host the New England Patriots on Sunday. The Bengals are scheduled to host the Baltimore Ravens, but the timing for that game is currently unclear as it was dependent on the outcome of the game against the Bills.
The Bills returned to Buffalo in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
“We are grateful and thankful for the outpouring of support we have received thus far,” the Bills said in the statement.
