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intellifone t1_j37cdjg wrote

Why? If there were a plane crash, they’d hold a draft and resume games. Why is this different?

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piddydb t1_j38c9hs wrote

Pure logistics. With it being the last week of the season, there’s no time to make it up without messing up the playoff schedule. Plus, in the NFL, all teams play on the same day the last week to all have the same (earned) rest days for the first playoff games, there’d be a lot of flack if Buffalo or Cincinnati got punished playoff wise as a result of the injury.

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intellifone t1_j38mktv wrote

Oh true. I didn’t even consider that it was the end of the season

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UndercoverFBIAgent9 t1_j37qgir wrote

It certainly seems respectful enough to the injured player to resume the game later. Stopping the game was the right call, but canceling the remainder seems unusual.

Although it also seems difficult to just “pick up where you left off” in a football game. You could replay the entire game, but that interferes with the teams’ other games. They only play once a week for a reason.

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