NFL releases statement about Bills vs. Bengals suspension

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Following the injury of safety Damar Hamlin, the NFL suspended the matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills on Monday. They released the following statement detailing the situation: 

“Tonight’s Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game has been postponed after Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin collapsed, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced.

Hamlin received immediate medical attention on the field by team and independent medical staff and local paramedics. He was then transported to a local hospital where he is in critical condition.

Our thoughts are with Damar and the Buffalo Bills. We will provide more information as it becomes available.

The NFL has been in constant communication with the NFL Players Association which is in agreement with postponing the game.”

Hamlin’s injury occurred when he was trying to make a tackle across the middle of the field on the Bengals’ wide receiver Tee Higgins. Initially, he was able to get back onto his feet before collapsing soon after.

He was loaded into an ambulance and taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after the medical Staff had begun CPR on him when he was down on the field for nine minutes. Reportedly, he had a pulse but was not breathing independently.

At the hospital, he is listed as being in critical condition.