It took the NFL 66 minutes to officially postpone the Bills–Bengals game on Monday night after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and went into cardiac arrest.
Hamlin received CPR on the field and was then transported via ambulance to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center 30 minutes after he collapsed. The game had been temporarily suspended seven minutes before that. After the safety left the field, the ESPN broadcast shared that the league would allow the teams a five-minute warm-up before returning to action. Instead, the teams went to the locker room and later concluded that the game should not continue.
During that hour-plus, fans wondered why an announcement wasn’t made quicker. It seemed obvious to some that the game should not be played that night.
