# NFL 2022: Week Seventeen Seconds **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [December 28, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243 "2022-12-28T23:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/81 "2023-01-03T03:09:52Z")
Wow, just seeing this - how terrible. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/82 "2023-01-03T03:12:41Z")
If Taylor and McDermott stood up to the league on this, good on them. I don’t think that I’ve ever seen players so visibly distraught over an injury. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/83 "2023-01-03T03:19:05Z")
Awful. 24. Athlete. We need an update. I’m so scared for this kid. He’s so young. What kind of injury for goodness sake? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/84 "2023-01-03T03:20:16Z")
My understanding is that it could result in negative playoff consequences for the teams involved, which would be adding a lot of insult to already grieving players. Of course, the teams themselves would say they don’t care, but I’m guessing the league is worried about headlines like “NFL Punishes Team for Player’s Death.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/85 "2023-01-03T03:31:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yes. Sudden cardiac death (SCD). Was reported with youth soccer a bit some years ago. Actually, more specifically, commotio cordis: > **[Commotio cordis](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commotio_cordis)** > > Commotio cordis (Latin, "agitation or disruption of the heart") is a rare disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart (the precordial region) at a critical instant during the cycle of a heartbeat. The condition is 97% fatal if not treated within three minutes. This sudden rise in intracavitary pressure leads to disruption of normal heart electrical activity, followed instantly by ventricular fibrillation, complete disorganization of the h Its... ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/86 "2023-01-03T03:34:37Z")
But there’s also just not enough time between now and the wildcard round. Your point is solid, though. Declaring a tie here I think hands the first round bye to the Chiefs, meaning both these teams would have to play playoff games in 12 or 13 days from now. If they restart tomorrow night, I guess they wouldn’t have to change anything else. If they resume Wednesday, however, I think both of their games next week have to be moved to Monday night, which gives one or both of them a short week going into the playoffs. Tomorrow night keeps it salvageable. I think that’s what they make happen come hell or high water. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/87 "2023-01-03T03:35:30Z")
From what I’ve read, it appears to be unclear whether the words “continue the game” were actually handed down by the league or if officials were going off of cold words in a rule book in the chaos while everyone tried to figure out what to do. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/88 "2023-01-03T03:48:52Z")
Actually, with Thursday games I guess four days is the acceptable minimum time between games. So they could resume Wednesday if they had to, with both teams playing their last game Sunday. I don’t think you can shorten the week before the wildcard round. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/89 "2023-01-03T03:55:53Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > From what I’ve read, it appears to be unclear whether the words “continue the game” were actually handed down by the league or if officials were going off of cold words in a rule book in the chaos while everyone tried to figure out what to do. That seems quite plausible. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/90 "2023-01-03T03:59:01Z")
Just saw on MSNBC that his marketing rep made a statement: “Update: His vitals are back to normal and they have put him to sleep to put a breathing tube down his throat. They are currently running tests.” Fantastic news if true. (Lawrence O’Donnell read it on air, I transcribed it as read.) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/91 "2023-01-03T04:00:54Z")
Jeez, I hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/92 "2023-01-03T04:04:55Z")
In 2002 St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in his hotel room before a game with the Cubs. That game was postponed, but the teams played the next night. The Cardinals were like zombies in that game and lost 8-3. After a scheduled off-day, the team lost four of the next six games. The NFL can reschedule the game for whenever they want, but I doubt the Bills will have their heads in it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/93 "2023-01-03T04:16:08Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > In 2002 St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in his hotel room before a game with the Cubs. In 1996, when John McSherry had a heart attack minutes after the star of the Opening Day game between the Reds and Expos, the game was promptly cancelled; the players did not want to keep playing. McSherry died. In 1999 Astros manager Larry Dierker suffered a terrible seizure mid-game. The game was promptly suspended. Dierker ended up okay - he’s still with us today - but it took a month of recovery to come back. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/94 "2023-01-03T10:58:18Z")
Nice to hear good news this morning. Last night I thought the dude dropped dead right there on the field. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/95 "2023-01-03T16:42:51Z")
I think it’s too late to resume the game tonight. It’s already almost noon, and the Bills went home to Buffalo with no current plans to come back as of yet. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/96 "2023-01-03T19:42:09Z")
Cross-post from the dedicated Hamlin thread: the game will not be played this week, and it’s uncertain when/if it will. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243.md?page=4)