{"id":254953,"date":"2023-01-21T12:36:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T18:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=254953"},"modified":"2023-01-21T22:47:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T04:47:42","slug":"buffalo-bills-will-face-cincinnati-bengals-for-first-time-since-hamlin-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/buffalo-bills-will-face-cincinnati-bengals-for-first-time-since-hamlin-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills Face Cincinnati Bengals For First Time Since Damar Hamlin Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anybody who watched Damar Hamlin get injured against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football<\/em> still cringes when remembering that moment. It was a near-death experience, it was uncomfortable to watch, and it looked at the moment like a player had dropped dead.<\/p>\n

But Hamlin was saved by doctors who gave him CPR for eight minutes, and he has been visiting teammates at their practice facility this past week. Whether he makes an appearance in Orchard Park on Sunday remains to be seen, but the Buffalo Bills are rallying around his recovery. Will that make a difference Sunday in their AFC divisional playoff game?<\/p>\n

Motivation can sometimes come from unlikely places, and Buffalo is entering this game as a 5 1\/2-point favorite against a team that made an unlikely run to the Super Bowl last year.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s 3 p.m. EST game could be played in light snowfall if the weather forecast holds. But light snowfall in Buffalo is like sunshine in San Diego: It just happens all the time, and folks there hardly even notice it unless it is a blizzard. And they have had two of those this winter, so a few flakes will mean little unless it makes a kicker slip on a game-winning field goal. And no, that is not a prediction.<\/p>\n

But as far as predictions go, having worked alongside Skip Bayless years ago at ESPN, this author can safely say that anything that comes out of that man’s mouth is designed to do one thing and only thing only: Stir controversy. He is irrelevant and pompous and bombastic to a fault, and whatever he says should be disregarded as blather. Other than that, he is fine.<\/p>\n

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.@RealSkipBayless<\/a> says Cincy will upset the Bills in Buffalo:<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe Burrow is a magician to me. Burrow savors the opportunity to beat Josh Allen at his home and then Patrick Mahomes at Arrowhead after.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/sgTmQ7i5Nq<\/a><\/p>\n

— UNDISPUTED (@undisputed) January 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n