NFL owners approve unique neutral site playoff arrangement following Bills-Bengals cancellation | CNN
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CNN — The NFL owners have approved an unprecedented postseason plan following the cancellation of Monday night’s Buffalo Bills -Cincinnati Bengals game, which would allow the title game for the American Football Conference to be held at a neutral site. The league held a special virtual meeting with all 32 team owners or their designee on Friday to determine possible playoff scenarios, because two teams, the Bills and Bengals, will have played fewer regular season games. Monday night’s game between the Bills and Bengals was canceled after Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and was taken to the hospital. While other teams will have played 17 games, Buffalo and Cincinnati will enter the playoffs having played 16 contests. “I recognize that there is no perfect solution,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday after the proposal was approved by the competition