CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens now know what time they’ll play each other Sunday, with the winner likely determining the divisional champion.
The AFC North foes will meet at 1 p.m. at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati with the game airing on WHIO-TV.
The NFL announced the game time after a period of uncertainty following the cardiac arrest incident with Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin that caused the Bengals’ game Monday night to be postponed.
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The kickoff time of Sunday’s game between the Ravens and Bengals was dependent on the outcome of Monday’s game, whether it was going to start at 1 p.m. or 4:25 p.m. With the NFL first postponing Monday’s game, then announcing it would not be restarted this week, the game time remained in flux until Wednesday afternoon.
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Additional Week 18 schedule changes have not been made. A league spokesperson previously said no determination has been made about the status of resuming the Bills-Bengals game in the future, outside of that it won’t happen this week.
Questions still surround how playoff seeding will be determined, with the Bengals, Bills, and Ravens all battling for the top three seeds in the AFC playoffs. A Bengals win Sunday will solidify the AFC North for Cincinnati, but seeding in the playoffs will still be up in the air with the Bengals and Bills playing only 16 games instead of 17, if the NFL determines Monday night’s game will officially not resume.
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Damar Hamlin remains hospitalized in Cincinnati and is showing “signs of improvement,” according to a Bills spokesperson. He remains in critical condition.
We’ll continue to update this story as we learn more.
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