damar hamlin on injured reserve which means he is ending his season with the buffalo bills. this comes as hamlin had his breathing tube removed four days after the 24-year-old suffered cardiac arrest on the field. roger goodell delivered a message to hamlin during a meeting discussing playoff plans after the cancellation of that bills/bengals game. yesterday s news of damar s improving condition lifted not only my spirits but the spirits of the entire league. the i m grateful for and humbled by all who played a role as damar continues on his road to recovery. talking about spirits lifted, damar hamlin is up and face timing with his teammates laughing and smiling on the call with them yesterday from the hospital in cincinnati. cnn s ryan young has more on his remarkable recovery. got our boy. the excitement was beautiful. it was amazing. reporter: a team overjoyed with good news. to see that boy s face.
we talked about, it obviously, we want to go out there in play for 3, and it will be a huge driving force the emotion and the love of the game that we play with and for each other and hopefully we can get him back soon. more signs of support for hamlin is expected nfl wide this weekend. the teams offering the teams to dress up and decorate and honor of buffaloes number 3. the bills already outlined his number in the 3rd yard line, and then feeling at number 3 hatched aware sunday when histamine patriots for the team s regular season finale. when you think it would be like in there on sunday? i can t imagine. bringing a kleenex. it is going to be electric. we know that the bills, bengals game for monday night that was put on hold because of this horrific situation is not going to be resumed, alex, because of, that those 2 teams will have played fewer games than others in the league.
paso on sunday really trying to see up front what it is like for those migrants. so he s going to be going to different facilities trying to immerse himself in that experience while also trying to send a message that the border is not open and folks should not be coming along unless they re within these new policies that he s just set out. jasmine, nice to see you this morning. have a great weekend. thank you. the nfl has canceled the bills/bengals game that was suspended after damar hamlin collapsed on the field. the league also planning a tribute to him in a ceremony before each of the weekend s games. doctors have told the team hamlin has shown remarkable improvement. that is great news there. ryan young has more information. the news is very encouraging as we are all up to date at this point and extremely grateful. reporter: the good news teammates and fans have been waiting for. damar hamlin showing some improvement today as the buffalo bills, head coach and quarterback ar
praying for him and the team and his family and we re still going to show love and support. reporter: this weekend with that support behind them, the team says it s going to play for three in honor of hamlin. so the other update overnight, the nfl saying it in fact will not reschedule the bills/bengals game, monday s game, which hamlin suffered this injury. a lot of people wondering what s going to happen with the game, in the final week of the regular season. the nfl saying they made that decision because they said it wouldn t have any direct impact on which teams make the playoffs. no team would be disqualified or would qualify based on the outcome of one game. some execs acknowledging it might have competitive inequities in some playoff scenarios. we expect more on that today. that announcement dwarfed by the great news coming out of this hospital in cincinnati, finally.
himself at that position and needing to take the action that he did and step up and take charge like he did, and there were others on the field as well is nothing short of amazing and the courage that that took. like that is you talk about a real leader, a real hero in saving damar s life and just admire his strength. now the nfl officially announced the other night that the remainder of the bills/bengals game will not be continued. it will be a no contest. seeding will now be based on win percentage. if the chiefs win this weekend, the chiefs will be the one seed and get the bye. the nfl committee has come up