Updated Buffalo Bills-Cleveland Browns start time after weather delay

The Week 2 NFL preseason game between the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns at Huntington Bank Field is currently in a weather delay. Just three plays into the game, players were sent back to the locker room and the game was halted.

Officials halted the action minutes after a loud crack of thunder was heard nearby.

Shortly after, lightning strikes were spotted in the area.

Weather delay in Cleveland for #Bills and #Browns.

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It got dark and started pouring here in an instant. Loud crack of thunder on 3rd play of game, then a couple of plays later the refs paused play.#BillsMafia @WGRZ pic.twitter.com/fGKOzpwZAr

— Jonathan Acosta (@JAcostaTV) August 22, 2026

Weather delay in Cleveland for #Bills and #Browns.

It got dark and started pouring here in an instant. Loud crack of thunder on 3rd play of game, then a couple of plays later the refs paused play.#BillsMafia @WGRZ pic.twitter.com/fGKOzpwZAr

— Jonathan Acosta (@JAcostaTV) August 22, 2026

“It got dark and started pouring here in an instant. Loud crack of thunder on 3rd play of game, then a couple of plays later the refs paused play,” Jonathan Acosta of WGRZ Sports in Buffalo wrote on X.

There is currently no official time for a restart, but fans immediately began clamoring for the dome in Cleveland, which is coming in time for the 2027 season.
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This is a developing story. More information will be provided as soon as it becomes available.