Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapses after tackle, in ‘critical condition’ – National | 24CA News
Buffalo Bills security Damar Hamlin collapsed on the sector Monday night time and was administered CPR earlier than being pushed to a hospital, the place the NFL stated he was in important situation, and Buffalo’s recreation towards the Cincinnati Bengals was suspended for the night time.
The NFL introduced simply over an hour after the harm that the sport wouldn’t resume. When or if the groups would return to the sector was not instantly clear.
“Our thoughts are with Damar and the Buffalo Bills. We will provide more information as it becomes available,” the league stated in an announcement. “The NFL has been in constant communication with the NFL Players Association which is in agreement with postponing the game.”
Hamlin collided with Bengals receiver Tee Higgins after a completion in what seemed to be a routine, if violent, deal with. He acquired to his ft, appeared to regulate his face masks along with his proper hand, after which fell backward about three seconds later and lay immobile.
Hamlin was handled on the sector by workforce and impartial medical personnel and native paramedics, the NFL stated. He was surrounded by shocked gamers from each groups.
An ambulance was on the sector 4 minutes after Hamlin collapsed, with many gamers in tears, together with cornerback Tre’Davious White. The quarterbacks, Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow, embraced.
Buffalo Bills’ Spencer Brown (79) reacts as teammate Damar Hamlin is examined in the course of the first half of an NFL soccer recreation towards the Cincinnati Bengals, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean).
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Hamlin collapsed at 8:55 p.m., and when he was taken off the sector 16 minutes later, the Bills gathered in prayer. He was pushed to University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Five minutes after the ambulance departed, the sport was suspended, and gamers walked off the sector slowly and into their locker rooms.
Hamlin’s uniform was lower off and he seemed to be getting CPR from medical personnel. ESPN reported on its telecast that Hamlin was additionally given oxygen.
“No one’s been through this,” longtime NFL quarterback Troy Aikman stated on the ESPN telecast. “I’ve never seen anything like it, either.”
The Bengals led 7-3 within the first quarter of a recreation between groups vying for the highest playoff seed within the AFC. Cincinnati entered at 11-4 and main the AFC North by one recreation over Baltimore, whereas AFC East champion Buffalo was 12-3.
The aftermath of the harm was paying homage to when Bills tight finish Kevin Everett lay immobile on the sector after making a deal with on the second-half opening kickoff in Buffalo’s 2007 season-opening recreation towards the Denver Broncos.
Everett sustained a spinal twine harm that originally left him partially paralyzed.
The 24-year-old Hamlin spent 5 years of faculty at Pitt — his hometown — and appeared in 48 video games for the Panthers over that span. He was a second-team All-ACC performer as a senior, was voted a workforce captain and was picked to play within the Senior Bowl.
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He was drafted within the sixth spherical by the Bills in 2021, performed in 14 video games as a rookie after which turned a starter this yr as soon as Micah Hyde was misplaced for the season to harm.
Entering the sport, the 6-foot, 200-pound Hamlin had 91 tackles, together with 63 solo tackles, and 1 1/2 sacks.
A tweet from the Pitt soccer account was easy and clear: “Damar Hamlin is the best of us. We love you, 3,” the tweet stated, referring to Hamlin by his school jersey quantity. “Praying for you.”
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