Very sobering. Looks like they’re suspending the game until another day. Prayers for Damar Hamlin.
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The news says that Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest. They got his heart going again on the field, and took him to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. He's only 24, but this kind of bad stuff still happens to some young people. Prayers.
I remember very distinctly when Chuck Hughes of the Detroit Lions collapsed and died on the Tiger Stadium field while playing the Bears. My dad was at that game. I was young at the time - 11 years old - but remember my dad getting home from the game in a very somber and sad mood.
Prayers for Mr. Hamlin and for ANY family that has to go through such a traumatic situation.
Prayers for Mr. Hamlin and for ANY family that has to go through such a traumatic situation.
Let's hope the heart attack is all he has to recover from. The hit seemed to be not that violent at all, and of course all of us worried that he broke his spine/neck and would not recover. Let's pray this cardiac event was a godsend in a sort of way, that at least he had it when medical staff was a few yards away and could CPR him back to life. God forbid he was driving his car or something. Sometimes world class athletes walk around with a ticking time bomb (many documented cases).
Of course I'm discounting whatever else might have happened to him on the play, but it looked somewhat benign. Prayers!
Of course I'm discounting whatever else might have happened to him on the play, but it looked somewhat benign. Prayers!
Yes, sobering news, to watch that last night, I was so hyped up. Came home from work, and busted in and said to my wife big game tonight. Not taking away from Damar Hamlin, I actually did pray for him and all collective prayers seemed to work, but what is the NFL going to do about this all important game in regards to the playoffs. Call the winners the Bengals at 7-3, I don't think so. Play this weekend, extend the the season one week? Wow, very difficult decisions to be made.
Next week, both teams have huge games again.
Baltimore at Cinci
New England at Buffalo.
What a mess, I can only see extending the season?
All of us of course without doubt want nothing but the best for these young men, but the NFL can't do anything about a heart. My Dad had a heart murmur died at 67 of heart attack. I think many of us are relieved for the sake of the NFL it was not a violent hit that caused the accident.
Next week, both teams have huge games again.
Baltimore at Cinci
New England at Buffalo.
What a mess, I can only see extending the season?
All of us of course without doubt want nothing but the best for these young men, but the NFL can't do anything about a heart. My Dad had a heart murmur died at 67 of heart attack. I think many of us are relieved for the sake of the NFL it was not a violent hit that caused the accident.
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His mother was at the game and rode in the ambulance with him to the hospital. I can't imagine what his mother is going through. All prayers for Damar that he comes out of this well.
I have no words. This is way beyond anything normal for an NFL game. The most disturbing aspect was reading the faces of the other players. Many of them in tears. Its easy to forget as I sit here at age 65 that these are mostly kids playing this game. They simply aren't prepared for the kind of trauma that involves life and death.
I rarely watch the NFL, but the Rose Bowl had just concluded, so I figured I’d checkmit out. No skin in the game for me, but it was quite unusual to see someone collapse like he did. One doesn’t expect life-threatening events in stick-and-ball sports. This could have happened during practice or just walking around the house.
With CPR being applied on the field, it’s clear that his heart stopped, and the procedure typically breaks ribs, so even if he recovers, I don’t expect him on the field anytime soon.
It’s a terrible shame when a kid like that has a hidden killer in him. I hope for the best.
With CPR being applied on the field, it’s clear that his heart stopped, and the procedure typically breaks ribs, so even if he recovers, I don’t expect him on the field anytime soon.
It’s a terrible shame when a kid like that has a hidden killer in him. I hope for the best.
They have that two week period between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl if needed. They could delay the start of the playoffs by a week, but I have no idea what they are ultimately going to do. Thoughts?
With respect to the playoff puzzle, There is no good way to solve this where every team feels satisfied. There are four teams involved here, not counting the wild card teams getting different opponents when its all said and done. KC, Buffalo, Cincinnati and Baltimore.
If the Bills@Bengals game were a Cincy loss, next weeks game between the Ravens and Bengals would be for the AFC North title. Declaring Bills@Bengals a tie goes in the Bengals favor even if the Ravens win the finale.
It's Pats@Bills in Buffalos finale. The Pats need the win to clinch a playoff berth (else a trio of games have to go their way). Bills need to win this to go forward with any notion of the 1st or 2nd seed.
The Bengals could have gotten the #1 seed with a win against Buffalo and a KC loss to the Raiders next week. By declaring the Bills@Bengal game void, the Bengals don't have that opportunity any more.
Voiding Bills@Bengals would put both teams on a 16 game basis vs the 17 game basis every other team has. In that scenario, assuming everybody wins out in their finales, KC would have the best win %, followed by the Bills, followed by the Bengals.
Being a Bills fan, I'd like it if the NFL would decide the #1 seed using the head-to-head tiebreaker between KC and Buffalo, which the Bills won earlier this year. Call it Karma for the weather related BS they had to deal with earlier in the season resulting in a lost home game and the crazy short weeks they endured playing all those prime time games.
Get well Damar Hamlin.
If the Bills@Bengals game were a Cincy loss, next weeks game between the Ravens and Bengals would be for the AFC North title. Declaring Bills@Bengals a tie goes in the Bengals favor even if the Ravens win the finale.
It's Pats@Bills in Buffalos finale. The Pats need the win to clinch a playoff berth (else a trio of games have to go their way). Bills need to win this to go forward with any notion of the 1st or 2nd seed.
The Bengals could have gotten the #1 seed with a win against Buffalo and a KC loss to the Raiders next week. By declaring the Bills@Bengal game void, the Bengals don't have that opportunity any more.
Voiding Bills@Bengals would put both teams on a 16 game basis vs the 17 game basis every other team has. In that scenario, assuming everybody wins out in their finales, KC would have the best win %, followed by the Bills, followed by the Bengals.
Being a Bills fan, I'd like it if the NFL would decide the #1 seed using the head-to-head tiebreaker between KC and Buffalo, which the Bills won earlier this year. Call it Karma for the weather related BS they had to deal with earlier in the season resulting in a lost home game and the crazy short weeks they endured playing all those prime time games.
Get well Damar Hamlin.
Changing the dates of the playoffs will really be unpopular. Think of all the hotel reservations, time off from work, travel plans, etc, that will have to be modified.
I don't see how they can work this out without that game being played unless they just decide to flip a coin. Unless the game is played to completion any decision will be arbitrary. I thought the most logical choice would be Wednesday night. I hope they make a decision on how they will rectify this debacle (that is no one's fault) BEFORE the games start on Saturday.
I predict next Wed - 1 PM game
The NFL has already said they will not replay the game this week. They are already talking about how this might affect player mind set for the Saturday and Sundays games.
Yes I know that but they can still make a decision as to what the plan is prior to Saturday’s games. That way everyone knows where they stand.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/damar-hamlin-nfl-buffalo-bills-news-01-04-23/index.htmlBuffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, 24, is sedated on a ventilator as doctors work toward getting him to breathe on his own, his uncle said, adding the NFL star seems to be "trending upwards in a positive way."
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/buffalo-bills-damar-hamlin-update-jan-4-1.6703264As a sedated Damar Hamlin lay before him in a Cincinnati hospital bed surrounded by machinery feeding him oxygen and fluids, Indianapolis Colts safety Rodney Thomas provided a few words of encouragement to his friend.
"I just told him, I got him. That's all," Thomas said Wednesday. "Just saying the same thing: I got his back and you're going to get through it."
It didn't matter to Thomas whether the Buffalo Bills safety could hear him. More important to Thomas, who made the two-hour drive from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, was being by the side of Hamlin — his former high school teammate in Pittsburgh — and the player's family.
"I just told him, I got him. That's all," Thomas said Wednesday. "Just saying the same thing: I got his back and you're going to get through it."
It didn't matter to Thomas whether the Buffalo Bills safety could hear him. More important to Thomas, who made the two-hour drive from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, was being by the side of Hamlin — his former high school teammate in Pittsburgh — and the player's family.
Very encouraging for #3.
Wow, I just read the NFL's proposed solution and I can't say I like it at all. Right now it involves not finishing the game and scenarios where Buffalo, Cincinnati and Kansas City would play their AFC Championship games in neutral cities, more or less negating number 1 seeding and home field advantage. I would think the fans of the respective teams will not like losing the thrill of hosting the game in their own town. It kind of sucks because it deflates the thrill of it all.
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