Prayers going out Tonight for Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin now in Critical Condition at a Cincinnati hospital
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— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) January 3, 2023
Bills safety Damar Hamlin in critical condition after collapsing on field; Buffalo-Cincinnati game postponed
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after making a tackle during Monday night’s game and is in critical condition.
The NFL announced the Bills-Cincinnati Bengals Monday Night Football game has been postponed.
“Tonight’s Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game has been postponed after Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin collapsed, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced,” an NFL statement read. “Hamlin received immediate medical attention on the field by team and independent medical staff and local paramedics. He was then transported to a local hospital where he is in critical condition.
“Our thoughts are with Damar and the Buffalo Bills. We will provide more information as it becomes available.
“The NFL has been in constant communication with the NFL Players Association which is in agreement with postponing the game.”
Hamlin’s agent, Ira Turner, said in a statement that there was “no update” as of late Monday night.
NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe reported Bills players would be flying home from Cincinnati on Monday night.
The NFLPA also released a statement:
“The NFLPA and everyone in our community is praying for Damar Hamlin. We have been in touch with Bills and Bengals players, and with the NFL. The only thing that matters at this moment is Damar’s health and well being.”
In the first quarter, Hamlin tackled Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins. Hamlin got up to his feet, but then collapsed backward onto the field. Hamlin required CPR while on the field for several minutes before being transported in an ambulance to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Hamlin, 24, was attended to on the field, with players from both teams surrounding him, some of them visibly emotional.
Officials spoke with coaches from both teams prior to players warming up to restart the game. The decision was then made to halt play, and players and coaches exited the field to the locker room.
Since his hospitalization, there has been an outpouring of support to a community fundraiser Hamlin previously established.
Hamlin was a sixth-round pick of the Bills in the 2021 NFL Draft. He’s started 14 games in his second season.
**********Friend shares medical update on Bills’ Damar Hamlin**********
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A friend of Damar Hamlin shared a medical update regarding the status of the Buffalo Bills safety.
Jordon Rooney, who runs the sports marketing company Jaster Athletes, shared an update via Twitter Monday night about the status of Hamlin.
Update on Damar:
His vitals are back to normal and they have put him to sleep to put a breathing tube down his throat. They are currently running tests.
We will provide updates as we have them.
— Jordon Rooney (@jordonr) January 3, 2023
“His vitals are back to normal and they have put him to sleep to put a breathing tube down his throat. They are currently running tests,” Rooney wrote on Twitter.
“We will provide updates as we have them.”
Rooney added the following message to those questioning his sourcing: “Source is me – His friend and marketing rep.”
Hamlin collapsed after making a tackle on Tee Higgins with 5:58 left in the first quarter of the Week 17 “Monday Night Football” game between the Bengals and Buffalo Bills at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati.
The 24-year-old safety was given CPR and later taken away in an ambulance.
A reporter said that Hamlin needed an AED in addition to receiving CPR.
The NFL announced that the game would not be continued that evening. They said in their statement on the situation that Hamlin was in critical condition at a local hospital.