MNF: Bills vs. Bengals *game suspended* - prayers for Damar Hamlin

[Jackie Lee]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

That's good news.

Kinda wondering why this isn't more widely reported.

Every legit media source is retweeting it 

 

[Davidson Deac II]

2 minutes ago, Cullenator said:

I honestly expect players to decide to retire on the back of this

Some might.  If they do, I don't blame them.  

Fwiw though, I don't remember anyone retiring when Darryl Stingley suffered an injury that left him in a wheelchair, but times are different now.  

[Varking]

3 minutes ago, glenwo2 said:

And to anyone else who gives "intelligent" answers like "Huh?" to my "F the playoffs" comment :

I am merely stating that I don't give a sh-t about the Playoffs in light of this situation.

 

OKAY???

okay.

I mean then just don’t reply? Or attempt to articulate yourself better in the original reply. The topic was about rescheduling the game. I suggested they shouldn’t. The other poster agreed with me. 
 

I couldn’t tell if you were just being a jerk because the Panthers missed the playoffs, that this situation shook you up so bad you can’t possibly think two weeks ahead or if something else was going on. 
 

I’ll ignore the “intelligent” crap because you’re upset tonight. 

[Carolina Cajun]

4 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

I bet Tee Higgins feels especially bad right now.  He apparently did nothing wrong, but even being involved in something like that could be a very traumatic experience.  

dude has to be inconsolable.  On the play, he could have cut either way and prlly gotten atleast the same amount of yards, but he decided to go at Hamlin in an effort to keep the physicality.  Its the kind of play that happens early in a game to set up for "business decisions" later, but had he not done that, the game is still going on.  I cant even imagine whats going through his head.

[ForJimmy]

8 minutes ago, Cullenator said:

I honestly expect players to decide to retire on the back of this

They might. I wonder if he has some underlying issue as well that led to this. It didn’t look like that crazy of a hit and it’s such a rare occurrence.

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Every legit media source is retweeting it 

 

Gotcha. I hadn't been looking at Twitter as much as watching TV.

Lady Cowboy Fan and I have been glued to ESPN pretty much since it happened.

[Cookie Lyon]

Very sad situation. I hope he pulls through. 

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I played in college, and even though everyone around you is getting dinged and injured, you somehow don't think of it happening to you.  The warrior mentality takes over.  I can say that when I was injured twice and the surgeon told me that I was done, there was a part of me that was relieved.  The decision I never wanted to make was made for me, and I found immediate peace with it.  I found other things to do, and they did not hurt as much.  So if this experience helps him find peace off the field, I get it.

I quit playing in HS because the reality that I was too small to be this slow was apparent to me. I had no future in the game past this level so let's just call it now.

But what Ryan Clark said resonated with me at 40. He said at 24 I didn't even know that I COULD die. It's true. Yeah, you know. But you don't know. Most people have fortunately never had to face their own mortality at that age. You haven't faced any serious health issues and your immediate family is probably still alive and relatively healthy.

At 16 I was in a bad mountain biking crash. I was knocked out cold and bit through my tongue so hard I chipped several teeth and cracked my helmet almost completely in half. My entire thoughts on the matter were, damn that sucked. Literally never occured to me it could've been so much worse. At 19 I was involved in a partial ejection rollover car crash. Same thing. Damn, that sucked. Keep it moving. You're just invincible on your own mind at that age.

[YourLastThought]

God this is so horrible to turn on my TV and see this news. I hope the guy will be okay. I don't understand if it was the particular play on the field that cause sit or some awful underlying medical condition. Either way I can only pray here and hope the poor guy pulls through just fine. I can only imagine how his family and teammates must have felt seeing that on the field. Feel so awful for everyone involved.

[Catsfan69]

Things like this happen. I haven't seen the play but the risk has always been there and always will.

When it's your turn it's your turn. 

 

Nothing needs to change.

[ZoneRead]

16 minutes ago, glenwo2 said:

Gotta go to work.

 

Hope Damar pulls through.

 

And F*CK GOODELL!

 

I'm out.

If its true that coaches and players made the call and not the nfl

 

 

yeah f*ck Goodell

Edited January 3, 2023 by ZoneRead

[trueblade]

28 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Not sure what the NFL protocol would be here, but I won't be shocked if this game is ultimately just flat out cancelled and registered as a tie. This late in the season I don't see how they can squeeze it in even if they wanted to.

Or just don't count the game. Leave Buffalo and Cincinnati with 16 games.

Cincinnati and Buffalo could possibly see each other again in the playoffs.

[Jackie Lee]

Diggs took an Uber to the hospital, crazy

[SmokinwithWilly]

Just now, Jackie Lee said:

Diggs took an Uber to the hospital, crazy

And they wanted him to keep playing. Crazy.