Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin

[Rabbuk]

Just postpone/cancel this game already.

Kind of looks like they did. Packing up sidelines

 

[bluestarcyclone]

This. I’m honestly shocked they haven’t called it. Nobody is asking for this game to continue. Figure out the details later.

My guess is they're waiting for some kind of update on Hamlin's status so they can give that update at the same time.

They might also be working out details to figure out whether this is a postponement (and figuring out potential changes for the games that would have been this sunday) vs a straight up cancellation. Either way there won't be a game tonight.

 

[ClonerJams]

Appears they are calling the game, which is good.

 

[NorthCyd]

I never realized that it was the league office who got to decide whether to call the game. I would have thought that the coaches and officials could make that decision

Well ultimately it's up to the players. If they refuse to take the field there won't be a game, and I doubt there would be any repercussions because it would be a terrible look.

 

[madguy30]

I don't think ESPN ever showed them administering CPR did they? If that's the case, I'm really glad they didn't. It was very tasteless the way that the euro broadcast showed people administering CPR to Erikson.

Also, I feel bad for the espn crew and announcers. They don't have any updates, they have nothing to say, just show something else and come back when you have an update.

I rip on those folks in the studio as much as I can for what they generally do, but they were visibly shaken and seemed to be really taken at the thought of what the players and coaches are going through.

 

[Beyerball]

Yeah that almost confirms it’s CC, could have been something really weird but having to use the AED makes it more likely. Without an AED present or immediate CPR there is close to a 70% fatality rate.

Just crazy..Extremely rare as it is and odds of being hit at time of QT interval being in a specific rythym during the impact is crazy low odds.

Just tragic.

 

[matclone]

It’s very very rare but it almost always involves athletes.

Love that the guy who called me a ******* know it all deleted his post

Even if you are right in your made-from-TV medical analysis, you are a quite the know-it-all. I wasn't going to say anything until you made this comment.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

I don't think ESPN ever showed them administering CPR did they? If that's the case, I'm really glad they didn't. It was very tasteless the way that the euro broadcast showed people administering CPR to Erikson.

Also, I feel bad for the espn crew and announcers. They don't have any updates, they have nothing to say, just show something else and come back when you have an update.

They didn't show anything after a replay of him getting up and then falling back down. Just way zoomed out shot of the field.

 

[Rabbuk]

Who is the ex player on this roundtable? I don't recognize him.

 

[JP4CY]

Who is the ex player on this roundtable? I don't recognize him.

Booger McFarland

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

 

[Gonzo]

I guess I'm not sure why anyone is even hung up on whether the game will continue, I'm staying tuned to hear if there are any updates on Hamlin. Getting p*ssed over whether the game has or hasn't been called is just weird, obviously they're not playing this out tonight. I just want to see if this crew gets any updates on him.

 

[BCClone]

Who is the ex player on this roundtable? I don't recognize him.

Think booger McFarland.

 

[CyJack13]

I never realized that it was the league office who got to decide whether to call the game. I would have thought that the coaches and officials could make that decision

This isn’t a rec league. It’s a multi billion dollar business. Of course the league office had to make the final call.

 

[Cyclonesrule91]

There’s no way this game should be played… it’s one thing if they have to play wondering if their teammate blew his knee out and if he’s gone for the season…

It’s another thing if they are wondering if their teammate is going to live thru this whatever it was….

I’ve never watched a more somber sad hour of NFL football in my life

 

[Aduhbolu15]

 

[isufbcurt]

Who is the ex player on this roundtable? I don't recognize him.

Booger?

 

[CloneAlta]

He made a tackle and then he stood up but immediately fell straight back. Had to be administered CPR on the field and taken away by ambulance. Never seen anything like it before.

NFL management not looking good on how they are handling this!!

 

[bluestarcyclone]

I guess I'm not sure why anyone is even hung up on whether the game will continue, I'm staying tuned to hear if there are any updates on Hamlin. Getting p*ssed over whether the game has or hasn't been called is just weird, obviously they're not playing this out tonight. I just want to see if this crew gets any updates on him.

Yeah, we're past the question of whether there will be anything more tonight.

NFL is now answering all the other questions and decisions that have to be made that result from this, and probably wants to have all that ready to release at the same time.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Even if you are right in your made-from-TV medical analysis, you are a quite the know-it-all. I wasn't going to say anything until you made this comment.

Since the previous post got deleted, as a heads up I’m an emergency physician