Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin
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The main point is, the NFL didn't decide the game wasn't going to be played that night at 10pm, and wasn't announced immediately after the decision was reached. It was announced when all the different chains of command gave the green light that they were ready for the stadium to be cleared.
Obviously, in this day and age, announcing it through any channel would have the same effect as putting it over the stadium PA. You want as many people to stay in the stadium as possible until everything's ready for them to leave, and the only way to achieve that is to let it sit until you're ready.
This was the best possible outcome. Hopefully no permanent damage was done, and he can live a long, healthy life.
It wasn’t real clear but he’s been released to a hospital in Buffalo. Still really great news.
I was torn watching the game....i wanted the Bengals, but I also thought it would have been super cool if the Bills could have won, beat KC, and then you know there would be something cool a the SB with Hamlin (they still may do something)...but on the other hand....my pessimistic side is kind of happy as I also would hate if the NFL did something to capitalize on it.
I did get a little frustrated when the camera's kept going to Damar's family, but you couldn't see them because of the snow.
Glad Hamlin is doing better, and glad he was able to attend the game. However, even more glad that Buffalo lost. The hype machine would have just continued to grow and you would have more calls of people saying the NFL is fixed if they made the SB. Plus another 3 weeks of narrative of Buffalo rallying as a team after the incident would have reached almost nauseating levels.
hilarious CBS kept trying to show him up in the suite and it was a legit snowstorm and you couldn't see sh*t
Well that’s quite the take. I mean, watching your teammate be basically dead on the field and be sent off in an ambulance after 9 minutes of CPR and a defibrillator is a big nothing burger from a storyline perspective.
It's a great story, but one we've seen almost every facet of for the last several weeks. There's really no next level to the story right as there was no way he's stepping on the field to play again this season. He survived, which is great. He got out of the hospital and by all reports will at least recover enough to lead a normal life, which is fantastic. He was able to return and be an inspiration to his team, which is awesome. His charity blew up and raised a ton of money for kids, which is incredible. But the story has plateaued. Retreading every aspect of the story over the next few weeks as the media would have tried to one-up all the last stories would just get ridiculous. Even heartwarming stories can get beaten to death by the media.
Do the people that get upset about the media beating stories to death know they can just not watch or listen? They be like "omg I was watching ESPN for 8 hours today and they just wouldn't stop talking about Damar Hamlin!".
I watched sportscenter bring out a birthday cake and do a full segment for Tim Tebow who at the time was playing like low a baseball or some ****.
I heard several people, especially Jim Nantz, pushing the possibility of a movie based on Hamlin, even saying it could be this generation's Brian's Song. Just don't see it, especially with the Bills failing to rally around him. Hard to make a climactic ending out of a three score divisional round playoff loss.
That said, I fully expect the NFL to make him a side show at the Super Bowl too.
Lol. So true. Like the people on CF that constantly post in a thread about how stupid the thread is. You can just not go in there, right?
This first sentence alone could be also said for Brock Purdy and we're all loving it right now.
