The 30-yard line at Highmark Stadium in Buffalo bears a stylized 3 in support of the safety of Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin, who remains hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing during a game on Monday night.
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The 30-yard line at Highmark Stadium in Buffalo bears a stylized 3 in support of the safety of Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin, who remains hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing during a game on Monday night.
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The NFL is entering its final, game-filled Sunday of the regular season less than a week after a shocking on-field injury shocked players and fans, and received countless wishes. nice from all over the country.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin still hospitalized after collapsed during Monday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Hamlin, who went into cardiac arrest after a tackle, “continues to make progress” but remains in critical condition, the team said Saturday.
Players and coaches from all 32 NFL teams vowed to wear “Love for Damar 3” t-shirts during pre-match warm-ups over the weekend, commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement on Saturday.
Goodell added: “Seeing the entire NFL family – teams, players, coaches and fans like you – united together is another reminder that football is family: people, loving and resilient”.
The Buffalo Bills, who are scheduled to face the New England Patriots Sunday afternoon in their first game since the fall of Hamlin, posted a video tribute to Hamlin on social media and wrote in a separate post: “Today is 3rd.”
It’s not just Hamlin’s team that pays tribute to injury safety.
Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans knelt like a group before their game on Saturday. player the words some teams across the league wore Hamlin’s No. 3 shirt before their respective matches as a support. Even ESPN journalists turned their microphone flags upside down during broadcasts to make their ‘E’ logo look like ‘3.’
Hamlin took to social media Saturday in his first public statement since his collapse to thank supporters for their words and gestures of encouragement.
He said: “Bringing love to the world will bring 3 times… so grateful to those who reached out and prayed.” “This will make me stronger on the road to recovery, keep praying for me!”
However, despite Hamlin’s recovery to date, the incident serves as a reminder to players of the physical risks involved in participating in the sport.
“You’ve put in all this work for months trying to get out there and play your best football,” the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said ahead of his team’s game on Saturday. “But when you get into that field, I’m sure you get a little bit of a weird feeling because it was a scary incident. It was scary.”
Midfielder Jaguars Trevor Lawrence says he and his teammates are lucky to be able to play professionally, but Hamlin’s injury is a reminder that “this game is a dangerous sport.”
Howard Bryant, a sports commentator for Meadowlark Media, tell NPR Saturday weekend edition that injuries like Hamlin’s will always be as much a part of football as it is.
“What are the boundaries of football? It’s the only sport with a 100% guaranteed injury rate. The goal in football is to hurt people,” Bryant said. “So when you see something like this, there’s no escape.”
