Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is in critical condition after having a cardiac arrest and collapsing on the field during the first quarter of Monday night’s game between the Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, the player’s team said.
Hamlin fell on his back just after getting up from a tackle on Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins.
“His heartbeat was fixed on the field, and he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for more tests and treatment.” “He is currently sedated and listed as being in critical condition,” the Bills said in a tweet early Tuesday morning.
Within ten seconds of the player falling, the Bills team trainers were taking care of him. Footage shows that an ambulance was on the field in less than five minutes, and he was given CPR, according to an ESPN broadcast.
“Hamlin was given immediate medical care on the field by team and independent medical staff as well as local paramedics. “He was then taken to a local hospital where he is in critical condition,” the NFL said in a statement.
The game was put on hold at 5:58 of the first quarter, and it was later officially moved to a later date.
Hamlin is checked out after collapsing on the field during the first quarter of Monday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals.
Hamlin is checked out after collapsing on the field during the first quarter of Monday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals.
The NFL and the NFL Players Association agreed to put off the game, the NFL statement said. Troy Vincent, who played in the NFL for over a decade and is now the league’s executive vice president of operations, said in the press call that neither of the teams’ coaches nor players asked to keep playing.
“I’ve never seen anything like it since I started playing,” Vincent said. “I immediately put on my player hat. How do you go back to playing after seeing something so traumatic happen right in front of you in real time?”
After seeing a teammate have a medical emergency in the middle of the game, the players on the field were clearly upset. Some could be seen crying, praying, kneeling, and hugging each other before they went back to the locker room.
Hamlin collides with Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins just a few seconds before his
Vincent said that some of Hamlin’s teammates have decided to stay in Cincinnati while the rest of the team heads back to Buffalo on Tuesday morning.
On paper, Hamlin has played in every game this season. The 24-year-old Pennsylvanian joined the Bills as a sixth-round draft pick in 2021, after playing for the University of Pittsburgh from 2016 to 2020.
According to his Pittsburgh Panthers player bio, he was redshirted in 2016. This means that he sat out games but stayed on the team because of an injury. The NFL site also said that he had injuries in 2017 and 2019.
