‘”The way he handled it, he was the perfect man in that situation to handle that,” quarterback Josh Allen said of his head coach. “That type of situation. I can’t say enough about what he did, what he said to us in the locker room.”‘
BillsBeat - January 6, 2023
UC Health Physicians: Damar Hamlin is awake and responsive; Bills medical staff helped save his life
‘Among those improvements include Hamlin being awake and responsive with the ability to move both his hands and feet, while also being able to communicate with his doctors, nurses and family members via writing on a clipboard. More, Hamlin’s neurological condition and function is intact after suffering cardiac arrest on Monday night.’
NFL says neutral site AFC Championship game is possible, Bills-Bengals Week 17 game won't be resumed
‘Further, NFL clubs will consider Friday in a Special League Meeting the possibility of the AFC Championship game being played at a neutral site. The resolution has been recommended by the Commissioner and approved Thursday by the Competition Committee.’
BillsBeat - January 5, 2023
Bills' Taron Johnson limited with concussion; QB Josh Allen on injury report for ankle
‘The ankle designation is new, and seems likely to be a result of the hit by Trey Hendricksen. Allen appeared to grab his lower left leg Monday after Hendricksen rolled up on him after the ball was released.’
NFL exec says league has not discussed postponing Sunday's Bills-Patriots game
‘”It was literally (that) all of the focus has been on Damar, and we have just begun … to just think through and talk through all of the different scenarios and where that game stands, and when to play it, so on and so forth,” Vincent said on Wednesday. “All attention, most attention, will still be focused on getting answers out, to your questions for the general public, and also the clubs as well.”‘
Bengals coach: Sean McDermott said he needed to be at the hospital, not coaching this game
‘“So that to me provides all the clarity,” Taylor said of McDermott’s reaction. “Unprecedented is the word that gets thrown out a lot with this situation because that’s what it is. But in that moment, he really showed who he was, that all his focus was just on Damar and being there for him and being there for his family at the hospital. At that point, I think everything trended in the direction it needed to trend. The right decisions were made there.”’
Proper medical response for Damar Hamlin 'prevented a very tragic outcome at that moment'
‘“It’s certainly not an exaggeration to say that the skilled and the immediate response by all of these talented caregivers prevented a very tragic outcome at that moment,” Sills said.’
'It brought me all the way back': Damar Hamlin's injury forces Kevin Everett to relive the moment his NFL career ended
‘”When I saw him pull away it was a relief knowing that he was going to the right place to get the proper attention that he needed,” Everett said. “It brought me back to the day of my injury, me leaving in an ambulance that day knowing that I’m going somewhere to, possibly, be restored somewhat to normalcy again.”‘
Harrison Phillips buys dinner for those caring for former Bills teammate Damar Hamlin, collects donations
‘”I just wanted to donate food for them so they don’t have to worry about any of that,” Phillips told Minneapolis reporters Wednesday. “I found a sandwich shop and ordered food – chips, drinks and sandwiches, everything I could find, salads, whatever … I just wanted to try to do something.”’
Lewiston native's heart stopped while playing college baseball. He's making a full recovery
‘“When they showed the replay of Damar standing up for a step or two and then collapsing, my immediate thought was that it is exactly what happened to me,” said DiCarlo, a 2021 graduate of Lewiston Porter High School. “I watched the playback in slow motion and it looked like he got hit right in the chest, like what I had happen. Once they said he was getting CPR and they were using an AED, me and my family thought it’s got to be the same thing.”’
Alan Pergament: Nantz, Romo to call Bills-Pats Sunday; new sports hire at WIVB exits quickly
‘It will be the fourth Bills game that the No. 1 team will have called this season and the second in Buffalo.’
Will Bills-Bengals game be rescheduled? NFL considers options
‘“That conversation about what we do with that game has begun,” Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice-president of communications, public affair and policy, said during a conference call with reporters Wednesday afternoon.’
Here’s what Sean McDermott told Bengals coach Zac Taylor after Damar Hamlin collapsed
‘“The first thing he said was, ‘I need to be at the hospital with Damar and I shouldn’t be coaching this game,’” Taylor said. “In that moment he really showed who he was. That all his focus was just on Damar and being there for him and being there for his family at the hospital.”’
Joe Burrow weighs in on whether Bills-Bengals game should be played
‘“I think (playing the game) would be tough just scheduling-wise,” he said. “I think whatever Buffalo would want to do would be what we would want to do as well. We’re behind them 100% and support them in whatever they would decide to do going forward.”’
President Biden talked ‘at length’ with parents of Bills safety Damar Hamlin
‘Biden spoke briefly with the media on Wednesday in Kentucky and shared that he had talked “at length” with Mario and Nina Hamlin, parents of Damar. President Biden did not elaborate any further on the conversation with the Hamlins.’