Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after going into cardiac arrest during the first quarter of the Bills’ game against the Bengals on “Monday Night Football.”
The second-year Bills safety is currently in critical condition at University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
The Bills have reportedly returned to Buffalo. The NFL’s plan on whether or not the game will be restarted remains unclear.
New York's most famous waterfall showed support for Bills safety Damar Hamlin on Tuesday night as it lit up blue. Hamlin remained in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest when he collapsed on the field during "Monday Night Football" after making a tackle against the Bengals' Tee Higgins.
About 16 hours after he suffered cardiac arrest when he collapsed on the field after making a tackle and momentarily getting to his feet, Hamlin remained in critical condition in the intensive care unit at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, according to a statement from the Bills.
Damar Hamlin’s uncle provided two noteworthy insights into the Bills’ safety’s health.
He told CNN that Hamlin’s “heart had went out so they had to resuscitate him twice. They resuscitated him on the field before they brought him to the hospital and then they resuscitated him a second time when they got him to the hospital.”
Just spoke with Damar Hamlin’s uncle. Damar was originally on 100% oxygen and is now down to 50%. Says the family is hanging in there. He thanked Bills fans, and Bengals fans and asked for continued prayers
He also told Josh Reed of WIVB Sports that Hamlin was originally on 100 percent oxygen and is now down to 50 percent and that the family is hanging in there.
Jim Kelly's wife Jill (red) hugs Bills fans during a vigil for Damar Hamlin at Highmark Stadium on Jan. 3, 2023. Twitter/@whec_bbrean
Bills fans gathered at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on Tuesday afternoon at a vigil for safety Damar Hamlin, who suffered cardiac arrest Monday night during a game against the Bengals and was in critical condition as of Tuesday afternoon.
Buffalo Sabres players showed support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on Tuesday, arriving to their game against the Washington Capitals in D.C. wearing shirts that said "Love for 3." Hamlin wears No. 3 for the Bills.
Buffalo Sabres players walk toward the visitors' locker room in Washington, D.C. wearing "Love for 3" shirts in support of Bills safety Damar Hamlin on Jan. 3, 2023. USA TODAY Sports
Buffalo Sabres players walk toward the visitors' locker room in Washington, D.C. wearing "Love for 3" shirts in support of Bills safety Damar Hamlin on Jan. 3, 2023. AP
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Tuesday afternoon that it has postponed the announcement of the 15 modern-era finalists for the 2023 Hall of Fame class "out of respect" for Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who suffered cardiac arrest Monday night.
The announcement was originally scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday and has been tentatively rescheduled for Wednesday at 8 p.m. after talks between the Hall of Fame, the NFL and NFL Network.
"The organizations will re-evaluate the situation Wednesday and determine if the timing is appropriate to proceed with the announcement," the Hall of Fame said in a statement.
ESPN’s Joe Buck said on the air that the NFL told the Bills and Bengals were being given five minutes to warm up after Buffalo’s Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest, had CPR and left the field in an ambulance for the hospital on Monday night.
The NFL wants you to believe that Buck’s report came out of thin air.
This has led to a back-and-forth between the league and one of its most important network partners.
Buck told The Post he relayed the information from ESPN’s rules analyst, John Parry, who was in direct communication with the league. Buck’s network backed his telling of the events.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin might have been a fraction of a second away from moving on to the next play.
Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest Monday night when he collapsed on the field in Cincinnati, was administered CPR under life-or-death circumstances and hospitalized in critical condition after what one independent board-certified cardiologist saw as a collision at the time in the cardiac cycle when the heart is most vulnerable.
“That hit had to occur at a certain point in time that was only five milliseconds long,” said Dr. Marc Cohen, Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Newark-Beth Israel Medical Center. “If that hit occurred one millisecond after or before, this may not have happened.”
All 32 NFL teams have changed their Twitter profile picture to honor and send wishes to Bills safety Damar Hamlin after he collapsed due to cardiac arrest during "Monday Night Football."
Each of the league's franchises changed their avatar to a blue background that says "Pray for Damar," with his number 3 below it in Bills uniform colors.
When Andy Dalton’s late touchdown pass in 2017 defeated the Ravens and helped the Bills snap their 17-season playoff drought, Buffalo fans responded with a plethora of donations — more than 17,000 totaling nearly $450,000, according to a Dec. 2021 article from The Buffalo News — to the Andy & J.J. Dalton Foundation.
Five years later, after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed during a game Monday night, Dalton and his wife returned their support to the Buffalo community and Hamlin’s toy fundraiser. A donation for $3,000 was made in their name late Tuesday morning, according to the GoFundMe page for The Chasing M’s Foundation Community Toy Drive.
Remember when Bills Mafia donated to Andy Dalton's charity when he helped them make the playoffs? Dalton hasn't forgotten either. pic.twitter.com/i0cfC4mxCZ
J.J. also supported the cause on her Instagram story, according to The Athletic’s Paul Dehner Jr., with a message and link to the fundraiser page. As of 2:15 p.m., more than $4.46 million had been donated.
The Daltons took much of the money donated by #BillsMafia then and made significant contributions to a Buffalo Children’s Hospital.
“Years ago the amazing @buffalobills mafia came together and donated funds to the @ajdfoundation… hundreds of children were impacted due to their kindness and generosity,” J.J. wrote on her Instagram, in part. “Football is so much bigger than the game.”
The games will go on, because they always do. The NFL playoffs will go on, because there is a Super Bowl to play.
But it is the day after the horrifying night when Damar Hamlin collapsed on Paycor Field in Cincinnati, when no one could be certain whether he would make it out of critical condition alive at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
And we still don’t know.
And what we also cannot know is how long it will take for his Bills teammates and coaches, not to mention for the entire 32-team brotherhood of the NFL, to be emotionally ready when the games go on.
