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    Mike Florio and Chris Simms discuss the effect of Damar Hamlin’s injury on the Bills and Bengals players and explain how the game needed to be paused because of the “humanity of the moment.” #NBCSports #ProFootballTalk
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    1. Bruce Holmes on

      Prayers for DeMar and his family. Thank you football family for pulling together. As a kid I've seen on tv when the bears played the lions when a lions player collapsed on the field.

    4. EvanFromHeaven on

      Also sending my thoughts to Tee Higgins. Even though he had nothing to do with what occurred, I know he has to be completely devastated. I can’t imagine what that is like. Damar, keep fighting king…the world is thinking of you.

    5. Jeff Stever on

      The NFL has already reduced it's game to a flag football affair due to the dangers of the game…concussion lawsuits, and now this realization…is it time to outlaw the game

    6. John Jensen on

      I think everyone is worried about concussions and I've always worried about face masking/high hits and neck injury, but this is a new one for me. My best to Damar Hamlin and his family, both teams, and all the people around this injury.

    7. Tj W on

      Lots of people get hurt, lose limbs, and even die doing mundane ordinary jobs and nobody floods the zone with mental health professionals. NORMAL people get on with life they deal with the grief as best they can and move on.

    8. Joshua Jones on

      I guess I’m just a sociopath. There are deaths by people at blue collar jobs everyday, and life goes on. People die every day, it’s a horrible situation but it’s not entirely unique.

    11. Sean Hettenbach on

      Okay quit acting like this accident is a likely thing to occur. After crunching the numbers the probability of an injury like last night occuring is a 0.0005% chance of occuring. This was a one in a 17,000 chance of occuring…. More people die from lightning strikes in a single year than have died from playing football…

    12. PianoUniverse on

      R on T, when you get struck in the chest just as your ventricles are on the down slope of repolerization. Happens to baseball players rarely. Generally pitchers. Had my son wear a special chest protector when he pitched to protect from same issue.

    13. krvnjrcbs on

      I definitely see things headed toward a no-contact flag style game. I don't think it will be popular or make the players or the league much money… but you're never going to avoid these possibilities otherwise. It's an exercise in how much risk you can stand

    15. colacino19 on

      Everyone is afraid to say it but this has nothing to do with football and the collision/tackle. The guy had a heart attack thanks to the vaccine. It's happening all over the world to young athletes and its sad.

    16. Flint Given on

      Can we please act like this is the 1st, Chuck Hughes died shortly after leaving an NFL game. Yes there are many differences but we had a player die pretty much during an NFL game.

    17. John Gagliotti on

      Only two solutions: (1) treat game as a tie or (2) Push playoffs back one week, lose one week between Championships and SB and play the game in week after regular season ends.

    20. SonofJesus on

      All we can do is make sure I relationship with God is strong and relationship with our family and our football family is strong. Tell them every day they love them. And one more thing that I have learned is be prepared. Carry a medical kit in the car or on the person to respond to a situation like this. And be the best version of God’s creation that we can be.
      Well, of course, we’re praying for the health and the condition of the family, the bills organization and for the player

    22. Gary Meyers on

      I wish all could hear Von Miller's interview a few months ago when his response to the ?, do you trash talk when out on the field? He said, "No, in fact we talk about family. We ask each other how are families are and basic daily life things." Shows how they are more colleagues and in this for the purpose of a career and rough but fun competition.

    27. Howling Waters on

      Policemen and soldiers wear uniforms. NFL players wear costumes.
      The trauma inflicted on the gridiron pales to that on the battlefield. The pay gradient between them is obscene.
      Our priorities need reevaluating.

    28. Buddy Steele on

      I am just not in the mood to listen to Florio act all compassionate and sweet. he’s never compassionate and sweet when it comes to calling for someone’s job and to uproot their wife and kids. he consistently has a lack of humanity so I just don’t wanna hear this crap from him when it’s politically correct

    31. Robin Mcclendon on

      I love football but this shows you that it is just a game. Think about the medical professionals that do this all the time. Gives you a real appreciation that there are men and women who choose to go into that profession! I hope Hamlin recovers fully and I am very hopeful he will thanks to all those folks who are giving him care.

    33. kirk58 on

      Coaches called the game, not the NFL. NFL reps told refs and announcers they had 5 minutes warm ups then play would continue. Get it Right, Simms and Florio !

    34. Rob Carp on

      Single worst moment I’ve ever seen in my 60 plus years of watching football. I didn’t care to see the game re-start. I only wanted to hear that Damar Hamlin was ok, as did everyone on the field and in the stands. Praying for Damar.

    38. Noxle Troxle on

      This is when we are football fans and human beings above and beyond being the fans of a specific team. There was a unified sense of the air being sucked out of all audiences for concern surrounding Damar’s wellbeing. The prayers and warmth from around the country for his health is a confidence restoring act in humanity and a speedy recovery is all I hope to see on his horizon ❤️🙌🏽

    41. Julian Watts on

      Let’s not down play this. Hamlin died on that field and only because the amazing job the medics does he have a pulse fighting for his life. Let’s pray he gets better and thank the medical staff for bringing a player back to life.

    44. David Ha Tran on

      Imagine if a colleague who works with you closely and someone you see around every day just collapses in front of your eyes one day. Or a classmate in your class who collapses during a session. How can the office or the rest of class even work/study for the rest of the week? I don't know if many Bill or even some Bengal players can be in a mental state to practice let alone play this Sunday. Concussion is terrible, but it's life and death here. I know NFL is a huge business after all and the schedule is tight, but on the other side it just feels brutal if it's business as usual.

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