Demar Hamlin In Dire Straits!

Serious questions for NFL arise after Buffalo Bills player injury.

Buffalo Bills safety Demar Hamlin was rushed to University of Cincinnati Medical Center after having a serious medical emergency. This happened early in the Bills game against the Cincinnati Bengals. 

The 24-year old's family was at Paycor Stadium watching him play.

After a tackle on Bengals player Tee Higgins, Hamlin briefly got up and then fell down. The Bills medical team rushed to him and it was not looking good. Hamlin was on the field for nine minutes and the medical staff literally took him off the field by ambulance.

As of tonight, they postponed the game. 

Bills Mafia is with you, @HamlinIsland. ❤️💙

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 3, 2023

Sending our thoughts and prayers to Damar🙏

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) January 3, 2023

All Shoulder Work. https://t.co/pk122DtVn8

— 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧 (@HamlinIsland) December 2, 2022

The NFL Players Association also released a statement on the matter.

"The NFLPA and everyone in our community is praying for Damar Hamlin. We have been in touch with Bills and Bengals players, and with the NFL," the NFLPA said in a tweet. "The only thing that matters at this moment is Damar’s health and well being."

The game was initially suspended and once Hamlin was in the ambulance and off the field, officials were giving players about five minutes to warm up again to get ready to play. But Bills coach Sean McDermott was seen pulling his players off the field and into the back of the locker room.

Be warned, graphic video.

Long stoppage in play in #Bills vs. #Bengals after this scary injury to Bills safety Demar Hamlin. pic.twitter.com/H5MGW1zLLP

— Sports Injury Central (@SICscore) January 3, 2023

Demar Hamlin for the Bills went down suddenly on the field playing the Bengals.

Medics administered CPR for almost 20 minutes and players are being sent back to the locker room.

Sending prayers for a full recovery 🤲🏽 #NFL #DamarHamlin #prayersup pic.twitter.com/0yzbzqNuYz

— Exelthior.eth (@Exelthior) January 3, 2023

No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game - but how? This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome ... which suddenly seems so irrelevant.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 3, 2023

I've seen so many horrific injuries suffered on football fields yet never have I seen a reaction like this. In every other situation I witnessed or covered, the game always went on fairly quickly. The attitude was, "Hey, that's football." For these players, this was DIFFERENT.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 3, 2023

So the politics.

Kevin Jackson, Skip Bayless and others have weighed in the situation and offered some of the most asinine reasons to why Hamlin was hurt.

What makes me so angry, this is a Black player who gave back to Buffalo children and is a human being. But the folks with no damn sense only see the game more important than the his life.