Archives for January 5, 2023

‘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.’

‘”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.”‘

‘“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.”’

‘“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.’

‘”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.”‘

‘”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.”’

‘“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.”’

‘It will be the fourth Bills game that the No. 1 team will have called this season and the second in Buffalo.’