Big Turk

Well...sort of...I believe in '71 a Lions player died on the field from a heart attack but was taken to the hospital and the game kept being played. I'm not sure what the circumstances were then or if they even had those type of AED machines and if they did if they were at the stadium. I would guess probably not.

His uncle yesterday in an interview actually stated that he had to be resuscitated twice, once on the field and again at the hospital. Jordan then cleared up there was some miscommunication by him and that he actually only need to be resuscitated once. Mobile tweets, just make sure you space away from the link...for some reason if you don't do that it will just post the link and not embed it...figured that out only yesterday

Just copy and paste the link if it's youtube.

Very few jobs take the type of physical toll football does on their body.

Wow...did not know that in terms of how things worked after you retire...

Unsure...the league hasn't decided what to do yet.

I've played flag football in leagues for many years. It definitely could happen there also. There is a lot of contact in them.

It's as fair a way as any I suppose.

This is starting to get crazy...

That just sent chills up and down my spine...

Blew a 3-1 lead and then had to tie it at 4 with about 8 mins to go in the third but you could see they were playing their asses off for something more than themselves tonight... Tage was unstoppable with a hat trick including the OT winner...

I'm not a medical person but I know that's something they started doing during the initial COVID outbreak to help make it easier for them to breathe while on a vent.

And since he likely will not be stepping back onto a football field again, he now may have found his new purpose in life with his charity that is over $5 million now and can do tons of good things for a lot of kids for very long time with that money. Crazy how when one door closes another opens many times.

They said it's usually for really old people like in their late 80s or 90s when they know won't survive it.

Moving in the right direction...that is definitely something good.

Very possible from doing CPR...cracked ribs, collapsed lungs, other damage...CPR can be rough on the body. Lifesaving but also very rough.

Yeah, from what I heard from nurses, CPR can cause some serious damage...that's why sometimes they don't do it with very old or frail people because the damage it would cause would be too much...said they "fake it" at times when they know they can't do CPR.

Off the ventilator??

Whatever the Bills want to do I am behind them. If that means they play as normal for Hamlin then I'm cool with it. If that means they forfeit the Pats game and get ready for the playoffs then so be it. If that means they simply shut it down for this season completely, then that's what they do.

Witnessing it on live TV playing out right before your eyes is always more graphic and emotionally taxing than simply reading about it. Also realizing that those type of hits happen multiple times every game without causing any issues makes you realize just how dangerous things came be. Additionally there is no outcome...we don't know how things will turn out...his life is hanging in the balance right now

Thank you for your kindness, thoughtfulness and class which was on display in grand fashion last night from the fans in the stadium to the medical professionals at the stadium and at the UC Medical Center to the coaches, players and entire Bengals team. I have a massive newfound respect for Zac Taylor. Was awesome to see Bills and Bengals fans unite both at the stadium as it was happening and afterwards at the vigil in front of the hospital. It truly showed the best of humanity in the moment. It was awesome to see Taylor and McDermott come together to basically tell the officials and NFL that they were done playing football tonight and then take their teams off the field. And it was awesome to see the outpouring of support for Hamlin's charity from across the NFL after BillsMafia has donated to so many other teams player charities throughout the years(starting with Dalton and Boyd). Some things are more important than playing football and rivalries and playoff seedings. I don't know what's going to happen the rest of the season in terms of if this game is going to get played, or even if the Bills will play again this season. Depending on how things turn out I don't think it's a foregone conclusion they will just be right back at it, but if the Bills don't make it this year, I will be rooting hard for the Bengals. I actually lived in the Cincy area for a little over a year way back in the day...east of the city, I believe Mount Washington maybe? Worked in Kenwood at first, then Eastgate, then moved north to Franklin and started working in downtown Cincy...it was a cool place...I liked my time there. Other than my time at a Reds game once when it was 97 and super humid out and our seats were down the first base line in full sun...lasted maybe 3 innings 😂

It totally is toxic.