Damar Hamlin - Now (1/11/2023) discharged from Buf Gen & “recovering at home”

[Greg S]

More than 25 million witnessed it.

 

The NFL brings together a live audience like nothing else. On Monday night, that audience experienced something it had never experienced before. And the audience was massive. According to Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily, 25.4 million viewers on average watched the ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 coverage of the Bills-Bengals game from the time Hamlin 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

9 minutes ago, Greg S said:

More than 25 million witnessed it.

 

The NFL brings together a live audience like nothing else. On Monday night, that audience experienced something it had never experienced before. And the audience was massive. According to Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily, 25.4 million viewers on average watched the ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 coverage of the Bills-Bengals game from the time Hamlin 

Most watched MNF game in ESPN history.

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, appoo said:

Truly truly amazing.

 

The fans, the media, everyone so far a has been amazing.

 

We need to keep pushing the NFL & The Bills to keep supporting Damar after all this energy naturally fades away. 
 

Football and sport has an outsized, positive impact on our lives and communities.  These men get well paid to do what they do, and make a choice to risk their health for this sport. Still, I think it still pales in comparison to the positive community energy they bring as a team. 

 

With that it mind, if Damar is unable to play football even again, then I hope the NFL & The Bills fully support him financially until he’s able to financially support himself.

 

I could be wrong, but I thought it was announced that although Damar as a 2nd year player is not "vested" in the NFL's benefits that they would continue to take care of him as needed.  Not a bad question to "press" on what that means specifically of course.

[Budkin]

Absolutely amazing news about Damar!

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

3 hours ago, Beast said:

So, I just rounded the numbers here.

 

Get to your calculator and divide 7.8 million by 234k.

 

It may give you chills.

 

 

doesn’t it round to 7.9?

[The Wiz]

34 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

I could be wrong, but I thought it was announced that although Damar as a 2nd year player is not "vested" in the NFL's benefits that they would continue to take care of him as needed.  Not a bad question to "press" on what that means specifically of course.

I believe Troy Vincent was asked about this the other day and they said they would do everything to take care of him.

 

Not sure what that means long term but seems like for the time being, the NFLPA is going to take care of him at least.

[Pete]

36 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

I could be wrong, but I thought it was announced that although Damar as a 2nd year player is not "vested" in the NFL's benefits that they would continue to take care of him as needed.  Not a bad question to "press" on what that means specifically of course.

I read that too.  Mr Pegula stepped up and said he would pay every medical bill!

[The Wiz]

4 minutes ago, BIGFOOTspaceman said:

It is a miracle. Just by the shear number of things that had to go right…..from time, place, decisions made, the trained professionals on hand and everything else in between. By the doctors own admission, if any number of variables didn’t go down at the exact right moment, we may be having a different conversation. 
 

You don’t have to be religious to recognize that this was a miraculous set of events that saved Damar’s life. 

I agree with you.  The problem is that a lot of the time you hear the world "miracle", everyone jumps to religion.

 

Which I can completely understand as that is the most commonly known definition of a miracle.

 

Here's another one that may be more acceptable:. 

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a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences.

 

[Starr Almighty]

There's 3 amazing things that have happened in this thread for me personally.

 

1. Damar improving so quickly. 🙏🏻

 

2. The coming together of some when the chips are down and making this feel like a huge family.

 

3. The people that can find any subject to argue and be miserable about is quite amazing and sad to be honest

[Since1981]

40 minutes ago, Airseven said:

What's so amazing? He's alive because of the team's training staff and medical care. It wasn't a miracle. It was professionalism and skill.

Ah um, yes, amazing. Miracle can be being very "lucky" too.

AMAZING is a guy no breathing, heart stop on a 40 yard line. Portable defibrillator Monday night in front of 25M, then doing Zoom on Friday!!?

That is AMAZING. It is quite something to consider the points where it could have gone very wrong. Realizing that mere 3 wks ago general cardio deaths in the snow...

Edited January 6, 2023 by Since1981

[SoMAn]

12 minutes ago, BIGFOOTspaceman said:

It is a miracle. Just by the shear number of things that had to go right…..from time, place, decisions made, the trained professionals on hand and everything else in between. By the doctors own admission, if any number of variables didn’t go down at the exact right moment, we may be having a different conversation. 
 

You don’t have to be religious to recognize that this was a miraculous set of events that saved Damar’s life. 

The real miracle IMHO is the awakening. By that I mean the awakening that occurs when tragedy touches so many lives that we awaken communally. The miracle that people who never heard of or spoke the name Damar Hamlin have come together spiritually to be as one. 
Maybe there is a higher power that has to give us a reminder occasionally that we need to love each other.  
We’ll played big guy. 

[Draconator]

Let's "try" to steer this away from religion and back to Damar's continued recovery. Kthxbye. 

[WotAGuy]

24 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

I agree with you.  The problem is that a lot of the time you hear the world "miracle", everyone jumps to religion.

 

Which I can completely understand as that is the most commonly known definition of a miracle.

 

Here's another one that may be more acceptable:. 

a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences.

By that definition, my sex life is a miracle!

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

4 minutes ago, Draconator said:

Let's "try" to steer this away from religion and back to Damar's continued recovery. Kthxbye. 

 

 This.^^^^^

 

I'll start.

 

Damar's charity just hit 8,000,000.❤️💙

 

 

 

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

Man, at the rate Damar is improving it almost seems like he will lead the charge this Sunday. Probably too soon but leading the charge for the first playoff game seems likely. 

[Shaw66]

30 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

By that definition, my sex life is a miracle!

Why?  Because anyone who knows you thinks it's a miracle you have a sex life?

[Shay]

Wonderful news on Damar’s continuing recovery!    Admit was very scared Monday night when events unfolded, so so much credit to training staff and their quick response, amazing 

I have witnessed CPR in setting of the hospital as I am a health professional and it is a intense and physically taxing thing to watch and TV and movies tend to give us a very false and inaccurate  impression    I have witnessed both sad and positive outcomes and needed to be there for families who often were close by.

I am so eternally grateful for Damar, the icu team, our staff and of course our Buffalo Bills 

Edited January 6, 2023 by Shay

[Mr. WEO]

Other than his daughter, has any other Pegula made a statement?  I didn't see one.

[rusty shackleford]

29 minutes ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:

 

 This.^^^^^

 

I'll start.

 

Damar's charity just hit 8,000,000.❤️💙

 

 

 

It will be interesting to see where than ends up after some of the larger companies promising to redirect profits to it for jersey and shirt sales like Fanatics start coming in. Assuming they will wait and tally everything up and send over in a lump sum and not after each sale.

[Houston's #1 Bills Fan]

So, is Damar "Questionable" for Sunday? 🤪