Damar Hamlin EXPECTED BACK!

[JerseyBills]

AMAZING!! ❤

Damar was our Lombardi last year. We'll get the real thing next year and many years after!

[CSBill]

I love Demar as a person; all he has gone through is inspirational, but not his play. He is still a 2nd string safety at best. I wish he would retire and use his platform to continue all the good he has been a catalyst for. But it is his decisions to make.

Edited March 18, 2023 by CSBill

[Since1981]

  On 3/17/2023 at 3:59 AM, John from Riverside said:

  On 3/17/2023 at 2:55 AM, Since1981 said:

I don’t want to be the bills staff member who clears him and fluke #2 happens. 

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You best believe that whoever the physician is that clears him will be an outside physician and not a member of the bill staff

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Agree on outsider. 
still, eeek

[Manther]

  On 3/16/2023 at 10:54 PM, Big Turk said:

Wow...that is crazy!

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Agreed, very crazy on many levels!

[1st&Goal]

Great news!!! There will definitely be a huge mental hurdle for him to overcome, the same type of thing that Trey White went through.

[John from Riverside]

  On 3/17/2023 at 8:45 AM, CSBill said:

I love Demar as a person; all he has gone through is inspirational, but not his play. He is still a 2nd string safety at best. I wish he would retire and use his platform to continue all the good he has been a catalyst for. But it is his he decides to make.

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He’s a back up safety is anybody saying that he’s more than that?

[DrDawkinstein]

  On 3/17/2023 at 5:07 AM, BobbyC81 said:

He was a good hard tackler but lacking some in coverage.

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Pretty much what you'd expect out of a 2nd year 7th round pick. But the kid lives and breathes football, and has his whole life. He has been a huge part of the Pittsburgh football scene since he was a little kid. The coverage and mental part will come with time. I wouldnt write him off yet. (Assuming he does come back and has a career)

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

  On 3/16/2023 at 10:57 PM, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Kinda, but not really. I've been expecting him back. That soccer player came back and had a career. This was such a random fluke that will likely never happen again to another player in our lifetime. A 24 year old athlete should be able to come back.

 

Now we have TOO MANY Safeties!

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No such thing 

[DrDawkinstein]

  On 3/17/2023 at 1:43 PM, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:

No such thing 

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That was certainly proven last year. Would be nice to go back to having the fewest injuries in the league again.

[RoyBatty is alive]

  On 3/16/2023 at 11:45 PM, ngbills said:

Just being honest. Good person and a great story. I’m talking about realistic expectations of his play. That a problem? 

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On this forum, yes it is a "problem" apparently.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

  On 3/17/2023 at 1:57 PM, DrDawkinstein said:

 

That was certainly proven last year. Would be nice to go back to having the fewest injuries in the league again.

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Right?  I think almost everyone missed time on defense.  And usually that means they're all more banged up than usual that its causing them to miss practices.  

[H2o]

Hamlin is a good story, but he's an average player. Glad he is healthy enough to continue to do what he loves though. 

[Einstein]

  On 3/16/2023 at 11:17 PM, Kiva said:

No thanks. Best of luck in the future. 

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Im very happy that he is healthy. 

 

As far as football is concerned, he was often missing tackles, taking bad angles and slow to react.

 

So yeah, i’m with your assessment.

[bigK14094]

Nasty medical legal decision to be made here.  Can he pass a physical and play in the NFL.  And, if not for the Bills, who.

[Logic]

The only thing worse than the "I hope Damar Hamlin never plays again" people are the "too many bad vibes from last year, no thanks" people.

Both are pretty awful, though.

[Scott7975]

Bills fans expecting backups to be starters. Hamlin is a decent player. Glad he is back. He is the backup not the starter. 

[NyQuil]

It depends if he has any cardiac or lung damage.  If it was commotio cordis (we still don’t really know) without damage then he isn’t at an increased likelihood of having it happen again.

 

The mental hurdle will be tough to overcome.

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

  On 3/17/2023 at 4:01 PM, Logic said:

The only thing worse than the "I hope Damar Hamlin never plays again" people are the "too many bad vibes from last year, no thanks" people.

Both are pretty awful, though.

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My stance is that I would have understood if he never played again after what he went through.

 

I still think we draft a guy in the later rounds

[Let's Go Buffalo]

I'm happy for the young man. He's still young, and has a promising future in my opinion. 

[DrDawkinstein]

  On 3/17/2023 at 4:11 PM, Scott7975 said:

Bills fans expecting backups to be starters. Hamlin is a decent player. Glad he is back. He is the backup not the starter. 

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Now tell me about Poyer and Hyde's first few years in the league. Heck, do Poyer's first FOUR years in the league when he couldnt crack the starting lineup of the Cleveland Browns, even when they went 4-28 over his last 2 years.

 

Hamlin should be the backup this year, to learn behind Poyer and Hyde. But for a 2nd year guy last year, I thought he played as well as could be expected and where he should be in his development.

 

Johnson on the other hand, needs to be straight up cut. That was his 4th season and it was BRUTAL.