Damar tackle

[TD716]

I feel for Tua. I know it’s a fast moving game, but Damar Hamlin has got to stop accepting blows and tackling with his chest.

[RyanC883]

2 minutes ago, TD716 said:

I feel for Tua. I know it’s a fast moving game, but Damar Hamlin has got to stop accepting blows and tackling with his chest.

 

I get the concern there, but hard to stop in the moment, and the odds that he experiences that again are extremely rare.  

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Honestly Hamlin needs to revert back to the 3rd safety. He’s played fine, but he doesn’t make much impact. Bishop is a much better athlete and a better pedigree of a player.

 

 

[NORWOODS FOOT]

Cardiac Arrest, Concussions, Oh My!

 

If I were Damar’s girlfriend I’d be afraid to lay my head on his chest: just seems like bad things happen!

[Low Positive]

Just now, TheyCallMeAndy said:

Honestly Hamlin needs to revert back to the 3rd safety. He’s played fine, but he doesn’t make much impact. Bishop is a much better athlete and a better pedigree of a player.

 

 

And that's exactly what's going to happen once Bishop learns the defense. Perhaps as soon as Monday night.

[The Wiz]

2 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

 

I get the concern there, but hard to stop in the moment, and the odds that he experiences that again are extremely rare.  

Less than 30 cases a year.  Not talking about the NFL, that is in the entire US.

[MAJBobby]

Damar is just keeping the seat warm for Bishop.  However played well last night

[Royale with Cheese]

7 minutes ago, TD716 said:

I feel for Tua. I know it’s a fast moving game, but Damar Hamlin has got to stop accepting blows and tackling with his chest.

 

Yeah.  He needs to learn to tackle better.  He's not the hammer, he's the nail.

[Augie]

Why? Just why? 

[Bruffalo]

10 minutes ago, TD716 said:

I feel for Tua. I know it’s a fast moving game, but Damar Hamlin has got to stop accepting blows and tackling with his chest.

It's not like he has a condition that makes him more susceptible to heart attacks or something. 

 

This is like telling a contractor he needs to stay away from ladders because a hammer fell on his foot one time. 

[Beck Water]

12 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

Honestly Hamlin needs to revert back to the 3rd safety. He’s played fine, but he doesn’t make much impact. Bishop is a much better athlete and a better pedigree of a player.

 

 

 

Listen to yourself  "He's played fine"
 

Shoulda stopped there.

[HOUSE]

Tua was going to get hurt eventually,  why pick on poor Hamlin?

[Beck Water]

8 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Yeah.  He needs to learn to tackle better.  He's not the hammer, he's the nail.

 

IMHO Hamlin was expecting Tua to slide once he got the 1st.  Man has no field awareness as a runner (Tua I mean)

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

3 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Yeah.  He needs to learn to tackle better.  He's not the hammer, he's the nail.

I think he probably approaches that tackle differently if it wasn’t a qb leading with his head.  You never know with these crazy unnecessary roughness penalties these days 

[Beck Water]

15 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

 

I get the concern there, but hard to stop in the moment, and the odds that he experiences that again are extremely rare.  

 

I thought it was sarcasm, myself, but perhaps I was mistaken.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

13 minutes ago, TD716 said:

I feel for Tua. I know it’s a fast moving game, but Damar Hamlin has got to stop accepting blows and tackling with his chest.

 

I don't know that its more or less likely to occur.  From my understanding it has to be a hard hit, at a specific time of a heartbeat that causes the heart to stop beating.  

[Saxum]

8 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

Damar is just keeping the seat warm for Bishop.  However played well last night

 

I would not say well but enough other players made plays so it was not an impact.

[Doc]

On the flip side, good to see that Hamlin took a blow to the chest and commotio cordis didn't happen again, for his psyche.  

[Saxum]

4 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

IMHO Hamlin was expecting Tua to slide once he got the 1st.  Man has no field awareness as a runner (Tua I mean)

 

Yes and there was no way he was going to get a TD so once he got past 1st down marker he should have slid but based on poor field and game getting chippy with multiple late blows by Phish players he might have felt it was safer or he might have got an unnecessary roughness cal.. Bad call.

[Pasaluki]

Honestly with how thin they are at safety Hamlin is a good player to have around. I'm glad he came back to life and is still playing for the Bills, and I think he played pretty well last night.