The Buffalo Bills tweeted “The Bills mafia is with you, @HamlinIsland,” referring to the player and a nod to Bills fans. The Bengals were among the teams that responded with the praying hands emoji. Bills quarterback Written by Josh Allen: “Pray for our brother.”
The NFL Players Association, which Players Association, Tweeted: “The NFLPA and everyone in our community are praying for Tamar Hamlin.
“We have been in contact with the Bills and Bengals players and the NFL. The only thing that matters at this time is Tamar’s health and well-being,” the union said.
After the incident, an “emergency action plan” was put in place, NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said in a conference call on Monday.
Neither the coaches nor the players have talked about resuming play, he said.
“It’s really about Temer and confirming that — look, I’ve never seen anything like this since I’ve been playing,” said Vincent, a former cornerback in the league. He said it was a traumatic event.
Bengals fans came out to the hospital in support, from the video NBC affiliate WLWT showed.
“Watching it on TV doesn’t make it any easier,” Demetria Dutt said. “To have kids see that, family members see that, what happened tonight — nobody wants to see that. We pray.
Hamlin is a native of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and was drafted in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
With Hamlin’s college football career coming to an end in late 2020, he’s organizing a charity and toy drive — hoping to raise $2,500. 4:30 am ET Tuesday, total was over $3 million After fans flooded the page with donations and well wishes.
In his second year of pro football, Hamlin had come into his own with the Super Bowl-contending Bills.
Hamlin played sparingly as a rookie last year, recording two tackles in 14 games.
But this season, he played a more significant role in his first-place team, playing in everything Had 15 games and 91 tackles before Monday63 of them are single.
