(On Damar Hamlin collapsing in the Monday Night Football game):
“Look, it was on the biggest stage – Monday Night Football, the whole world is watching. It’s something that we’re told as players that the teams are prepared for, but I personally have never seen that in action. Just talking to players today, we addressed it as a team. We talked about it before we talked about anything to do with our plan for the week, and really, the message for me personally was he’s fortunate that that happened where it happened. You want to either be on an NFL football field or in the emergency room when something like that happens. I think there’s over 30 medical specialists that have all sorts of different specialties that are on the field. And from everything that we’ve seen and that we’ve been told, the response was about as good and swift and quick as it could have been.
“Obviously, it’s a scary thing for people to witness. I don’t want to drudge through the details of it, but it’s not just players that you worry about. It’s players’ wives, girlfriends, families and kids that see that. It was just more of a reinforcement that we really do have the best specialists in the world that are looking out for us and caring for us.
“A lot of times – I know we’ve had some things happen this year medically that have been questioned, and we’re always looking to get better as a league, and I know the players are always wanting to kind of make gains in that area as well. But I hope that the league and the union and everybody would highlight, regardless of the outcome – we’re all praying for a very positive one, and it looks like it’s trending in the right direction, but I would hope that the league and the union and players and everyone would really celebrate and highlight the amazing response and work that all those people did. It really should be an encouragement to players and their families that we have the best people out there, so that was kind of one of the main points.
“Then another point was really just making sure that players aren’t tough guys. We’re all football players, tough guys but we all have feelings. Making sure that guys are taking care of themselves and getting what they need, whether it’s reaching out to a coach, player, family. Maybe you’re getting pressure from family because you have a worried wife or a worried mom, or dad, or whatever, or kid.
“We have all the resources available – people…
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