Buffalo Bills sort out Dion Dawkins shared a robust message as he and his teammates proceed to hope for security Damar Hamlin, who suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday night time through the sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Dawkins wasn’t on the sector on the time of the harm, because the Payments had simply scored. However he rapidly joined the remainder of his teammates in making an attempt to course of what he simply watched transpire after Hamlin tackled Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins solely to stand up and collapse on the turf.
Medical staffs from every group rushed onto the sector and needed to restore Hamlin’s heartbeat earlier than an ambulance drove onto the sector and took him away.
The ache within the faces of Payments gamers all through this course of confirmed everybody watching that it’s really greater than only a sport. These athletes are people, too, and that’s what Dawkins wished to remind everybody of on Tuesday night time.
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Damar Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Payments seems to be on previous to a sport in opposition to the Miami Dolphins at Exhausting Rock Stadium on September 25, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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“We’re human. We aren’t athletes, we’re not superstars, we’re not celebrities, we’re not something. We’re people at this second,” he mentioned by way of ESPN. “We’re susceptible people. Our brother is combating and we’ve taken off all of that armor and we’re simply being human.”
Dawkins admitted he and his teammates are “all studying to take care of this example collectively,” as nobody may’ve ready them for what occurred to Hamlin.
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“This isn’t a scenario that the common particular person will undergo,” he mentioned.
However Dawkins additionally hopes that what followers watched comes as a “shock” and exhibits why he’s on TV saying that athletes are people, too.
Dion Dawkins #73 of the Buffalo Payments strains up through the second quarter in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Highmark Stadium on October 09, 2022, in Orchard Park, New York.
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“With entertaining the whole world, we’re placing our our bodies and our thoughts, our careers on the road each single play,” he defined. “With one thing like this occurring, not solely was his profession on the road as a result of all people’s combating for his or her finest rep, now you’ve someone combating for his or her life as effectively. This could actually simply put a shock into all people that’s fast to go on Twitter and that’s fast to say something dangerous about any athlete like, ‘Oh, he missed that layup’ or ‘He dropped that cross,’ or ‘He fumbled that ball,’ or, ‘He missed that block.’ We’re all human, and we attempt to be our greatest in all we probably can.”
Dawkins is that this yr’s Walter Payton of the Year nominee for the Payments, who mentioned “his massive character is matched solely in dimension by his coronary heart for our group.”
Buffalo is a group full of robust individuals who have already proven their outpouring of affection and help for Hamlin and the Payments.
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Dion Dawkins #73 of the Buffalo Payments smiles after an NFL soccer sport in opposition to the Miami Dolphins at Highmark Stadium on December 17, 2022, in Orchard Park, New York.
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The most recent replace on the Pitt product got here from his uncle, Dorrian Glenn, who advised NFL Community that Hamlin stays in essential situation however improved to 50% oxygen wanted in his ventilator as an alternative of 100%.
“They’re making an attempt to get him to breathe on his personal,” Glenn mentioned Tuesday night time.
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“As soon as he will get out of ICU, I’ll really feel higher myself.”
