on tonight but we have to begin with shocking breaking news. what appears to be a very very serious injury. tonight, monday night football game. between the buffalo bills, the cincinnati bengals. the bills safety, lamar hamlin, collapsed on the field after making a tackle in the first quarter of the game. this is where joe is so good. but now another bills players down. of the we can tell exactly who that is. maybe hamlin? good jordan player was able to go it was indeed hamlin. he was number three on the bills. we are watching it, he appeared to stand up for a moment before collapsing. it is incredibly disturbing to watch what is happened. we don t yet have all the information on his current condition. but we do know that in absence was brought on to the field and according to the espn broadcast, and then received cpr. on the field before being driven out of the stadium in that ambulance. bob costas joins us now on the phone. bob, so scary to see that. to watch consecutiv
of cardiac difficulties. a player named chuck hughes, but detroit lines, back in the 70s died on the field. jt cain, who was the receiver for the then st. louis cardinals playing in arizona. similar thing during training camp. but nothing exactly like this. the play did not look that out of the ordinary. people might think of the watch the games that there was some sort of helmet to helmet contact. the young man, the bar hamblin, made the tackle tee higgins, the receiver for the bengals. actually hits him in the chest. nothing dirty about the play, according to the rules. this kind of contact happens all the time in football. but hamlin, actually, although he made the tackle took the brunt of the collection. squarely in his chest. you wouldn t think, if you watch what football, that was anything that unusual about that. but he got up, took a couple of steps, wobbled, hand fell backwards. as you said a moment ago, they