Hamlin, but if it was, it s just hard to believe, i mean he played college football played in the nfl for two years khe takes hit like this all the time. so, you know, the intuition that you point out is so spot on. you think to yourself, how could a rather underpowered hit like this result in a catastrophe as opposed to the dramatic hits we see where people shake it off and walk back to the huddle. but the thing for our listeners to get a sense of is that, when the, when the chest by a baseball or a soccer ball or a fist at karate school or here by a helmet in the space, in the fifth inner costal space by a
Kind of hit or trauma that he went through in order to deal with that. um can i can i just say one thing is yes. just about the way that the nfl handled this roger goodell in the league are going to take a lot of criticism for initially saying, oh, teak. okay, teams have five minutes to regroup and come back out on the field. that is an initial reaction that you set up because you ve never seen anything like this. i think someone said on twitter tonight. there s no playbook for a situation like this. so people are condemning how long it took the lead to make this decision. i think so many conversations had to be had before. you can just, you know, just cancel or postpone a game and so look, we can all be critical. that s really not. the point here tonight. the point is this kid this young man who you know, i was out there just living his dream,
You can in terms of their physical nature. those nfl safeties are about as tough as they get. and we re talking about damar hamlin, who after a routine hit, uh, was a collapsed they had to administer cpr. um and now based on a statement issued by the nfl, uh this young man is in is in critical condition at the at the local hospital. the game has been suspended. um let s bring on and bring back now. jim grace, uh, one of the most notable sportscasters, uh , and a fox news contributor. jim what s your additional thoughts as you look at the scene unfolding now? well we can only hope and pray for the best to hear that he at least is in condition. critical condition. it s you don t want to say that s a positive sign that somebody s in critical condition. but, you know, you re just hoping that it s not the worst. i mean, again. i was at a game broadcasting a game on nbc with edinburgh and,
Special and rare and elite company he shares in being a player in the national football league. apparently and this came out from a tweet from his college program, the pitt panthers, they said demar is the best of us. i haven t read much about damar, but we ll take it from pitt, damar is a young man regardless of who he has been in in this life we would be rooting for him and his prayers but he is a young man that is certainly deserving of everyone s energy. so when you have these moments you think of the young man and you think of the person. i hope all of us keep that at the center of our thoughts, our prayers for damar. and then his family we just spoke about and his friends and teammates as well who have spoken to his character. you mentioned jason, i think it s also worth reiterating t higgins was the cincinnati player also involved in the collision and there are also reports on twitter right now that t higgins left the locker room completely distraught.
There s still all part of that nfl family and i think they all know. hey that could have been me. that could have been. you know, my brother. that could have been somebody next to it. so it s a small, you know, nfl teams are not that big guys. you know you re talking about 54 guys who dress for a game. uh it s not as if this is some they they all know each other so well. they know each other s families they know, you know, immediately. uh the impact here is just so staggering and the game has officially been postponed. i think you said, and the cincinnati bengals stadium now basically empty um and, uh, you know, at this point, we just have to wait and see what what the prognosis is , and certainly for everybody out there watching, uh, to certainly parade for the best in in what i said, is, frankly, an unprecedented situation even for long time nfl fans. i can t think about an experience like this. that s why i went back to hank gathers. ah and in terms