By now, most of us have seen the play that has Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin fighting for his life in a Cincinnati hospital.
Hamlin, 24, a second-year NFL player out of the University of Pittsburgh, made what any football observer would consider to be a routine tackle — or what passes for routine on an NFL field — of Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins in the first quarter of their game on Monday Night Football Jan. 2 in Cincinnati. It’s nothing we haven’t seen a thousand times before. It was a straight-on hit in the open field, Hamlin wrestled Higgins to the ground, immediately stood back up … then fell straight backward, hitting the ground hard and lying motionless on his back.
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