The Bills have been holding out hope for their Safety ever since Damar Hamlin had a heart attack on the field of Monday Night Football.
The Buffalo Bills announced this morning that safety Damar Hamlin is awake. Over the past day, Hamlin has shown that he “appears to be neurologically intact,” which means he is responsive, making purposeful movements (i.e. planned movements that he is directing with his brain), and following commands. While the Bills didn’t reveal more than that, one of Hamlin’s teammates, cornerback Kaiir Elam, tweeted that Hamlin is awake.
ESPN reporter Adam Schefter said “Damar Hamlin’s father, Mario Hamlin, addressed the entire Bills team on a zoom call Wednesday to personally update everyone in attendance on his son, per source. Mario Hamlin informed the Bills that Damar was making progress and, in the words of one source, “the team needed it.””