NFL executive VP of football operations Troy Vincent says on a conference call with media says neither head coach nor any players spoke about resuming the game. “It was really about Damar. … Look, I’ve never seen anything like it, so immediately my player hat went on.”
Troy Vincent: “How do you resume play after you’ve seen such a traumatic event occur in front of you real time? That’s the way we were thinking about it, Commussioner (Roger Goodell) and I.”
Troy Vincent is not sure where the 5-minute warmup period came from: “There was no time period for the players to get warmed up. … It never crossed our mind to talk about warming up to resume play. That’s ridiculous. That’s insensitive. That’s not a place we should ever be in.”
Troy Vincent: “I commend both of those coaches. It’s a tough situation to go back in the locker room and look at 53 men and try to calm people down. It was obvious on the phone the emotions were extremely high. It was a very volatile situation. The coaches led their locker room.”
NFL has no further update on Damar Hamlin’s medical condition aside from the earlier statement. #Bills are headed back to Buffalo overnight, though some players are remaining in Cincinnati. No decision on how to handle the game, as Hamlin’s health is the only immediate concern.
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