Damar Hamlin Making ‘Almost Daily’ Trips To Buffalo Bills Practice Facility

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is reportedly making great strides in his recovery — just weeks after a scary moment on the field during a Monday night game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Hamlin He suffered a cardiac arrest, and was given CPR on the field. After that, he was taken to a nearby hospital. The game was first paused, then postponed — and then the NFL announced that the game would not be rescheduled but the playoffs would go on as planned.

Safety was transferred to a hospital in Buffalo about a week later, and then released to recover at home — but Bills head coach Sean McDermott says that Hamlin has been at the practice facility “almost daily” Is it? “just trying to get back to a little bit of a routine.”

“Damar’s in the building, almost starting daily, getting himself acclimated again.”

Sean McDermott believes that Damar Halin is moving forward one step at a.🙌

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“That’s good news,” McDermott added, noting Hamlin’s entry to the building just a few days earlier. “He comes in and really just started — really today or yesterday — and just trying to get back to a little bit of a routine and getting himself acclimated again and taking it one step, you know, baby step at a time here.”

McDermott also fielded questions about the team’s eight-game winning streak — and the fact that the last three games had resulted in more turnovers than the previous five. The coach laughed and attributed the slip in performance to the fact that he hadn’t been going to church quite as often.

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Sean McDermott, Bills’ coach, discusses what is happening differently in terms of turnovers lately: “I think I was going to church more then than I have been of late.”

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“I think I was going to church more then than I have been of late,” He laughed. “I’ll be there twice this week.”

As for Hamlin, it is not yet known whether he will be in attendance at the Bills’ next playoff game — which pits the team against Cincinnati once again. McDermott says that the decision is one that likely won’t be made until the very last minute.

“[He’s] just kind of getting himself — dipping his toe back in here, and, you know, getting on the road to just getting back to himself,” He explained.

Hamlin has been watching his team play — from the hospital first, and then from home — tweeting his thoughts and even setting off alarms He was able to see him from his hospital bed.

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