Damar Hamlin’s Injury and Updates: What We Know

While in college, he organized a toy drive. In the aftermath of his injury, about 200,000 people have combined to contribute more than $6 million to it, including the star quarterbacks Tom Brady and Russell Wilson, among many others. Jordon Rooney, a marketing representative for Hamlin, has said the money will go to Hamlin’s charitable foundation.

“Whether it was adversity or high times, working for his charity, or helping an athlete or student of lesser caliber,” said Terry Totten, his high school coach at Central Catholic. “Whatever it was, he was steady, calm and confident in himself. A true leader by example. He’s an incredible person.”

Where does the game stand?

The game was halted after nine minutes with the Bengals ahead, 7-3. The league has said the game would not resume this week; that leaves it with several options, none of them ideal.

It could shift the playoff schedule forward to get the remainder of the game in, call the game a tie, cancel it entirely, or award it to the Bengals, among other possibilities.

The game is important from a competitive perspective: It could have a significant impact on which team gets the A.F.C.’s No. 1 seed and a bye in the first round of the playoffs.

The games scheduled for this weekend — the last week of the regular season — are for now moving forward as planned. The Bengals said Wednesday afternoon that they planned to play the Ravens on Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern.

What has the reaction been?

Players from both teams were visibly upset in the immediate aftermath of the injury, some crying and others praying.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/article/damar-hamlin-injury-update.html