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Anybody else tired of hearing about Damar Hamlin?
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:37 pm
This entire ordeal has been completely overblown. He’s a grown adult that plays a game for a living and had a heart attack and now he’s okay. Unless you knew him personally, then this shouldn’t matter to you at all. I’m told we should also be kissing Dan Orlovsky’s feet for being brave enough to say a prayer on live TV as well. While we’re at it, let’s rename the book of Psalms to “Dan Orlovsky.” Maybe we can all get a day off of work every January 2nd for Damar Hamlin day as well.
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 1:52 pm
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Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:39 pm to MarlboroTiger
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He’s a grown adult that plays a game for a living and had a heart attack
He didn’t have a heart attack, his heart stopped (cardiac arrest).
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Unless you knew him personally, then this shouldn’t matter to you at all.
When it happens during a big game on Monday Night Football with millions of people watching, people are naturally going to be interested in how he is doing.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:40 pm to MarlboroTiger
Hamlin,no...Burrow, yes
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:45 pm to MarlboroTiger
It hasn't even been a week. I'll give it a week.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:46 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I understand why people are interested in this story. This man almost died. He is not completely out of the woods either.
Optics are important to the NFL brand. And now everyone is wondering if Buffalo can finally win a Super Bowl. This is comparable to a fictional Rocky Balboa story. Except Damar Hamlin is real ! No better story to drive the ratings of the NFL.
Optics are important to the NFL brand. And now everyone is wondering if Buffalo can finally win a Super Bowl. This is comparable to a fictional Rocky Balboa story. Except Damar Hamlin is real ! No better story to drive the ratings of the NFL.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:47 pm to MarlboroTiger
Op did you see what he tweeted???
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:47 pm to MarlboroTiger
I have to agree with you. Im sure we will be unpopular in this opinion. The dude is a millionaire being paid to play a game. I wish him the best but what he has done is not heroic or extraordinary. Its just an opportunity for over paid shallow attention seekers to blow each other. Orlovsky is a perfect example and I consider him good at his job. Its really bizarre overall.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:48 pm to Mizzou4ever
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Hamlin,no...Burrow, yes
You're the only one bringing up Burrow in a Hamlin thread.
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:48 pm to MarlboroTiger
I’m glad that it looks like the guy is going to be okay, but the NFL and sports media has definitely capitalized on this opportunity to signal their virtue
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:51 pm to TomballTiger
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The dude is a millionaire being paid to play a game. I wish him the best but what he has done is not heroic or extraordinary.
Bingo
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:51 pm to MarlboroTiger
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This entire ordeal has been completely overblown.
Any time you have a teammate who either dies, or almost dies, it’s going to be a story.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:52 pm to TulaneFan
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I’m glad that it looks like the guy is going to be okay, but the NFL and sports media has definitely capitalized on this opportunity to signal their virtue
They view it as their big chance to separate themselves from the other normal sports talking heads.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:54 pm to MarlboroTiger
If you don’t like it watch something else.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:54 pm to TulaneFan
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but the NFL and sports media has definitely capitalized on this opportunity to signal their virtue
What would you have them do? Ignore it?
I'm sure they are going to highlight it all the way through the Super Bowl, especially if he makes a good recovery as a way to bolster the perception of the safety of the game; especially after the early season concussion issues.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:55 pm to MarlboroTiger
It's getting there.. But still no where near the Will Smith slap.. Damn that shite is still being talked about..
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:58 pm to MarlboroTiger
100%
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:00 pm to MarlboroTiger
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MarlboroTiger
That edge is so sharp
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:02 pm to TomballTiger
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The dude is a millionaire being paid to play a game. I wish him the best but what he has done is not heroic or extraordinary.
Uh, how do you confuse Hamlin's life-threatening ordeal as people somehow painting him to be heroic or extraordinary?
That's like saying that baby Jessica who fell down a well was heroic or extraordinary.
Sometimes seeing a person suddenly at the doorstep of death fosters compassion and sympathy in others.
It's ok to reflect on our overall frailty as humans, too.
Episodes like this can be, as CS Lewis put it, God's megaphone to a deaf world.
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:04 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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Roll Tide Ravens
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He didn’t have a heart attack, his heart stopped (cardiac arrest)
You sound like the HOA
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