Tee Higgins, the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver who Damar Hamlin tackled seconds before collapsing, has joined dozens of NFL players in publicly sending thoughts and prayers to the Buffalo Bills safety.
“I’m praying that you pull through bro,” Higgins tweeted after the game between the teams was postponed.
A number of Bills and Bengals players sent similar messages, after coming together on the field to pray as an ambulance carried Hamlin to hospital.
“I wanna send a prayer to Damar and his family,” Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase wrote. Bills quarterback Josh Allen added: “Please pray for our brother.”
Hamlin “is a kind caring extremely hard worker,” Bills offensive lineman Rodger Saffold said. “He is loyal honest and can always put a smile on your face.”
Teams and individuals around the league followed suit. “Heart is extremely heavy right now … Life is too important. Cherish every moment,” Rams quarterback Baker Mayfield wrote on Twitter.
“Absolutely speechless.. please pull through Damar!” added Steelers outside linebacker TJ Watt.
“This game should’ve been called, nobody is concerned about football right now,” Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray wrote after the injury. The game was initially suspended, and then postponed, following the play on which Hamlin was hurt.
Jessica Pegula, an American tennis player and the daughter of the Bills’ owners, also commented on Hamlin after playing in the United Cup in Australia.
“It’s just terrible. There’s really no words,” Pegula told Reuters. “I’m glad they stopped the game. It brings you back to there’s a lot of bigger things that are more important than sports and games. It was pretty scary.”
