{"id":5516,"date":"2023-01-07T17:01:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T17:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/dumar-hamlin-nfl-and-mlb-legend-bo-jackson-sends-message-to-bills-safety\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T17:01:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T17:01:27","slug":"dumar-hamlin-nfl-and-mlb-legend-bo-jackson-sends-message-to-bills-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/dumar-hamlin-nfl-and-mlb-legend-bo-jackson-sends-message-to-bills-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumar Hamlin: NFL and MLB legend Bo Jackson sends message to Bills safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"78.619927206551\">\n<h2>After hearing a hospitalized Dummer Hamlin ask if his team won three days after a Bills player went into cardiac arrest, NFL and MLB legend Bo Jackson said, &#8220;Oh, we I beat a young man,&#8221; he said.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By Kate Mcgreavy for Dailymail.Com <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Release:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-01-07T17:01:27+0000\">    Jan 7, 2023 12:01 EST <\/time><\/span>    | | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Has been updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-01-07T18:40:46+0000\">    Jan 7, 2023 13:40 EST <\/time><\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/nfl\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/6.46.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]><!--><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.15.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]><!--><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/8.8.0\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.15.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.15.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> --><!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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&#8216; he sent a message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 24-year-old has shown encouraging signs of progress in recent days after undergoing resuscitation after suffering a cardiac arrest during the first quarter of Monday night&#8217;s football game against the Cincinnati Bengals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After a terrifying moment, the football world united, and Jackson, who played for the Las Vegas Raiders from 1987 to 1990, answered Hamlin&#8217;s question three days after he collapsed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-12c4235f1d58ac16\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/07\/17\/66301747-11609741-image-m-26_1673112878521.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/><\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-12c4235f1d58ac16\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/07\/17\/66301747-11609741-image-m-26_1673112878521.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Dumar Hamlin asked if Bills beat Bengals after waking up from cardiac arrest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b8adc2365dc8134d\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/07\/16\/66301319-0-NFL_and_baseball_legend_Bo_Jackson_sent_a_message_to_the_hospita-a-13_1673110731344.jpg\" height=\"276\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/><\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b8adc2365dc8134d\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/07\/16\/66301319-0-NFL_and_baseball_legend_Bo_Jackson_sent_a_message_to_the_hospita-a-13_1673110731344.jpg\" height=\"276\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"splitLeft\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a358efcb22411e75\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/07\/17\/66301925-11609741-image-a-61_1673113868022.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"306\" alt=\"bo jackson\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/><\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a358efcb22411e75\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/07\/17\/66301925-11609741-image-a-61_1673113868022.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"306\" alt=\"bo jackson\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splitRight\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5f26ee1054891861\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/07\/17\/66301923-11609741-image-m-60_1673113862636.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Dummer Hamlin\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/><\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5f26ee1054891861\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/07\/17\/66301923-11609741-image-m-60_1673113862636.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Dummer Hamlin\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">NFL and baseball legend Bo Jackson (left) sent a message in response to the safety of the hospitalized Bills<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;Dear @HamlinIsland, the answer to the question you asked, &#8216;Did we win?&#8217; is yes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;The moment you opened your eyes, the public congratulated and cheered. So to answer your question, yeah, we got a young man!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A doctor at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center said Hamlin made a &#8220;significant improvement&#8221; on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;He&#8217;s starting to wake up, and his neurological condition and function appear to be intact,&#8221; said Dr. Timothy Prydz of the University of California School of Medicine at a video press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Hamlin, who had been sedated after being resuscitated on the field Monday, began communicating with doctors in writing Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 24-year-old defensive back even asked the doctor who won Monday&#8217;s game, which was canceled Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f957e80cf16bcffb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/07\/17\/66301519-11609741-image-m-24_1673111896908.jpg\" height=\"493\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Jackson played for the Las Vegas Raiders from 1987 to 1990 and also played professional baseball.\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/><\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f957e80cf16bcffb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/07\/17\/66301519-11609741-image-m-24_1673111896908.jpg\" height=\"493\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Jackson played for the Las Vegas Raiders from 1987 to 1990 and also played professional baseball.\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Jackson played for the Las Vegas Raiders from 1987 to 1990 and also played professional baseball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;Our reaction was, Damar, you win,&#8221; Pritz told reporters.  &#8220;You won the game of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Hamlin&#8217;s breathing tube was removed on Friday, and Buffalo team coach Sean McDermott flexed his arm muscles for a surprised Bills teammate by saying &#8220;Love you boys&#8221; in a FaceTime call on Friday. , revealed that the player had spoken to the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The NFL will be supporting Hamlin this weekend, with all 32 teams offering a moment of pre-game support, wearing t-shirts with Hamlin&#8217;s name and jersey number, and number 3 on the field painted in Bill&#8217;s colors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote to football fans Saturday morning following Hamlin&#8217;s &#8220;impressive progress.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"art-ins mol-factbox sport\" data-version=\"2\" id=\"mol-3999a6c0-8eb1-11ed-9c42-a52c38fcdef1\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nfl\/article-11609741\/Damar-Hamlin-NFL-MLB-legend-Bo-Jackson-sends-message-Bills-safety.html\" wp_automatic_readability=\"19\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">Full NFL letter <\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\" wp_automatic_readability=\"58\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">To our fans:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Damar Hamlin&#8217;s electrifying progress over the past few days has lifted the spirits of NFL and football fans across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While his recovery is just beginning, we would like to thank the NFL medical personnel and the medical staff of both teams. I am also grateful to<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Seeing the entire NFL family come together \u2014 teams, players, coaches, and fans like you \u2014 is a reminder that football is family, it&#8217;s people, it&#8217;s loving, it&#8217;s resilient. rice field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This weekend, players and coaches from all 32 teams will support Damar throughout the league by wearing the &#8220;Love for Damar 3&#8221; T-shirt during pre-game warm-ups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">We sincerely hope that his continued progress will increase the chances of Damar himself watching over his teammates. 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