Whether they knew Damar Hamlin personally or not, NFL players across the league must grapple with trauma while preparing to play Week 18.
The Buffalo Bills took a pair of cornerbacks consecutively in the sixth round of last year's draft. With the 212th overall pick, they selected Damar Hamlin. At No. 213, the pick was Rachad Wildgoose.
Regardless of how Wildgoose feels, he will nonetheless suit up Sunday in the Commanders' season finale against the Dallas Cowboys. But whether they knew Hamlin personally or not, NFL players across the league must grapple with trauma while preparing to play Week 18. Veteran defensive tackle Calais Campbell said he has spoken to other guys around the league to"just make sure everybody is good."
"It's tragic. It could happen to anybody," Ricard said."For it to happen, I think it's one of those things where it just puts a lot of perspective into a lot of people — the players, the fans, teams.""It was just an ordinary play it seemed like," Humphrey said."So, it doesn't really change my approach of how I go about the game, but it just makes you really just think about what you're doing.
This incident hit closer to home for Ravens players compared to other real-life circumstances that can impact the workplace. But the airing of feelings isn't uncommon in the Ravens' facility, safety Chuck Clark said."In this game, we're always taught to be tough and don't show emotions, but whenever anything happens, we open up the space, 'Just get it off. Just get your feelings out,'" Clark said.
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