Former NFL player Ryan Clark joined SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt to commentate on the scary incident that happened during tonight’s Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals game — which abruptly ended with Damar Hamlin in critical condition.
Former NFL Player Ryan Clark Highlights The Scary Realities Players Face As Damar Hamlin Fights For His Life After Injury: ‘Tonight, His Dream Became A Nightmare’
While speaking on Hamlin’s scary injury, Clark says, “This is about Damar Hamlin, and it’s about a young man at 24-years-old that was living his dream .. that a few hours ago, was getting ready to play the biggest game of his NFL career, and there’s probably nowhere else in the world he wanted to be. And now, he fights for his life.”
Clark continues, “And when Damar Hamlin falls to the turf, and when you see the medical staff rush to the field and both teams are on the field, you realize this isn’t normal.”
He says, “You realize, this just isn’t football. And so many times in this game, and in our job as well, we use the cliches, ‘I’m ready to die for this;’ I’m willing to give my life for this;’ ‘It’s time to go to war.’
And I think sometimes, we use those things so much, we forget that part of living this dream is putting your life at risk. And tonight, we got to see a side of football that is extremely ugly. A side of football that no one ever wants to see or never wants to admit exists.”
Clark adds, “When you see both teams on the field, crying in that way, your first thought is Damar Hamlin, the second thought is his family. And this sin’t about a football player, this is about a human. This is about a brother. This is about a son. This is about a friend. This is about someone who is loved by so many, that you have to watch go through this.”
Clark goes on to explain that he’s “dealt with this before.” He continues, “And I watched my teammates, for days, come to my hospital bed and just cry. I had them call me and tell me that they didn’t think I was going to make it — and now this team has to deal with that and they have no answers.”
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