Bengals’ Tee Higgins Makes First Public Statements Given that Damar Hamlin’s Collapse

Tee Higgins, the Cincinnati Bengals pass receiver who hit Buffalo Costs security Damar Hamlin prior to Hamlin entered into heart attack on the field, made his very first public remarks concerning Hamlin.

The 2 males had actually understood each other personally in the past, having actually gone to Tyler Boyd’s yearly football camp near Pittsburgh, ESPN kept in mind.

“Obviously it’s been hard, just because you know I had something to do with the play [and] whatnot,” Higgins stated, according to The Washington Post.“Everyone has been making me feel whole again. I talked to his mom and everything is OK, he’s doing good, so I’m in a good place right now.”

“And suddenly she’s telling me that he’s OK. And just all the positive stuff,” he continued. “I mean it feels good just knowing that he’s OK, he’s doing better, and it makes me feel better inside.”

The play prior to Hamlin collapsed was available in the very first quarter of the video game Monday night, as Hamlin collapsed after taking on Higgins at the tail end of a 13-yard conclusion. Hamlin at first stood, then collapsed. Higgins, who had actually not seen Hamlin stand, at first believed Hamlin had actually tumbled, then understood what was occurring.

“Me being a football player, I’m thinking he just flopped, one of my guys bumped him,” Higgins remembered. “I just seen the fall. I looked again, and I seen what happened, and I just turned my head and trying not to think about it. So I knew it was something crazy and something tragic.”

Boyd, who has actually preserved contact with Higgins given that Hamlin collapsed, slammed individuals who have actually blamed Higgins, stating, “Tee’s a human being, too. It could’ve flipped. It could’ve been Tee. It’s football, at the end of the day.”

Costs quarterback Josh Allen revealed comparable beliefs, stating, “I do want to say one more thing: I haven’t reached out to Tee. I hope that he got some relief today. I saw some stuff on Twitter. And people should not be attacking him whatsoever. And I’m glad that Damar’s family came out and said that. And hopefully, he found some relief today. Because that’s a football play. And I hope that he doesn’t hold that upon himself because there’s nothing else that he could have done in that situation.”

On Thursday, the Buffalo Costs launched a declaration on Hamlin’s development, mentioning, “Per the physicians caring for Damar Hamlin at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Damar has shown remarkable improvement over the past 24 hours. While still critically ill, he has demonstrated that he appears to be neurologically intact. His lungs continue to heal, and he is making steady progress.”

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