WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Prayers for Damar 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:03.520 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:12.320 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This he's Talking 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:16.920 Cowboys straining live from the Dallas Cowboys World Headhours at 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:27.040 the Star in Frisco. The Scott and now your hosts 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:41.280 Isaiah stand Back, Patrick Walker and Kyle Yeomans. Oh my 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:44.000 headphones are broken. Not to good starts of the new year. 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:47.280 Here on Talking Cowboys presented by Black Rifle Coffee Company, 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:50.600 live from the Star in Frisco. I want to talking Tuesday. 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:54.160 Glad you're with us, Isaiah stand back, Patrick, No, see Walker, 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:59.080 I'm Kyle Yeomans throughout this, uh, first Talking Cowboys of 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:02.200 twenty twenty three. Happy New Year, everybody, Everybody safe and 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:06.120 happy after the new Year. He's safe and happy, Safe 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:08.640 and happy, Yeah, no doubt about it. Here we go. Oh, 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:14.480 I forgot a tire change here for but I don't 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:17.600 know what happened there. But glad we're back. Glad to 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:21.000 be back with you guys. It was a fun holiday 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:25.000 season and a Cowboys win coming up of course on Thursday, 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.320 and now we get back to the nitty gritty final 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:30.840 week of the regular season and of course a matchup 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:35.080 with the Washington Commanders coming up on Sunday afternoon at 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:38.559 three twenty five. I promise we're gonna hit some Dallas 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:43.080 Cowboys football today. I do, but I wouldn't be able 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:46.560 to go the rest of the show thinking about tomorrow. 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:50.080 Hamlin correct and talking about what happened last night on 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:53.120 Monday Night Football. If if you haven't seen it yet, 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:55.520 you may maybe went to bed early and you're just 0:01:55.600 --> 0:02:00.560 catching us live. But Damar Hamlin, Bill's safety collapsed in 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:03.080 the middle of their game last night against the Cincinnati 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:07.160 Bengal Bengals, and it was really it was a tough scene. 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:11.200 It was an impossible situation, a tough scene to take in. 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:14.680 And our thoughts and prayers and I know that's a cliche, 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.280 but that's exactly what's happening, because there's nothing I'm thinking 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:21.160 about outside of Damar Hamlin. I've said plenty of prayers 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:23.080 over the last couple of days or I mean, I 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:25.880 guess hours twenty four hours or so, just trying to 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:30.480 really put it all together what happened on Monday Night football, 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:34.360 because it was surreal in the worst type of way, 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.240 and I wanted to talk about it a little bit 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:38.880 here because it kind of changes the way you look 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:40.680 at the game of football a little bit. Isaiah, and 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.320 I want to start with you just from a player's standpoint, 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.200 because it is a brotherhood when you play this football game, 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.320 at the game of football in general, and when something 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:52.040 like that happens to one of your brothers, it hits 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:54.760 you close to the heart. Yeah, I mean, it's family, right, 0:02:54.800 --> 0:03:01.480 So it sucks because you understand and what's at stake 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.799 when you play the game of football, you truly do. 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:09.440 What took place last night is the worst case scenario 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:14.600 in terms of what you what You understand that you're 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:20.800 signing up for the potential. We've seen a bunch of 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.920 traumatic injuries. We've seen spinal cord injuries, We've seen next 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.320 We've seen ankles snap, legs broken. You know, you're thinking 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:29.360 about Dack's legs sticking out. I mean, you see all 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.640 these things and they come, they grab a guy, they 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.160 put them on a cart, drive them off the field, 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:39.560 and you get back to football, right, and then something 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:45.200 happens like it happened last night, and you understand how 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:51.760 severe the situation was, You understand the weight of the 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:55.480 situation you and you just football is not important at 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:59.080 that point, it really just really isn't important, and all 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.880 you care about at that moment is that that individual 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:06.680 is going to make it first of all, UM, that 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:12.080 the individual's family is there to support him, and that 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:17.160 he comes out the other side. And I'm very pleased 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:22.000 with the NFL's response to that situation. I know they 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:26.160 were caught in a bad, bad place, but they acknowledge 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:30.080 what was most important. And I'm I'm prayerful just like 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:31.800 you are. I know, I was watching the game with 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:35.320 my kids. UM My kids were prayer for Everybody is 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:39.000 praying for him and UM providing whatever support that we 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.680 can in this In this helpless situation that we're all in, 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:44.920 we all want to do what we can to help 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:46.560 this man. And I think the only thing we can 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:49.960 do is pray for him, Lynn support and UM and 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:51.839 and just hope that he that he comes out of 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:56.000 this um alive and that and that he's able to 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:59.880 overcome this UM this situation. But nothing about this is 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:04.640 it's positive at all. You know, It's it's a situation 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:10.560 where I was literally sick to my stomach when I 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:14.480 hadn't been And as I says, whether you have played 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:17.920 the sport at any level, and or you cover the sport, 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:22.520 you know the inherent risk. Now, thankfully, the worst case 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:30.960 scenario is so often avoided that it kind of numbs 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:34.320 us to the fact that it's always hovering. It's always 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:39.200 hovering there with the possibility of happening. And I like 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:44.680 in last night as far as being rattled to my 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:50.160 very spirit, that was how I felt when Ryan Chesier's 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:53.160 hit happened and Chesio went down and you saw the 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:58.760 hidden and the world stops, and you're instantly reminded if 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:02.280 for those that often and forget, you're instantly reminded that 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:06.359 these are human beings on this field, sacrificing themselves and 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:12.400 literally literally risking their lives for entertainment and to live 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:15.839 out their dreams, something they've been working for and toward 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:21.720 their whole lives. But these men have families that are 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:25.760 hoping they come home after the game and hold in 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:29.719 one piece. So we have the endless conversation, justifiably so 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.640 about you know, concussions. And I'm on the record saying 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:37.120 that I hope that a guy like to it considers 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:42.960 retirement for quality of life reasons, But how rare is 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.919 it for And now that we have this confirmed, we 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:49.359 can go ahead and say the Buffalo Bills Organization confirmed 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:52.760 that Hamlin's heart he went in the cardiac arrest after 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.680 his hit on T. Higgins, and keep T. Higgins in 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:58.640 your prayers as well, because mental health. Mental health matters, 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:02.520 and we don't want him blaming himself for that. It 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.599 was not his fault. It's it's just the sport. But 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:09.880 to see a guy stand up after a hit and 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:13.680 going to cardiac arrest meaning his heart stopped and he 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:17.400 drops in real time and it requires several minutes or 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:23.840 CPR to resuscitate him. Ambulance comes onto the field, has 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:26.240 to you know, they wait for his mother so that 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.680 they can run. And your praying and your praying and 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.400 your praying, but there's this lump in the back of 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.760 your throat that you don't want to even speak it, 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:40.320 but you're thinking it. So to get news overnight, I 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:44.520 had an impossible time sleeping less. Ye I don't know 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.360 what time I dozed off, but I dozed off thinking 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:50.560 about DeMar Hamlin. The first thing I did when I 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:53.120 woke up, when my eyes opened, I reached for my phone. 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:55.960 I looked forward DeMar Hamlin update and that's going to 0:07:56.120 --> 0:08:00.280 carry until we hear that he's out of the woods, 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.480 his vitals are stable, he sedated while they run tests. 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:07.240 I've got the statement right here. This is from the 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:11.240 Buffalo Bills. Damar Hamlin suffered to cardiac arrest following following 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:14.120 a hit in our game versus the Bengals. His heartbeat 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.200 was restored on the field and he was transferred to 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.440 the UC Medical Center for further testing and treatment. He 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:22.520 is currently sedated and listed in critical condition. That's the 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:26.360 most recent update as of twelve forty eight am Central Time. 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.080 So it goes back to what you were saying about, 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:30.640 until you hear that he's out of the woods and 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:32.000 he's gonna make it. On the other side of this, 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.440 this is the story. I mean, this is what you've 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:38.680 got as a football family to talk about, and we 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:40.720 don't want to hear about, you know, when the game 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.360 is going to resume, that's not what we want to hear. 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:46.360 We want until that point when it comes to the NFL, 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:50.679 you know. Huge shouts out to Zach Taylor, Sean McDermott, 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.319 the Cincinnati Bengals as a team, as a fan base, 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:56.560 the Buffalo Bills as a team organization, as a fan base, 0:08:56.640 --> 0:09:01.200 how everyone handled this, the training staff, the medical professionals 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:03.840 who were on site, trained and ready for the currency 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:08.600 like this, and if not for them, we are already 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.280 talking about the worst case scenario for DeMar Hamlin. So 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:15.280 keep everyone in your prayers, everyone involved in the situation, 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:19.560 and I cannot give enough praise to those medical professionals 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:22.760 and those those team trainers who rush to the spot 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:26.200 and really you know, and immediately started CPR, realized the 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.080 severity of what was going on and quite likely save 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:31.559 the life of Damar Hamlin. But until he is out 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:34.560 of the woods, continue your prayers and positive thoughts to 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:38.400 his family, particularly his mother as a parent, I can't 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:42.440 even fathom. I can't even imagine it. So prayers to everyone. 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:46.560 But my final thought on the matter right now, as 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:50.560 I continue to pray for Damar going forward, is that, 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:55.240 ladies and gentlemen, football is a sport. It's a game cheerful, 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:57.679 who you cheer for, cheer against, who you want to 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:00.440 cheer against. That's all part of it. It's all part 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.520 of the fun. But always keep in mind, and this 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.880 is why you don't wish injury players or anything like that. 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:09.560 These are human beings with families and loved ones, And 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:12.040 even if they didn't have families and loved ones, the 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.320 fact that they are a human being demands that you 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:18.640 empathize with what they are risking. For you to be 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:21.800 entertained from your couch, from your sports bar on a 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:25.320 weekly basis, give them that amount of respect. If nothing knows, 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:32.240 seeing severe injury like this isn't new in sports. It's 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:35.920 happened for hundreds of years that people have lost their 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.840 life playing the sport that they love. The thing that's 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:43.280 most jarring about this one, specifically, is that it was 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:47.760 so routine. It wasn't one of those hits that lit 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:51.599 up the scoreboard. It wasn't a hit that would constitute 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:54.880 a penalty flag or constitute an ejection or target a 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:59.080 targeting exactly, nothing of that sort. This was a routine 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:04.520 play that led to this result. So, I mean, I'm 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:07.640 looking at it from not only the Bills standpoint, the 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.559 Bengal standpoint, from those that were on the field, but 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:14.480 what about across the hallway what happens now from a 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:18.240 mental health standpoint, Because that's been a huge, huge talking 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:20.360 point over the last few years, and I'm so thankful 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:24.240 that it has become a topic of conversation. But now 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:27.760 your thought process changes because you're not only going to 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:29.800 battle with your brothers and you're you're out on the 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:31.880 field and you're you're playing the sport that you love. 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.640 But you expect a broken ankle every once in a while. 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:38.160 You expect it torn acl It's gonna happen. It's the 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:41.160 game of football. But you don't expect this, Isaiah. So 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:44.520 how does this change the way that the game has 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:48.680 looked at from a players standpoint, a fan standpoint, Coaches, 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:51.560 training staff by the way well said on your side 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.360 of talking about the uh the training staffs and the 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.360 way they jumped on top of that, medical professionals will 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:00.560 continue to amaze me, yes, because there's there's been situations 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:02.800 in my own life that it's come into play and 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:07.280 it's saved the lives of loved ones around me. Unbelievable 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:09.680 what medical professionals are able to do. And the ones 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:11.640 that are in house in the NFL and the Dallas 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.280 Cowboys and of course the Buffalo Bills last night, Cincinnati 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.959 Bengals last night, still amazing. But how do you change 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.600 your mindset moving forward? Because the Cowboys have a day 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:23.040 off today, But then tomorrow they're right back on the 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:24.600 practice field. How do you strap it up and get 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:27.160 back after it after something like that. I don't know, 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.280 I really, I really don't know. UM in regards to 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:38.040 the the health and the mental health, and it's it's 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:41.280 it's it's gonna be ongoing. UM right on the heels 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:46.120 of the situation last night with Damar. You know, I 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.320 opened my phone this morning to find out that one 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:51.360 of my teammates from Jacksonville passed away because of a 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:57.920 heart attack. Many and sorry I used to take the 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:02.600 field with this dude, you know, so like yeah, I 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.840 mean it's scary, you know, it's telling them some of 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:06.720 my clients this morning, it's just like, you just don't 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:10.880 this sport, whether it's related to the sport or whether 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:16.200 it's just life regardless, Um, the work that has to 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:19.240 be done and it's necessary to continue to be done 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:24.000 to follow up with guys, whether it's they're playing time 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:27.199 during the during the season, whether it's mental health, whether 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.679 it's you know, former players, Like, there's just so much 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:32.199 work to do and some things are preventable, some things 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.880 aren't preventable, but the work can't stop in terms of 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.920 guys turning around and trying to find a way to 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:42.920 play like it's your job that was not going to 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:45.000 get done last night. Your job was not going to 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:48.439 get done last night. Following that, but um, going forward, 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:50.440 obviously this week, guys have to get back to work 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:53.480 and it's going to be on their mind, you know, 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:55.679 I mean it was already on It's already on guy's 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:59.439 minds when you're hitting. You know, when you when you 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.240 hit guys, you're worried about, you know, breaking your neck. 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.160 You're worried about are you gonna you know, hit this 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.560 guy and not wake up. You're worried about, you know, 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:12.400 getting taken out on the stretcher. Um, call it how 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:14.640 it is. You don't worry about dying on the field, 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.680 You don't. That's not something that crosses your mind. What 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:21.680 happened last night, The potential, um, the reality for that 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:24.440 young man and what he's facing right now tomorrow, that 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:29.080 doesn't cross your mind. Right, injuries cross your mind, yeah, Um, 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.040 life or death does not cross your mind. On the field. 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:38.120 After that's a totally different discussion. And it's just I 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:39.760 don't think guys are They're gonna have to figure it 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:41.720 out there. They really just have to figure it out, 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:43.680 and they're gonna it's gonna they're gonna need each other. 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:45.880 They're gonna need each other, They're gonna need a ton 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:49.400 of support. And this is times like this and when 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:51.640 you just have to come together, man, and really just 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:53.800 look out for each other and check on each other. 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:55.560 I mean, I can't tell you how many text messages 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:59.040 from from former teammates I got last night from guys 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:01.480 just saying, you know, love you, check in on you, 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:04.080 you know, like you're good. Like you can't take it 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:07.120 for granted. Man, you just can't. You can't. And I 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:08.920 mean so in terms of getting back to work, I 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:12.760 don't know, he just figure it out. I mean, I 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:16.560 don't think as a as a locker room, any locker 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.560 room around the league, um, you know, not exclusive to 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:23.320 the one across across the hall. Um. It's it's about 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:27.000 locking arms even more than the arms were already locked. 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:29.960 Because the reality is is the game is going to 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.520 go on. Thankfully last night it did not, but the 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:34.520 game as a whole, as far as the sport is concerned, 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:38.240 the sport is going to continue. And in that breath, 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:40.600 it's about just putting one foot in front of the other. 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:42.640 If you're a player, if you're a coach, just put 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.080 one foot in front of the other um and keep 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:50.200 moving forward while also remembering what happened last night to 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:55.680 hambling Um. But as a league, the only thing the 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.200 league can do is wait for the tests to come 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:01.000 back on hambling Um to see if it was a 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:04.520 pre existing condition or was it an impact or was 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:07.240 it caused by impact, which would be that much more 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.600 terrifying if it's the latter, simply because like you stayed 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.680 at Kyle, it was a routine play. Yeah right, It 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:15.880 wasn't like somebody speared him in the chest with the 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:17.760 top of the crown of their helmet. It's just a 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:21.520 routine tackle. Um. But we've we've covered this game long 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:23.920 enough to know on Isaiah's played this sport at the 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:29.120 highest level, and sometimes there are un diagnosed pre existing conditions. 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.040 We'll see if that's the case. You talk about JJ 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.760 Watt and j J Watt had the harder rhythmia that 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:36.560 he had to go get his heart shot back into rhythm. 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.640 M But you know what if he plays tries to 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:42.480 play through that and he ends up in a hambling situation, 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:45.120 or you know, you look at Damon Clark in the 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:48.880 the previously undiagnosed situation with his his vertebra and his 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.760 final cord that got resolved, you know, at the combine 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.800 because the Cowboys found it. But um, we'll see Tessa 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.800 being run. The last thing we or anyone should do 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:00.720 is try to speculate. But as a league, all you 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:02.640 can do is wait to see what happens. If it 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.160 does turn out that it was not a pre existing condition, 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.720 then you know, you start doing research and like you 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:09.680 did with concussions, and you try to figure out is 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.520 there anything that you can do to to make the 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:16.320 game safer for players? Um, not just they're head, but 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:22.560 now their heart. And it's it's it's terrified because it's 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:26.000 your heart much like it's your brain. And you I 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:30.320 mean these are yeah, I want to Um, I know 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.520 he wouldn't sign off on this, but this is all. 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:34.879 This is a Cowboys platform. And for those that don't know, 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:36.560 I know, Kyl, you know this from a couple of 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:42.240 weeks ago. Jason Hatcher, former Dallas Cowboy, my former teammate, 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:47.320 he lost his son a few weeks ago. His teenage 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:52.040 son prayers to a heart issue that was undiagnosed. His 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:54.760 son had complained about chest pains and things of that nature. 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.840 Um it was undiagnosed, and he in a seven on 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.680 seven tournament had a very similar to what we saw 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:06.280 last night. So for those out there listening, like checking 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:11.920 on the hatch, because I can't imagine how emotional last 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:15.600 night was. Impersonal that was for him right on the 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:20.159 heels of his son passing away from a very similar situation. 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:23.600 So it's just, man, it's a lot going on. It's 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:25.520 a whole heck of a lot. And and and ladies and gentlemen, 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:28.159 and we're talking about a world class athlete in hambling, 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:31.399 much like every single athlete in the NFL is a 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.639 world class athlete. And for this to be able to 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.280 happen to a world class athlete should serve as a 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:42.360 reminder to look after self, make sure that you are 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:47.600 particularly men. I am particularly speaking to men because just 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:49.879 as a gender, we tend to try to match your 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:52.320 things out and try to tough it out. And no, 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:54.000 I don't need to go to the doctor. I feel 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:57.920 find it, stop it. If anything feels even remotely off, 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:00.479 just get it checked out. And I'm not saying that 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:04.200 that's the situation with Hamlin, but I'm saying that if 0:19:04.200 --> 0:19:08.040 you're making New Year resolutions for twenty twenty three, your 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:12.720 your biggest one should be your mental health and your 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:15.760 physical health. Make sure you're in a good spot. And 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:20.080 on top of that, above anything and above everything, love, 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:24.560 allow yourself to be loved. And remember that tomorrow is 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:27.119 in fact not promised. That is a cliche that we 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:30.040 have heard since the day we were born. But you 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.560 should never become nun to that, because we get constant 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:37.800 reminders every day that the moment you have right now 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:40.920 is all you truly have. So be great in this moment. 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.640 Use this moment to be an inspiration, be a blessing 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:51.520 to others, and you know, continue praying for Hamling everyone involved, 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:54.360 and take care of yourselves out there, man, take care 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:57.000 of others too. Hug those around you a little bit tighter, 0:19:57.520 --> 0:20:01.240 because life is fragile, and this is another cruel reminder 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:05.280 of that fact. And our thoughts and prayers are with tomorrow. Hamlin. 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:07.159 We're about to take our first break and kind of 0:20:07.600 --> 0:20:09.440 catch our breath a little bit, and when we come back, 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:11.879 we are going to talk a little Dallas Cowboys. But 0:20:11.920 --> 0:20:13.320 before we do that, I want to give you a 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:17.600 chance kind of like what Isaiah was saying earlier. The 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:19.840 best thing you can do right now is pray. But 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:21.680 if you want to try and help in another way 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:26.560 online right now, there's golfund me pages flying around Twitter. 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:30.200 The golfund me page that I've seen that was started 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:32.600 by Demarrow Hamlin. It was a toy drive for Kelly 0:20:32.600 --> 0:20:37.000 and Nina's daycare center in Pennsylvania. He went, of course, 0:20:37.040 --> 0:20:40.960 to Pittsburgh before playing with the Buffalo Bills. It's called 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:46.760 the Chasing MS Foundation Community Toy Drive. Originally, this toy 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:50.320 drive had a goal of twenty five hundred dollars. Last 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:52.119 time I checked it, which was about an hour and 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:55.320 a half ago, it was at three point five million, 0:20:56.280 --> 0:21:01.480 and so unbelievable what the community has already. And if 0:21:01.480 --> 0:21:03.440 you feel like you want to help, that's one way 0:21:03.440 --> 0:21:04.960 to do it. I wanted to throw that out there 0:21:06.119 --> 0:21:08.359 because over one hundred and thirty or one hundred and 0:21:08.359 --> 0:21:10.800 thirty thousand people have donated already. I'm sure that number 0:21:10.840 --> 0:21:12.440 is even higher than when I checked it in about 0:21:12.520 --> 0:21:16.359 ninety minutes ago. And there's at least a way you 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:18.280 could do it and help out a little bit. But 0:21:18.680 --> 0:21:20.720 I love you guys that are in this room. I 0:21:20.800 --> 0:21:23.040 love all of you that are listening. Check on each 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:26.159 other outside of it. Continue to value life because it 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:29.120 is very, very fragile. You never know when your day 0:21:29.200 --> 0:21:33.240 might come. 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