1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up Straight 2 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: Fire Fami Jason McIntyre Straight Fire. This will be published 3 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: on Tuesday, January three. We are recording this right after 4 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: the Bengals Bills Monday night football game was called due 5 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,599 Speaker 1: to a oh man a bad, bad injury suffered by 6 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's safety damaraw Hamlin. Obviously I have a somber tone, 7 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: you know, I try to with this podcast. I want everybody, 8 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: you know you listen to it first thing in the morning. 9 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: I got the excitement. I'm an energy guy. We're talking sports, 10 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: we're talking gambling. Yeah, it's just it feels if it 11 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: doesn't feel right. Um. I even wavered on whether or 12 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: not we should do this podcast. I was talking to 13 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: Rob producer Legend, who's been doing this a lot longer 14 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: the producing side than I've been doing podcasts, and I 15 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: don't know. After the injury happened, I was like, oh, well, 16 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: this is not good. And then it keeps kept getting 17 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: worse and worse. Technically, I was making a food run 18 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: picking up food, and I started I got a couple 19 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: of texts from my mom who was like, geez, players 20 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: are crying and you know, I'm like, oh, you guys 21 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: probably got an injury. And then I look on and 22 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: on my phone and you see Damar Hamlin, the young kid, 23 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: twenty four years old, you know, get hit by T Higgins. 24 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: Te Higgins looked like he kind of lowered his shoulder 25 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: after a reception and uh, Hamlin tries to make the 26 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: tackle and it's a hard hit, you know, but not 27 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: like a head next shot. And then Hamlin gets up 28 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: and then you could see he's staggering, and then he 29 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: just collapses. And at that point you see everybody Buffalo Bills, 30 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals, doctors, trainers signaling like, yo, you know, we 31 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: we gotta spring and action. This is very bad. And 32 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: it was just it was unclear how bad it was, 33 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: to the point that the NFL kind of dragged their 34 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: feet a little bit in deciding should we suspend the game? 35 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: Do we continue? Listen? Uh, A lot is still to 36 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: be decided. And again we're recording this in the aftermath 37 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: of the injury. As of this moment, all we know 38 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: is that Damar Hamlin needed CPR for about nine minutes 39 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: on the field. Um. Yeah, if you guys know anything 40 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: about the medical profession, that's very bad. Now. There was 41 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: a story a couple of years ago, um a two 42 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: thousand twenty one, a soccer player for Denmark who suffered 43 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: cardiac arrest on the field and they needed the defibrillator 44 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: and he was able to survive, and now he's playing soccer. 45 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: He was an the World Cup. It's a great heroic 46 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: comeback story for that Denmark soccer player whose name escapes 47 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: me at this moment. But Um, you know, Hamlin needed 48 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: the d FIB and they were doing chess compressions for 49 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: like nine minutes. Obviously, I start texting my doctor friends 50 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: and you know they're trying to figure out what the 51 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: heck is going on. I mean, this is scary. You know, 52 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: by all accounts, his heart stopped and you know they're 53 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 1: doing chess compressions for nine minutes hoping they could get 54 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: the blood pumping back to his brain to make sure 55 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: it works. And the last report right before we recorded 56 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: this was UM Hamlin was being intubated at hospital, critical condition. Obviously, 57 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: prayers up for him and his family by all accounts. 58 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: Reading everything about Hamlin man what a guy, super nice guy. 59 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: Had done fundraisers for UM kids in need of toys 60 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: that had raised some money, and of course a lot 61 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: of people donated right after this big in public. Um, 62 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: this is like a two year old fundraiser, and tons 63 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: of people were donating, and uh, you know there's videos 64 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: of him hugging his mom before games and saying what's 65 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: up to his dad? Apparently awesome high school player, you know, 66 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: defensive player of the year All State goes to Pitt, 67 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: standout career, goes goes to the NFL, drafted by the 68 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: Bill one in the sixth round. I mean, we're talking 69 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: about a twenty four year old kid who his heart 70 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: stopped on the football field. And again, I don't know 71 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: what to believe when it comes to why the NFL 72 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: nearly restarted the game, But you know ESPN cameras were 73 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: essentially showing McDermott crying Josh Josh Allen, like covering his face, 74 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: like people were rattled big time. I mean Stefon digs 75 00:04:54,680 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: tears in his eyes and the game was just the Again, 76 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 1: I'm not we don't know who made this call, but 77 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: apparently they were making efforts to get the game started. Now, 78 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: again that's unconfirmed. Maybe Rob knows exactly where that came from. 79 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: I know everybody loves to just pile on the NFL 80 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: and say, oh, well, Roger wanted to get the playing 81 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: for money and commercials. And I don't know, guys, I'm 82 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: not I'm not that negative to think that that's what 83 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: was going on or people were thinking of that as 84 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: they were doing chess compressions on tomorrow, Hamlin for nine 85 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: minutes on a football field, Like I just don't, you know, 86 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,559 Speaker 1: in in in my life, I don't think of people 87 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: that negative that they're watching this kid. Oh yeah, okay, Well, 88 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: as soon as he's back up and carted off an 89 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: ambulance out of here, we'll get the game started. Um. 90 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: I mean the ambulance didn't leave the stadium for thirty 91 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: minutes after Hamlin went down. According to the timeline, he 92 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: went down at you know, the ambulance came and left 93 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: the stadium at now. Apparently he was in the ambulance 94 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: a little before that. They were waiting for his mom 95 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: to get to the ambulance and all that. Then they 96 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: postponed the game finally at ten o kind know, one 97 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: pm Eastern times, so an hour and six minutes after 98 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: the injury. Um. Again, as we record this late Monday night, 99 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: we don't know when the game will take place again. Obviously, 100 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: the NFL is you know, gonna hopefully get great word 101 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: about Damar Hamlin bouncing back from this and being okay 102 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: and and this could be, you know, a positive story 103 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: heading into the weekend, you know, final weekend of the season. 104 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: You you want the player, he's okay, he's we're all 105 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,239 Speaker 1: rooting for him. And this is just a tough, tough 106 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: way to start two thousand twenty three for his family, 107 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: his friends. I mean, the Buffalo Bills, the NFL, Like, 108 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: this is tough. I honestly, guys. You know when rob 109 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 1: was like, oh, yeah, we can do, we could do 110 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: we could do a podcast on this. This is important. 111 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: You know, there's stuff we've got to get out there. UM, 112 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, Robert, it's just a tough one for 113 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: me to talk about. UM. I don't mind over sharing, 114 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: but this kind of thing just it bothers me to 115 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: the point that, you know, when the ambulance left the stadium, 116 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: I didn't want to watch the coverage on TV. You know, 117 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: I was like, all right, well, let's get back to 118 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: um let's get something positive here, Let's get can we 119 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: get some Cobra kai going? Um I just I need 120 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: to take my mind off of what was happening. It's 121 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: just super sad. I don't you know, I don't need that. 122 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: It's just super depressing watching players crying and praying for 123 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: a guy like it's just unbelievable. So um, I don't know. 124 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: We no word on when the game's gonna take place. 125 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: Will it be played Tuesday, Wednesday? I don't know how 126 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: this impacts. I mean, the game has a lot of 127 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: impact on obviously the playoff race and playoff seatings, and 128 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: there's a lot at stake in the game, but the 129 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:54,119 Speaker 1: games secondary until we find out if Hamblin's okay. So Rob, 130 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: I don't know. Did you actually watch it unfold? I 131 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: was not at the television one and down. Kind kind 132 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: of probably a good thing that I didn't see that. 133 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: He actually, yeah, it's a similar situation to you. I 134 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: have family who's visiting from out of state, and I 135 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: knew the game was on, and obviously this is a 136 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: huge game Buffalo and Cincinnati. I only for the playoff implications, 137 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: but just because these are two teams that you like 138 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: to see play. So um, our Get Together was right 139 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: around the same time I knew it missed at least 140 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: the first quarter and a half, maybe the half of 141 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: the game. So I recorded the game and my plan 142 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: was to when I left go home speak through the 143 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: commercials and catch up. And my phone is just buzzing 144 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: and buzzing and buzzing, and it's like, you know, I'm 145 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: not that popular, Like what the heck is going on? 146 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: And I see what it's about, and I go to 147 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: social media and I watched the clip, and to your point, 148 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: it didn't look that bad. It didn't. It didn't look 149 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: like anything. I mean, we've we've seen much more violent 150 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: collisions just this past weekend, you know, and when something 151 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: like that happened and it's not the instant correct type 152 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: of collision, that's when you get even more worried because 153 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: you're like, okay, this is not you know, just the 154 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 1: concussion in the air quotes you know, you don't, you don't. 155 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: We don't want to make light of anything like that. 156 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: But it's not just a guy getting a stinger. It's 157 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: not just a you know, broken clavical or something like that. 158 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 1: Like he took what seemed to be a normal professional 159 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,599 Speaker 1: football hit, got right up afterwards, and then collapsed for 160 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: ever again. And so it was really scary for you know, 161 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: even just watching the replay, and I wasn't watching a 162 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: live thank god, I would have been really shooking up 163 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,559 Speaker 1: about it. I was just watching a four minute video 164 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: clip that was on Twitter. And I know this is 165 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: harder for a lot of people to understand because most 166 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: of the listeners that listen to this podcast or any 167 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: consume any kind of sports media, probably never played beyond 168 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: high school. You know, a very very miniscu will play 169 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: in college. And I'm almost positive about zero of our listeners, say, 170 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: for the ones that you and I know on a 171 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: personal level, played in professional sports, so they can't fully 172 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: comprehend what it's like and what's going through your mind 173 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 1: as a player when something like this happens. And I 174 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: was texting with you before we were recorded, and obviously 175 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: this is no we're close to what happened to Hamlin 176 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: and what happened in last night, in the game earlier tonight. Um, 177 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: But when I was in high school, my brother was 178 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: a senior. I was a freshman, and I used to 179 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: go to all his games he was varsity whatever, and 180 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: I remember going to one of their last games of 181 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: the season. Player gets hit in his lower leg, and 182 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: he broke it right, Bricks's leg um. At that time, 183 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: you know, growing up, this was what twenty years ago, 184 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: I guess now, And you were taught, hey, if you 185 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: can get off the field, get off the field in 186 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: your own don't stay down. That's not what grown men do, 187 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: you know, even the warn't high school, you know, get 188 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: up and get to the sideline. So this young kid 189 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: gets up, tries to put weight on his leg, and 190 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: his legs snaps like a toothpick. So there's video and 191 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: we we had a still shot of it at the time, 192 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: but his leg looked like an s. It was a 193 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: compound fracture. They stopped the game, they had the ambulance 194 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: out there, they air cast, they do all these different things. 195 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: And now this is a local high school game. No, 196 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: nobody's playing in colleagues. Are all kids, right, And even 197 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: then the players on the field were so shook up 198 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: by what they saw. You don't see a bone stick 199 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: out of a leg very often in sports, right, that 200 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: they had no choice but to call the game. Yeah, 201 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: and that's like it's like remember Gordon Hayward Exactly, it 202 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 1: was similar to that, exactly like that, And and then 203 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: those guys are professionals, and you know that this is 204 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 1: this is the equivalent of what I think our listeners 205 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: could comprehend because they might know somebody who have been 206 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: in a Pop warner they or something like that. And 207 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 1: so that's racing through my eyes. I'm watching this video 208 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: and the fact that the clocks ticking and there's no 209 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: immediate decision about whether or not they're going to postpone 210 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: the game was shameful to me. And Joe Buck said 211 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: it during the broadcast. I think he was being interviewed, 212 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: um are not interview but going back and forth with 213 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 1: the studio during the broadcast while this was going on. 214 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,199 Speaker 1: And he's the one who actually said that the referees 215 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: came and let them know that we're going to resume 216 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: playing about five minutes, so get your team ready. And 217 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: credit to Zach Taylor, where as soon as he was 218 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: told that made a bee line directly to the Bill 219 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: Sideline spoke to McDermott. They had a little power out 220 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: and it was them who decided to walk off the fat. 221 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: I would just hope Rob that he had no idea 222 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: the severity of the situation the referees. Maybe you know, listen, 223 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: you've seen a lot of guys go down medical treatment 224 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: and the referees they don't stand in the vicinity. I 225 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: would just hope that that wasn't word from above. Let's 226 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 1: get this started, come on, let's get the show on 227 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 1: the road. I would hope that that's not on that level. 228 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: By the way, as you were just speaking, um, a 229 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: friend of tomorrow Hamlin's and his marketing rep is now 230 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: saying his vitals are back to normal and they have 231 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: put him to sleep with a breathing tube down his throat. 232 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: They are currently running tests, but vitals back to normal, 233 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: obviously a positive sign. Now, one of my doctor friends 234 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 1: had texted me that it was very likely, and again 235 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 1: they these are just doctors who are talking, nobody connected 236 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: to the stadium or Cincinnati or anything. Comotio cordis which 237 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: is a disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a 238 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: result of a blow to the area directly over the 239 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: heart at a critical time during the cycle of a heartbeat, 240 00:13:54,200 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: which sounds just unlucky as hell that during a heartbeat 241 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: hit the collision with te Higgins, And again you can 242 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: see where the collision is. It doesn't look like a 243 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: head injury to me. It looks like something in the 244 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: heart area, and man, well, Jason, I wanted to ask 245 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: it because now, obviously I agree with you. I don't 246 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: think the referees you know, fully understood the situation because 247 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: I think the more I think about it, the way 248 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: you described it as they've seen guys stretchered off before, 249 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: they've seen this kind of things. Now, the CPR aspect 250 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: of it may change that a little bit, but I 251 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: could give them the benefit of the doubt by them saying, 252 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: this is football. Guys get hurt, guys get taken off. 253 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: It happens, Let's keep the game going. My my only 254 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: response to that would be if Roger Goodell can hold 255 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: a draft NFL Draft telecast from his basement, you don't 256 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: think he can jump on a call, or jump on 257 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: his zoom or do something inside of a forty five 258 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: minute window and say, you know what, guys, I'm watching 259 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: the broadcast. Maybe you don't all see what's going on, 260 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: but this is not this is not acceptable to even 261 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: consider going back out there. Surely he would able, he 262 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: would be able to have a line in like a 263 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: thirty minute span. I would say sooner than that, right 264 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: with the powers that be at the stadium, Hey guys, 265 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: let's let's call this. You know, um it's the other thing. 266 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: And again I'm not making this about football, but I 267 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: was glad tonight. I have not seen anything about um gambling, 268 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: will your bets be refunded? Nothing about fantasy football what happens. 269 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm in one of those games, and like 270 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: this had it had been like at least two hours 271 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: after the hit that I for the first time was 272 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: like snapping out of that funk and being like, oh, well, 273 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: what are they going to continue the game? And none 274 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: of that. I didn't even think about them playing the game. 275 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 1: You know, well, you know, I don't. You have to 276 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: finish it at some point, I just don't know when. 277 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: And then people will get into well, it's such a 278 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: disservice to both these teams who are fighting for the 279 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: number one seed, and then you kind of get off 280 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: the topic, you know, like they're gonna have a short 281 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: week with the Sunday game coming up. If they finished 282 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: it Wednesday, is that is that? And then not safe? 283 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: Do they then push that to Monday? And then on 284 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: him gets a short week in the playoffs, Like, listen, 285 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: this is a significant injury to a football player, and 286 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: you know. I don't want to say his life was 287 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: on the line, but sure sex seems like it might 288 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: have been close. While we still don't know. I mean, 289 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: I know that we got good news as we're recording 290 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: this that he's being intubated, that his vitals are back 291 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: to normal, But the fact that he is being intubated 292 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: means it's still very serious, you know, And I'm speaking 293 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: from my own experience. You know, we've talked about it earlier, 294 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: um last spring, when my dad passed away, he was 295 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: intbated and they took him off it. They said, hey, 296 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: he's out of ic U. He's gonna be fine, or 297 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: with his excuse me, his vitals are back to normal. 298 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna put him in a regular room. We think 299 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: he's he's okay enough for that thirty six hours he 300 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: passed away. Now, I'm obviously hoping and praying this doesn't 301 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: happen to DeMar, but we don't know, and it would 302 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: be irresponsible to assume that this is what's going on, 303 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 1: that he's going to pull out of it. And that's why, 304 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 1: as insensitive as it might sound, two look ahead to 305 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: the football aspect of this, because I'm sure by the 306 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: time people listen to this podcast. They're probably is going 307 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: to be more news that comes out and people are 308 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: gonna start looking ahead. Two, the practical side of things, 309 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 1: I guess and I believe as of right now, both 310 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: Buffalo and Cincinnati have a chance to get the top 311 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 1: overall seat in they have. And there's and and again 312 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 1: the problem, well rob the problem with recording this. You know, 313 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: while things are still happening. You know, there's a bunch 314 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: of Buffalo reporters saying that the Bills are lying home, 315 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: They're not staying in Cincinnati. So maybe the game they 316 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: just don't play it. I don't know. I don't know 317 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: what happens. I don't Yeah, maybe you do that. I 318 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,679 Speaker 1: just don't know how you can play without knowing this 319 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: guy's status. You just can't do that. And that could 320 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 1: you know what? That could take a day or two 321 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,199 Speaker 1: or three. I don't know. Well, I mean, look at 322 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: it this again that we're being full disclosure. We even 323 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: we know what it sounds like to talk about football 324 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: at a time like this. We are fully aware of it. 325 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 1: But if you look ahead to Week eight, team Cincinnati 326 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: has scheduled to play on Saturday. Oh okay, um, that 327 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: obviously can happen whether they decide to play this game 328 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: on Tuesday or when or wherever. They obviously can't do that. 329 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: That game's got to be moved. If if the game 330 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: gets pushed off, because I'm assuming we're not gonna have 331 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: a resolution on Damar Hamlet's injury in the next twenty 332 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: four hours, I would be shocked if there's any kind 333 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 1: of definitive answer as to what his health is, you 334 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: know that quickly, so they you know, what they played 335 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: on on Wednesday, and then they play the next games 336 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: on Sunday, or they push it off till Monday, but 337 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: then they got to play in a wild card weekend 338 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 1: the following week. And then let's say he does pull 339 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: through and that all of our prayers are answered, you're 340 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 1: gonna have this. Unfortunately, you're gonna have a group of 341 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 1: fans from either fan base to pick whatever one that's 342 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: As we get deeper into the playoffs, there's gonna say, well, 343 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: our guys got the short end of the stick because 344 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: they had to play three games in twelve days or 345 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 1: something like that, and it's it's it's terrible to think about, 346 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: but you know that's what's going to happen. Like that's 347 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 1: just that's unfortunate the reality that we live in as 348 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: it relates to sports and fandom, particularly in in the NFL. 349 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: So for anybody tuning in wondering where the take is 350 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: on Donovan Mitchell seventy one points and he did score 351 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: seventy one points against the Bulls, we'll just say that 352 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: for another day, or you know, Lebron having a big game, 353 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: Lakers win. You know, it's just it just doesn't seem 354 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 1: really relevant right now. Trust me, I have a lot 355 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: of takes in the chamber regarding NFL playoffs scenarios, Packers, Chargers, 356 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: I have some Jets things that want to play out, 357 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: but none of that seems right. So we're just gonna 358 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: um call it a pod and uh, you know, hope 359 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: the more Hamblin pulls through and we've got good news 360 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: report on tomorrow's podcast. So that'll be it for today. 361 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: Talk to you tomorrow.