The 30-yard line at Highmark Stadium in Buffalo bears a stylized quantity 3 in assist of Buffalo Bills security Damar Hamlin, who stays hospitalized after struggling a cardiac arrest and collapsing throughout a recreation Monday night time.

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The 30-yard line at Highmark Stadium in Buffalo bears a stylized quantity 3 in assist of Buffalo Bills security Damar Hamlin, who stays hospitalized after struggling a cardiac arrest and collapsing throughout a recreation Monday night time.

John Minchillo/AP

The NFL is coming into its ultimate, game-packed Sunday of the common season lower than per week after a stunning on-field damage jolted gamers and followers and prompted a flood of nicely needs from throughout the nation.

Buffalo Bills security Damar Hamlin stays hospitalized after collapsing during a Monday night match-up in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Hamlin, who suffered a cardiac arrest following a deal with, “is making continued progress” however continues to be in vital situation, the team said Saturday.

Players and coaches from all 32 NFL groups had vowed to put on “Love for Damar 3” t-shirts throughout pregame warmups over the weekend, commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement on Saturday.

“Seeing the entire NFL family – teams, players, coaches, and fans like you – band together was yet another reminder that football is family: human, loving and resilient,” Goodell added.

The Buffalo Bills, who had been scheduled to face the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon of their first recreation since Hamlin’s collapse, posted a video tribute to Hamlin on social media and wrote in a separate post: “Today is for 3.”

It wasn’t simply Hamlin’s personal crew that paid tribute to the injured security.

The Jacksonville Jaguars and the Tennessee Titans took a knee as a group earlier than their recreation Saturday. Players from several teams throughout the league wore Hamlin’s No. 3 jersey earlier than their respective match-ups as a present of assist. Even ESPN journalists turned their microphone flags upside down throughout broadcasts to make their ‘E’ emblem seem like a ‘3.’

Hamlin took to social media Saturday in his first public assertion since his collapse to thank supporters for his or her phrases and gestures of encouragement.

“Putting love into the world comes back 3xs as much… thankful for everyone who has reached out and prayed,” he mentioned. “This will make me stronger on the road to recovery, keep praying for me!”

Still, regardless of Hamlin’s restoration to date, the incident has served as a reminder to gamers of the bodily dangers concerned within the sport.

“You put all this work in for months to try to go out there and play your best football,” Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said ahead of his team’s game on Saturday. “But when you get on that field, I’m sure it’ll be a little bit of a weird feeling because it was such a scary incident. That was terrifying.”

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence said he and his teammates had been blessed to have the ability to play skilled soccer, however that Hamlin’s damage was a reminder that “this game is a dangerous sport.”

Howard Bryant, a sports activities commentator with Meadowlark Media, told NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday that accidents akin to Hamlin’s will at all times be part of soccer because it’s at the moment performed.

“What’s the line about football? It’s the one sport with a 100% guaranteed injury rate. The goal in football is to hurt people,” Bryant mentioned. “So when you see something like this, there’s no way out.”