It was a very strange back to work day for the National Football League. Just 48 hours ago from the time of this posting, the league and the nation was in a state of shock after seeing Damar Hamlin being tended to by first responders after collapsing on the field in the first quarter of the Monday night game between his Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals. After tackling Tee Higgins, Hamlin went into cardiac arrest. It took nearly 45 minutes for medical personnel to get him stable enough to be taken by ambulance to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he remains in critical condition at the intensive care unit.
A pall as playoffs loom
