ESPN told viewers that players were given five minutes to warm up after Hamlin was taken off the field. The N.F.L. denied that. On Sunday, Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the question.
After Damar Hamlin was injured in a game on Jan. 2, Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals, center, warmed up briefly before the game was suspended.Credit...Sam Greene/USA Today Sports, via ReutersNearly a week after Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest during a Jan. 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Commissioner Roger Goodell for the first time addressed one of the lingering questions about how the N.F.L. handled the crisis: why players were told to prepare to restart the…
