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‘You see the good in people’: Fans embrace creative ways to support Damar Hamlin as Bills host Patriots

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Within 30 minutes, the 10-foot-wide card was canvassed.

Hand-scribbled messages of prayer, love, healing and support for Damar Hamlin overflowed.

Buffalo Bills fans wrote many. New England Patriots fans in town to watch their team’s road game wrote still more.

“A testament to everyone coming together as a person,” sign creator Ryan Maguson, 31, said. “It’s larger than football. You just see the good in people come out.”

On Sunday before the Bills kicked off their final regular-season game of the season, Damar Hamlin fans were out.