NFL teams return to play Saturday for the first time since Bills safety Damar Hamlin's collapse. Players share their thoughts on how they believe player safety will change. 'You never really imagine one hit could possibly take your life away.'
It’s tough. It’s uncharted territory. I’ve never been standing up here and talking about a player who’s really fighting for his life right now in a hospital bed. I never had to do that. So it’s tough to think about that and have to go out there and do what we do. It’s something we all understand, especially now, that it comes with the territory. You pray for protection over yourself as you go out there, you play the game the right way and you just, sometimes, it’s bad luck.
It made me look at it completely different and understand that it’s important to tell your family members and everybody that you love them. And the guys here, going back to the emotional piece, being able to tell the guys here that I love them and that I appreciate them and who they are and how they come to work. But outside of being football players, just who they are as humans, understanding that I’ll show my love and my gratitude to other guys.
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