Tears broke out on the field during a Buffalo Bills security Asphalt Hamlin Had to undergo CPR during Monday night’s game – the NFL has since implemented a lot of mental health resources throughout the league.
t higgins He was the last person on the Cincinnati Bengals to have contact with Hamlin before he went into cardiac arrest. As thoughts and prayers reached Hamlin, many tried to remind the Bengals’ receiver that he was not to blame for what happened.
One of those many was Higgins’ teammate, fellow receiver Tyler Boyd,
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Tyler Boyd #83 and Tye Higgins #85 of the Cincinnati Bengals look on prior to a game against the Cleveland Browns at First Energy Stadium on October 31, 2022 in Cleveland.
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Higgins received “derogatory” criticismThat’s why he wanted to make sure his partner was doing OK, Boyd told reporters Thursday.
Boyd said, “T had a good head on his shoulders, and he didn’t take it too bad, but I just hung on because I know how much he felt after the game.” “There was a lot of stuff on Twitter and social media, but I know it’s not his fault. The politics with all that and what he’s saying is wrong for him. It’s very disrespectful, I think, because T’s a human being too. It could have turned. It could have T. At the end of the day it’s football. I felt for him.”
Boyd said he saw “everyone talking shit,” but he knew how hurt Higgins was, considering both receivers’ relationship with Hamlin prior to Monday.
Buffalo Bills safety Asphalt Hamlin warms up before a game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.
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Boyd said, “People don’t really know the relationship that he was building with her. I brought her to my camp with De Hamelin, they became friends, and they probably knew each other before that because They were playing against each other.” , adding that the relationship between the three players was “always genuine”.
Boyd said that there was friendly trash talk on Hamlin’s part for both Boyd and Higgins, and Boyd and Hamlin even planned to swap jerseys after the game.
Boyd says Higgins, like everyone else, was happy to hear about the positive revelations in the Hamlin situation.
“He’s doing well now that Hamlin is fine, so that’s the biggest thing,” Boyd said.
Buffalo Bills safety Asphalt Hamlin warms up before the game against the Cincinnati Bengals on January 2, 2023 at Pecor Stadium in Cincinnati.
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Hamlin is awake, answered doctors orders and communicated with them via letters written from the doctors who won Monday night’s game.