Bills GM says Damar Hamlin is ‘trending in the correct route’ as he works in the direction of NFL comeback

Buffalo Bills security Damar Hamlin has beforehand expressed his want to play soccer once more. 

He nonetheless faces a protracted highway to restoration after struggling cardiac arrest throughout a Jan. 2 recreation towards the Bengals. 

Bills basic supervisor Brandon Beame informed reporters earlier this week that Hamlin has one other physician’s appointment, however the 24-year-old is “trending in the correct route.”

Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin speaks in entrance of University of Cincinnati Medical Center workers throughout the NFL Honors award present forward of the Super Bowl LVII soccer recreation, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

“We’ll get him by all [medical consultations], after which we’ll ensure all of our medical individuals are listening to all these opinions on every go to and be sure that we’re all on the identical web page of what it could seem like,” Beane mentioned.

Beane additionally famous that Hamlin’s consultations might finish subsequent month, though extra could come up.

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After he was administered CPR for over 9 minutes on the soccer subject, Hamlin was transported to a Cincinnati hospital, the place he stayed for greater than every week.

Buffalo Bills security Damar Hamlin (31) is proven earlier than an NFL soccer recreation towards the Tennessee Titans on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, in Nashville. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

When Hamlin awakened, the very first thing he requested medical doctors was who gained the sport, which had really been postponed and later canceled.

Last month, Hamlin publicly revealed his want to return to the NFL.

“Eventually. That’s all the time the aim, like I mentioned, as a competitor, you already know, I’m attempting to do issues to maintain advancing my scenario,” he mentioned. “But I’m permitting that to be in God’s palms. I’m simply grateful he gave me a second likelihood.”

Buffalo Bills security Damar Hamlin smiles previous to the beginning of the primary half of a preseason NFL soccer recreation, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)

He added that the physician’s main concern stays on him having as regular of a life as attainable.

“It’s a troublesome scenario,” Hamlin mentioned. “They can’t actually inform as a result of it’s like — it’s an up-to-me factor I assume, or, you already know, it’s simply — it’s a protracted highway. They’re simply frightened about attempting to get me again to regular as a lot as they will.”

If Hamlin does return to the gridiron in 2023, he would probably function a depth security for the Bills behind starters, Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde.