Sean McDermott fights back tears while talking about Damar Hamlin’s miraculous recovery
Sean McDermott and Josh Allen addressed the media ahead of their game against the Patriots.
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Sean McDermott showed great strength and leadership after what happened to Damar Hamlin during their game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday. The Bills head coach told Zac Taylor he won’t continue to coach that game as he wanted to be with Hamlin’s family at the hospital during this rough time.
The game was postponed and eventually canceled by the National Football League. Regardless, the Bengals will be facing the Baltimore Ravens and the Bills will be going against the New England Patriots in week 18. Ahead of their game, McDermott and Bills QB Josh Allen addressed the media after going through some rough days. In the press conference, the HC got emotional as he started to talk about the miraculous recovery of Hamlin.
He started the press conference by thanking the first responders for acting quickly and saving the life of Damar and he also thanked the entire Bengals organization for handling the situation in the way they did. Allen, on his part, applauded his coach Sean McDermott for leading his team through the unprecedented incident.
“He (Sean McDermott) was the perfect man to handle that type of situation,” the quarterback said. “Being on the field, you hurt for your brother … Coach handled it as perfect as anybody could. … I don’t typically like using emotion to answer questions, but the scene just replays over and over in your head. It’s hard to actually describe how I felt, how my teammates felt, in that moment. It’s something we’ll never forget,” said Allen about how the coach handled the whole situation.
Bills HC Sean McDermott got emotional talking about Damar Hamlin
Sean McDermott got emotional while addressing the media after the news of Damar Hamlin‘s recovery. The Bills head coach told the media that the amount of faith, hope, and love that he saw on display the last three days have been nothing short of amazing.
McDermott was fighting back tears while talking about donations that poured in for Hamlin’s toy drive charity. “It’s amazing to know the impact that this has had on so many people and for now Damar to be awake and his mom to be able to share that with him is – it’s incredible,” said McDermott while fighting back tears.
McDermott also revealed that Damar’s father Mario Hamlin has talked to the team and advised the team to focus on the goals they have set for themselves. “Damar’s father spoke to the team… his message was ‘the team needs to get back to focusing on the goals they set for themselves. Damar would have wanted it that way.'” said McDermott.
Sean McDermott and the Bills have a tough final week coming up as they prepare to face Bill Belichick and a tough New England Patriots, who will be fighting hard to earn the right to play in the wildcard weekend.
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