Joe Burrow On Consoling Bills QB Josh Allen: 'We Tried To Do All We Could'

The Comeback Player of the Year spoke to the media on Wednesday.

CINCINNATI — Leaders on offense and defense stepped to the podium on Wednesday evening—as quarterback Joe Burrow and defensive tackle DJ Reader discussed the Damar Hamlin medical situation.

On top of his support for Hamlin and the family—Burrow described why he went up to hug Josh Allen in a moment of need.

"We tried to do all we could, you know, we went over there and saw him and tried to give as much support as you can in a situation like that, " Burrow said. "Nobody wanted to continue to play the game in a situation like that.

"I know how everybody would be feeling in our locker room if it was one of our guys. And I know how we were feeling when it was one of their guys. So it was a scary emotional night."

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The Bills' safety tackled Tee Higgins in the first quarter of Monday night's game, and then Hamlin immediately collapsed after getting up from the play.

Paramedics administered CPR and an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on the field for nearly 10 minutes before transporting him to University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Once the ambulance left, it was "chaos" on the field at Paycor Stadium.

"We didn't really know what was going on," Burrow said. "People were saying that we were going to we're going to play again. There was a lot of stuff going around. You know there was like I said, it was just a lot of chaos, a lot of emotions, a lot of people saying a lot of different things. We didn't really know what was going on at that point."

Burrow lauded his head coach for how he handled the whole night.

"I was proud in that moment to be playing for a guy like Zac [Taylor]. He handled it as good as you can in that position. As well as the medical professionals, the doctors and trainers from both sides. It was a pretty immediate reaction to what was going on and I was proud of of all the people involved in the situation to get out there and to do their jobs to try to save him."

The MVP candidate closed his media session with a poignant answer on the next-man-up mentality shared by his brethren.

"It's definitely gonna change after this," Burrow said about players discussing the danger of the game. "You mentioned it maybe every now and then. But it's not anything. You never mentioned it in a serious sense. You have these thoughts. And you know, it could happen but, you know, you've never seen it happen, and it's never happened to you. And now I think everyone's taking a step back, and understanding really the kind of game that we play, how dangerous it is, and how it really could have been any one of us in that situation."

After his injury, Fans immediately found a GoFundMe toy drive fundraiser that Hamlin started in 2020. The original goal was $2,500—as of this writing—the total had surpassed $6 million in donations.

Click here to support Hamlin's foundation.

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