Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor said it was clear they couldn’t continue Monday night’s game against the Bills — after Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest emergency — when Taylor crossed the field to speak with Buffalo coach Sean McDermott.
“When I got over there, the first thing [McDermott] said was, ‘I need to be at the hospital with Damar, and I shouldn’t be coaching this game,’ ” Taylor said at a Wednesday press conference. “That to me provides all the clarity. In that moment, he really showed who he was, that all his focus was just on Damar and being there for him, being there for his family at the hospital. And at that point, everything trended in the direction it needed to trend.”
Midday Wednesday, the Bills updated that Hamlin, while still in critical condition, has shown “signs of improvement” in the intensive care unit at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
