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There’s no need to overanalyze it—Damar Hamlin’s return to the game field Saturday was the best story of the weekend. It’s been a little more than eight months since the scariest moment most of us have seen on a football field played out in front of the nation. So that Hamlin was out there, on the field, in any capacity, is incredible.
For the record, he finished with 22 snaps played on defense, another four on special teams, and was in on three tackles, including one to stone the Colts’ offense on a fourth-and-1 in the first quarter. But obviously, just the fact that he was out there was the story.
