FRISCO – The return text message said what everybody is feeling: Love. That was Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin’s text message to Cowboys running back Qadree...
, spoke about Hamlin and the dangers of playing football. As Hamlin’s health improved, the league felt more and more comfortable with playing games. Hamlin talked to his teammates last week after a breathing tube was removed.
One of the first things Hamlin expressed during his recovery was him writing, “Did we win?” on a clipboard. Players and coaches across the league wore T-shirts with his No. 3 jersey number on the front in support of his recovery. “That’s the power of prayer,” Ollison said. “The power of God and now everybody is happy he’s okay, and we can move on from this and learn from it and move forward.”
Ollison said the first communication he had with Hamlin was the returned text responding to the text message Ollison sent the day after the injury occurred and then the phone call. It was something that showed Ollison everything is getting close to normal. “He texted me back, he just said ‘love,’ ” Ollison said. “I talked to him a couple of days ago. He’s himself. We talk like we been talking, just friends talking about life. He’s good.”
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