As the Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin condition improves from his January 2 on-field cardiac arrest, Monday Night Football amassed one of its largest viewership ever this week. The primetime Week 17 m…
was the 21.8 million who tuned into ESPN alone on October 5, 2009 as Brett Favre and Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers 30-23 in what is widely assessed as a legendary game.
With the Bengals leading 7-3, play ceased as Hamlin was tended to by medical staff from the Bills and local paramedics with CPR and an IV, among other methods. Again on live TV, Hamlin was eventually transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital.With a ripple effect across the entire league as this season moves towards the playoffs and February 13’s Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, the game has not been rescheduled yet.
Though doctors reported Thursday that Hamlin is alert and communicating via writing, the Pennsylvania native remains hospitalized and on a a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
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