Two days removed from watching a peer in Damar Hamlin be critically injured in Cincinnati, the Seattle Seahawks returned to work to try to prepare for a football game of their own this Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams. FOX13
returned to work to try to prepare for a football game of their own this Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams.
The Seahawks had one of their team doctors, Dr. Jonathan Drezner, speak with the team in meetings Wednesday morning about the NFL's procedures for such injuries and to be available to players that had any questions about the medical response on hand for games. "So we practice this here at this facility every year before the season starts. We practice at the stadium with all emergency personnel there. We have our paramedic team there. We have our emergency room physicians and our airway management physicians who are there to help us and assist in case of an emergency. So we're all practicing and communicating what might happen if we need to do this in real time.
"I got a wake-up call last year, so for me, I never take it for granted. My injury wasn’t nearly as bad as his was, and that woke me up and made me understand," Diggs said. "… I left the house last year with two legs and came back with one. It just kind of changes things, so when you see stuff like that, it definitely makes you think about it differently.
"We knew the risks," Diggs said. "For me, I can only speak on myself, I can’t speak about other guys, but for me, I dreamed of this moment since I was a little kid, and I knew what I wanted to do. Football doesn’t define me by any means, but it’s something that I always wanted to do from watching my brother growing up. I wanted to follow in his footsteps. So for me, it’s definitely worth it.
"For me, it’s worth it," Diggs said. "Everything has its consequences. You can say that if I wasn’t playing football, I could have broken my leg in a car wreck or whatever it is. For me, it’s definitely worth it and I love this game, but this game doesn’t define who I am as a person."Wide receiver Tyler Lockett did not practice with the Seahawks on Wednesday as he is still sore from a bruise sustained in Sunday's game against the New York Jets.
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