Bengals Zac Taylor details conversation
Bengals coach Wednesday for the first time since Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during the Cincinnati vs. Buffalo game on Monday night.Taylor provided some insight into what transpired after Hamlin was resuscitated on the field and taken by ambulance to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Alex Stalock Women Jersey .Taylor explained that the coaches, officials and players on the field had to proce s what had happened in the aftermath of Hamlin's exit. He gave each party involved credit for handling the situation properly and was particularly complimentary of the leadership shown on his counterpart's sideline."I really felt Sean McDermott led that moment for his players," Taylor told reporters. "He was Matt Cullen Kids Jersey there for his players. He proce sed the right way, which is incredibly difficult, and really helped us get to the solution that we needed to get to."That solution, of course, was to suspend the "Monday Night Football" game between the two teams.MORE:Taylor said that he preferred to keep most of his dealings with McDermott "private" but wanted to Ryan Suter Jersey highlight the first thing the veteran coach said to him when he went overto the Bills' sideline following Hamlin's collapseWhen I got over there, the first thing he said was, 'I need to be at the hospital with Damar. I shouldn't be coaching this game.'Taylor said that McDermott's response "provided all the clarity" that all parties needed to suspend the game."In that moment, he really showed who he was," Taylor said of McDermott. "All his focus was just on Damar and being there for him, being there for his family at the hospital. At that point, I think Charlie Coyle Women Jersey everything trended in the direction it needed to trend, and the right decisions were made there."There had initially been uncertainty after the ambulance left the field about whether the two teams would play once again. The ESPN broadcast announced that the two teams had been told they would before play resumed,but after seeing some players start warming up, the two teams exited the field.Taylor said, however, that there was no directive to play from the NFL or the officials. All parties involved were just figuring out how to proceed."Until that ambulance drove away, that was probably the first moment where anybody even thought about why Ryan Hartman Women Jersey we were on the field in the first place," he said. "I think everyone just needed a few moments to proce s; separate; proce s.And then ultimately, the officials did a great job of just allowing us to do that."
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