As Damar Hamlin continues to be treated in a Cincinnati hospital, many are desperate to get the latest information on his status.
The Bills tweeted an update just before 2 a.m. Tuesday stating Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field, that paramedics had to perform CPR and use an automated defibrillator to restore Hamlin's heartbeat, and that he was being sedated and listed in critical condition.
Around 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, the team stated Hamlin was in the intensive care unit.
NFL insider Ian Rapoport told Pat McAfee that as many reporters work to find out the latest on Hamlin, an extreme level of sensitivity needed to be used given the circumstances.
"I feel like we at NFL Media and the network try to be extremely careful in these situations," he said. "And I think people being careful and not saying something they don't know for a hundred percent fact is a good thing in this situation."
Jordon Rooney, who is Hamlin's friend and marketing rep, had initially tweeted Tuesday night that Hamlin was in critical condition and that his vitals had normalized. Rooney appeared on The Pat McAfee Show Tuesday and clarified that his point in putting that information out there was to clear up speculation and end the spread of misinformation that may have been floating out there.
Rapoport said despite Rooney being at the hospital with Hamlin's family, he's not going to rush to put information out there unless it comes from concrete sources.
"I've heard things from people I trust, but unless I am getting it directly from his family or his agent who works with him and is with the family I just don't know that it's good to say anything," Rapoport said. "Because I don't know what it actually means and how it actually helps people."
McAfee talked about initially tweeting speculating that Hamlin might have had a double concussion, a concussion from the hit with Tee Higgins of the Bengals and then another when he collapsed on the field and hit his head on the turf.
Pat said that obviously did not turn out to be the case, and he admitted he had the desire to clear up what he put out there but stopped himself.
"As it continues to unfold, I feel like I should give an update to this tweet because it's not right," he said. "But also I am not the person that should be talking about it."
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