The Buffalo Bills are set to face off against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football. And ahead of the game, the team made a somewhat surprising decision regarding backup safety Damar Hamlin.
Hamlin is of course best known for his unfortunate injury against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 17 of the regular season last year.
His inspiring return to football drew a bunch of attention his way. But that doesn’t mean that he has exactly been all that useful for the Bills on the field this season.
Hamlin has been a healthy inactive in every game this year aside from one, a Week 4 game against the Miami Dolphins where he played just 18 special teams snaps.
Luckily for Hamlin, he may have just gotten the break he needs to see some significant time on the field. The Bills released their final injury report for the game on Monday night, listing Hamlin as active for the game. This likely comes due to Micah Hyde being listed as inactive due to a neck injury.
With Micah Hyde inactive, Damar Hamlin is up for the second time this season for the #Bills. https://t.co/PWuHRrL5FU
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) November 13, 2023
It’s unclear whether or not Hamlin will ultimately see much significant action in the game. But fans are certainly excited that he is at least listed as active for the game.
Massive W! Will be great to see him back out there!
— Ben (@HowUBenFeller) November 13, 2023
Great to see him again
— Gambits (@gambitscom) November 14, 2023
Bills by 80 tonight
— Hasty (@hasty_mcnasty) November 14, 2023
it’s scary to play him for obvious reasons but the was a freak accident they need to take off the training wheels
— Gus Fring (@manipulatinmich) November 14, 2023
#Bills Safety Damar Hamlin is ACTIVE for tonight’s game and is expected to play a couple of snaps tonight.
INCREDIBLE. pic.twitter.com/IoRfOCQSHe
— NFL Notifications (@NFLNotify) November 13, 2023
Always good to see Damar on a football field. 🙏🏻
— John “Draft” Vogel (@DraftVogel) November 14, 2023
Even if Hamlin doesn’t see the field significantly, it should still be a huge boost to the morale of the team to have Hamlin out there given his unbelievable comeback story.
About Reice Shipley
Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.