Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins spoke to the media for the first time since Monday night’s game vs. the Bills when he happened to be the player Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin tackled right before he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest.
The 23-year-old admitted that in the moment he thought Hamlin’s collapsing was caused by the tackle, adding that he had no idea at first something very serious was happening to his opponent.
Higgins said he “just turned my head and tried not to think about it” when he realized what was happening to Hamlin. The game was temporarily suspended after Hamlin was taken away in an ambulance to a local hospital, and then later postponed. The NFL is reportedly not planning to reschedule the game at this time, either.
