ESPN analyst discusses the decision behind outdoor prayer for Damar Hamlin

It’s been more than 2 and a half years since Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest in a match.

“Thoughts and prayers” have sounded on social networks, but the former quarter of the NFL became the ESPN analyst, Dan Orlovsky, wanted to give them.

Dan Orlovsky before the Super Bowl between the Chiefs of Kansas City and the Eagles of Philadelphia at the State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz. (Carmen Mandato / Getty Images)

So he did it the next day on live television.

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“I heard the organization of Buffalo Bills say that” we believe in prayer “, and maybe it’s not the right thing to do, but it’s just on my heart, and I want to pray for Damar Hamlin right now. I’m going to do it out loud. I’m going to close my eyes and bow my head, and I’m just going to pray for him,” said Orlovsky.

“God, we come to you in these moments that we do not understand, which are difficult because we believe that you are God, and come to you and pray to you an impact. We are sad. We are angry. We want answers, but some things are unanswered. We just want to pray for you and pray to give him peace.”

Fans of Buffalo Bills have panels supported by the safety of Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin before a match between the Bills and the New England Patriots at the Highmark Stadium on January 8, 2023, in Orchard Park, NY (Images Timothy T Ludwig / Getty)

Orlovsky admitted the “Horrible podcast announcing” “It was uncomfortable”, and he was planning to do so, knowing that prayer is “not for everyone”.

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“Everyone continues to say” thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers. “And I said to myself:” Someone should really pray for Damar – like praying for him – instead of saying thoughts and prayers. “

After going back and forth with himself and his colleagues, he said that prayer on television, and “9999999999%” of the reaction was positive.

“I received an email here and there or an SMS here and there people who said it was not for them, not their cup of tea? Of course, I did it,” said Orlovsky. “But, massively, I think that many people have connected, and that resonated with (them).”

The players of Buffalo Bills pray for his teammate Damar Hamlin in the first half of a match against the Bengals of Cincinnati on January 2, 2023, in Cincinnati. (AP photo / Joshua A. Bickel)

Orlovsky also said that he had obtained an “extremely positive” reaction from his business.

“Once again, I did not have a negative (feedback) or hindsight or, you know, a wrist slap or anything on this subject,” he said.

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Hamlin was at the hospital for about a week and was able to adapt to the first Bills match of the 2024 season, and he was a pillar of their defense since then.

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