NFL Week 6 Overreactions: Giants Still Falling, Jets Soaring
Sports Seriously’s Mackenzie Salmon breaks down some of the craziest plays of NFL Week 6.
Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris, who left Sunday night’s 14-9 win over the New York Giants after suffering a neck injury, was released from a Buffalo-area hospital on Monday, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported.
On Sunday night, Bills coach Sean McDermott said Harris had full range of motion in his body and his initial scans looked good.
After the Bills’ 14-9 win over the New York Giants, McDermott also said he was told Harris’ scans were also good so far.
“So things are going in a good direction for Damien at the moment,” McDermott said.
With just over three minutes left in the second quarter, Harris was injured when he was tackled up the middle on a 1-yard run.
Harris was tackled by Giants linebacker Bobby Okereke and other defenders on a third-and-1 play as they tried to stop the running back from getting a first down.
The officials concluded that Harris had scored a first down, but he remained on the turf.
Harris remained on the ground for several minutes as worried players from both teams looked on. Harris was eventually placed on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance.
The running back gave the crowd a thumbs up as he was placed on the stretcher. The Bills later announced that Harris suffered a neck injury and was taken to a local hospital.
“It’s really an emotional thing and people try to act like we’re inhuman… that stuff is real,” Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins said. “It’s very real and Damien is our brother. He is our friend and we know him personally. Seeing him lying there… he just found out he was having a boy two days ago. They said it was a neck injury. Imagine.” If he can’t stop his son from eating a piece? This is scary, man. It is frightening. And I take it for what it is, and I take it with respect to God, but like any moment, it could be like that.”
Buffalo is all too familiar with scary injuries.
Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after a routine tackle in the game against the Cincinnati Bengals on January 2nd.
A visibly concerned Hamlin was seen on the broadcast as Buffalo’s medical staff tended to Harris.
Harris is in his first season with the Bills. The 26-year-old spent the last four years of his career with the New England Patriots. New England selected Harris in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft out of Alabama.