Best of thoughts for Damar Hamlin

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Safties, Cornerbacks and Receivers don't really wear much protection, as there role is speed. I wonder if flack jackets similar to but higher on the torso than those used by quarterbacks, would provide enough protection to avoid an injury such as this in the future.



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Cardiologists have said no, this was likely a freak thing of timing that would not have been prevented by padding. Apparently there is a very very tiny window within a heartbeat cycle that a blow to the chest can disrupt the rhythm and speculation is this is what happened.