CBS Slammed For 'Classless' Damar Hamlin Coverage After Taylor Rapp Injury
By Kelly Coffey-Behrens on November 20, 2023 at 2:55 PM EST
CBS is getting slammed by NFL fans for panning to Damar Hamlin after NFL defensive player Taylor Rapp left the Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets game on a stretcher.
Following an intense play, Rapp encountered a helmet-to-helmet with his own player and he went down without moving. After Rapp went down, CBS panned to Hamlin, who was carted off the field during a game last year after suffering cardiac arrest.
CBS Receives Backlash For Taylor Rapp/Damar Hamlin Coverage
An ambulance came out onto the field, taking Rapp away on a stretcher. It reminded a lot of people of what happened to Bills safety Damar Hamlin last season, however, fans are slamming CBS for showing Hamlin, calling the coverage "classless."
"Stop showing Damar Hamlin. Talk about disrespectful and classless," one NFL fan expressed.
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"CBS camera going to h--- for pointing the camera at Damar Hamlin during Taylor Rapp injury ?," another user wrote on social media following the scary incident.
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Another wrote, "It is disgusting how much CBS just showed Damar Hamlin while Taylor Rapp was loaded into the ambulance... What the h--- are we doing?
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As one fan expressed, "Taylor Rapp is going into the ambulance. Why the f--- is CBS panning to Damar Hamlin who’s not even in the game. I understand why, but it just takes away from the whole situation prayers for Taylor Rapp man."
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25-year-old NFL player Damar Hamlin collapsed in the middle of the field during the first quarter of the Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in January.
Hamlin was down on the field for several minutes as medical personnel rushed onto the area and gave him CPR for 9 minutes as his heart stopped. After reviving him, Hamlin was loaded into an ambulance and taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Hamlin was then treated at the hospital, and triumphantly made a full recovery, even being cleared by medical personnel a few months ago to return to football.
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Another NFL fan took to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, to slam the broadcasting station. "Must say it was a nasty attempt at trauma p--- by CBS to insist on having camera shots on Damar Hamlin when Taylor Rapp was taken off the field in an ambulance. Hopefully, Rapp is going to be ok, as I saw he was moving his fingers before leaving," they said.
Taylor Rapp Goes Down On Field During Bills Jets Game
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NFL defensive player Taylor Rapp left the Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets game on a stretcher in an ambulance. Following a play during the Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets game Sunday afternoon, Rapp encountered a helmet-to-helmet hit with his own teammate. He went down without moving.
An ambulance came out onto the field, taking Rapp away on a stretcher. Taylor Rapp was transported to a local hospital in Orchard Park, New York.
This afternoon, NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport stated that Taylor Rapp had all negative tests and checked out fine.
