I asked Mike Evans if watching the Damar Hamlin collision gave him pause or fear about playing. His response wasn’t something I expected. He said it made him “want to go that much harder” because “you never know when it’s gonna be your last time.”

Reason I found Mike Evans’ response interesting — a number of current and former players I’ve spoken with re: Damar Hamlin were shaken by what they saw. They acknowledge the risks of playing but this is a different type of risk and an event most people didn’t think was possible.

I can also tell you…there ARE former players out there — often older and they may not be the majority, they may not be as vocal or choose to live in the spotlight — that, if they had to do it all over again, they wouldn’t subject their bodies to this.

His response is something you didn’t expect because elite ATHLETE’s have a different mentality than those who don’t compete. You guys need to understand that they sign up for this. They love this more than life. Not everyone is scared to get hurt or worse.

I would expect most professional athletes would have a similar answer. Professional athletes are wired different. It’s why one of Damar first questions was “who won the game?”

Take your life out of the bubble wrapped box and play with it every once in a while

You suck jenna

"His response wasn’t something I expected"? How long have you been covering pro sports?

🫡 our WR1

Life lesson for us all there 🙏🙏

All football players knew that response was how they all feel for the most part. Hand was paralyzed from a football injury and all I could think for years is I wish I could still play football