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Alaina GetzenbergESPN
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Payments beginning cornerback Dane Jackson was being evaluated for a neck damage at a neighborhood hospital Monday evening following a scary collision with a teammate throughout Buffalo’s 41-7 win over the Tennessee Titans.
Jackson has full motion in his extremities, in accordance with the Payments, and was getting a CT scan and an X-ray at Erie County Medical Middle.
“Nonetheless awaiting phrase and clearly praying for Dane and all of [the Bills’ injured players],” coach Sean McDermott stated after the sport. “You go from the actual a part of it right here; you go from being a coach to only being a human once I’m on the market watching him getting loaded into the ambulance. That is an actual second.”
The inadvertent collision occurred whereas Payments linebacker Tremaine Edmunds was making a second-down sort out on Titans extensive receiver Treylon Burks with lower than a minute remaining within the first half. Jackson’s head appeared to snap again after making contact with Edmunds’ helmet.
“Undoubtedly a troublesome play. Simply type of noticed the receiver nonetheless up, simply making an attempt to complete the play,” Edmunds stated. “A state of affairs that clearly, I did not do deliberately. I’d by no means attempt to do one thing like that to my teammate, however like I stated … the receiver was nonetheless up, I used to be simply making an attempt to complete him to the bottom and sadly, I find yourself hitting Dane.”
The sport was delayed for practically 10 minutes as crew trainers attended to Jackson, who was transferring his legs. He was then positioned onto a stretcher and brought by way of the stadium tunnel in an ambulance.
Teammates surrounded Jackson as he was being tended to, with Edmunds remaining close by nearly the whole time.
“Simply to see him transferring, simply to see him give a thumbs-up on the way in which out — clearly, that helped numerous us. … It eased numerous our minds,” Edmunds stated.
McDermott stated he had a second to talk with Jackson within the Payments’ tunnel earlier than the ambulance left the stadium.
Jackson, a third-year participant who started the season beginning rather than an injured Tre’Davious White, had three tackles Monday and final week recorded an interception within the Payments’ win over the Los Angeles Rams.
Following Jackson’s damage, rookies Christian Benford and Kaiir Elam took over in his place. That they had been rotating reverse Jackson to begin the season.
Payments security Damar Hamlin is a detailed pal of Jackson’s and stated that whereas the second on the sphere was troublesome, he received an encouraging response from Jackson.
“It felt horrible. It felt like one in all my brothers was down,” Hamlin stated. “And with the severity of the way it occurred, it simply made it much more excessive. ‘Trigger it did not seem to be simply [a] common damage. However as soon as I talked to him, as soon as he advised me he was good on the sphere — we received that type of bond the place he will let me know if one thing up, so, I am praying for him, and I do know he’ll be OK.”
As for different Payments accidents, beginning security Micah Hyde was dominated out after struggling a neck damage late within the third quarter, when Tennessee’s Ryan Tannehill related with receiver Robert Woods on first down. Hyde was examined on the sphere for a few minutes earlier than strolling off below his personal energy and getting into the blue medical tent.
Hyde was later taken off the sphere on the again of a cart. Backup Jaquan Johnson changed him within the sport.
“It was type of a bizarre sport, wasn’t it,” security Jordan Poyer stated. “I texted Micah, he stated he is all proper. Dane stated he was all proper, too. Simply praying for these guys.”
Payments middle Mitch Morse missed a portion of the sport with a proper elbow damage, however was in a position to return. Linebacker Matt Milano (stinger) and defensive sort out Jordan Phillips (hamstring) each left the sport with accidents on the identical time many backups got here in. Vast receiver Gabe Davis missed Monday’s sport with an ankle damage.
McDermott didn’t have any additional replace on the Payments’ accidents.
