Skip Bayless Gets Intense Backlash for Insensitive Comment Following Damar Hamlin Injury

By Brian Jones

Skip Bayless is known for his hot takes on various sports topics. But he's taking a lot of heat for his thoughts on the game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals following the scary incident that happened to Bills safety Damar Hamlin. The Monday Night Football game was canceled when Hamlin collapsed on the field in the first quarter. Before the league made the decision to call off the game, Bayless went to Twitter to express his concern about how the game could be made up since it was an important game for both teams.

This led to people going after the 71-year-old FS1 host for being insensitive to the situation. Neither the Bills nor the Bengals were thinking about the game because of Hamllin's traumatic injury. The 24-year-old safety collapsed after making a tackle, and the medical staff began to perform CPR before he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The Bills announced that Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and is in critical condition. Bayless attempted to clarify his original statements about his thoughts on the game, but the fans didn't buy it. 

First Tweet

One person replied: "This is the most inconsiderate thing you could have said. We are human beings not just numbers. You've obviously never stepped foot in a locker room or been apart of a family like this. We are a band of brothers! Get over yourself man… Praying hard for Damar and his family!"

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Follow-Up

Another fan said: "I don't believe it. If no one said anything underneath your last tweet, you wouldn't have the same reaction with this one."

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Former NFL Star Darrelle Revis

One NFL fan wrote: "Dude is a joke and always been a joke for a sportscaster. He is there simply for controversy. His career is a lot of jumping back and forth between players to support his fans favorite, not his own word."

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Marc Lamont Hill

One fan wrote: "When Christian Eriksen of Denmark collpased at EURO 2020, they actually continued the game. Seems to be a trend. You're right. I don't know why they need to 'think' about it. Seems money always gets first priority (ie 'first look') and everything else follows."

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NFL Star Sauce Gardner

One person responded: "Skip has always been a fraud. Damar Hamlin's well-being is all that matters right now."

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NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens

A fan said: "A lot of people are reading it the way you are [Terrell Owens]. He was saying that a game of such importance in sports is suddenly irrelevant in the bigger picture. The wording came off bad."

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Memphis Football Coach David Diehl

And one fan said: "I don't know DD. Skip has said a lot crappy things, but I think he was just working through all the angles in the moment. These should probably stay as thoughts, and not public Twitter messages."

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