The good news is, Damar Hamlin showed remarkable progress Thursday into Friday, according to doctors, three days after the Buffalo Bills safety suffered a cardiac arrest during the first quarter of Monday Night Football.
The bad news, at least for the Patriots, is Hamlin was cognitive enough to ask them who won the pivotal game between the Bills and Cincinnati Bengals.
The initial reaction after hearing that news would be to suggest New England not even bother to show up for its season-finale Sunday afternoon in Orchard Park, N.Y. All that concern, heartbreak, and hope that has been building for their teammate all week, they get that sort of news, and the Bills are going to lose to the Patriots?