Outside of a few minor incidents, the Pittsburgh Steelers-Buffalo Bills joint practice Thursday went pretty smoothly. Players got some valuable reps against different competition, and no one got into a brawl or got injured. It felt like just another practice, but for Bills safety Damar Hamlin, it meant so much more.
Hamlin was drafted by Buffalo in 2021 out of the University of Pittsburgh. He’s actually from Pittsburgh and has a deep connection with the city. Hamlin was involved in an on-field injury that almost ended in tragedy, so he takes every day as a blessing.