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With Heavy Hearts, N.F.L. Players Go Back to Work

Many teams practiced on Wednesday, two days after Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during a game. He remained hospitalized, but a team statement noted “signs of improvement.”

Mac Jones and his New England teammates warmed up during a practice on Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass.Credit...Steven Senne/Associated Press

When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a “Monday Night Football” game from cardiac arrest, players and coaches throughout the N.F.L. caught their breath, prayed for Hamlin and his family — and then stopped to think.