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Charles Curtis

ESPN’s Bart Scott deservedly gets ripped for blaming Tee Higgins for Damar Hamlin’s collapse

As we continue to await further news on Damar Hamlin’s health, there’s one certain thing: There’s no reason to blame Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, whom Hamlin tackled before the Buffalo Bills safety collapsed on Monday night.

But ESPN’s Bart Scott — a former NFL linebacker — thinks that Higgins “lowered his helmet” and launched his body to hit Hamlin in the chest.

No. Absolutely not.

It was a routine play, one we’ve seen countless times over the years. What happened was very much NOT Higgins’s fault.

Others on Twitter agreed, including Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons, who responded by asking, “Why do we let some people speak on TV?!”

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