Damar Hamlin was on the other end of a serious injury in primetime on Thursday night. 

In a dreadful night for the Miami Dolphins, a 31-10 blowout loss to the Buffalo Bills included a concussion to quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in the third quarter. The hit that caused Tagovailoa’s concussion came on a tackle by Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who suffered an on-field cardiac arrest in January 2023.

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Tua had only passed for 145 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions prior to the injury, as Miami fell into a 31-10 hole.

With Tagovailoa out, Dolphins backup Skylar Thompson came in and failed to lead a touchdown drive. His first series resulted in a sack on a critical fourth down deep inside Buffalo territory. 

Second-year running back De’Von Achane’s performance was one of the few bright spots for Miami. Achane was questionable with an ankle issue coming into the game, but looked completely healthy on the field. He finished the game with 96 rushing yards, 69 receiving yards and the Dolphins’ only touchdown. 

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In contrast, the Bills walked away with a lot to be happy about. 

Quarterback Josh Allen has proven he can lead an explosive offense without wide receiver Stefon Diggs, who left in the offseason to join the Houston Texans. Diggs was Allen’s primary target on the outside for Buffalo’s run of playoff seasons from 2020-23. Fellow wideout Gabe Davis left the team this offseason too. 

But now Allen has found reliable targets in Khalil Shakir and Ty Davis through the first two games of the season. 

Buffalo running back James Cook was a big force on the ground against Miami, rushing for 78 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 7.1 yards per carry. 

The Bills have now beaten the Dolphins in 12 of their last 13 meetings. It’s one of the most lopsided chapters in the rivalry’s history and has been particularly cruel to Miami’s playoff teams under head coach Mike McDaniel.

The Dolphins lost the Bills in the first round of the playoffs in 2022 after squandering The division lead. Then last season, with a chance to win the division in Week 18 against the Bills, Miami lost 21-14 and fell into a wild card spot. 

And despite all the motivation of that recent history, the Dolphins came up nearly blank again on Thursday night, losing their quarterback in the process. 

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The NFL Players Association has said its piece on Baltimore Ravens defensive lineman Kyle Van Noy’s complaint about the Kansas City Chiefs’ medical staff, which he called "super unprofessional" in treating his fractured orbital bone in Week 1. 

Van Noy’s injury came in the NFL’s season opener at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, where the 33-year-old had to leave in the second half due to a facial fracture. 

Then on his "McCoy and Van Noy podcast," the veteran defender said it took almost an entire quarter before the Chiefs’ ophthalmologist got to him.

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"I was disappointed in the way the training staff of the Chiefs handled the situation," he explained. "You get hurt – especially something that could be serious like mine was – you’re supposed to rely on the team’s training staff and their doctors."

NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell visited the Ravens to see Van Noy on Thursday, and he called the situation "unfortunate."

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"I think this was an unfortunate situation where that did not occur," Howell said of the speed Van Noy's treatment came, per ESPN. "Thank God for Kyle's situation [that] it wasn't worse. But here we are with the first game of the season; we got many more games to play. We just can't have that."

Howell also added that the NFLPA has "done our investigation" and "we’ve made the necessary parties aware of how we’ve got to improve."

Under the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and NFLPA, treatment for injured away team players is expected to be quick, per Howell.

It’s worth noting that the Chiefs’ training staff has not had a good reputation after players for Kansas City expressed displeasure with them in the league’s annual player surveys. 

The Chiefs’ staff earned an "F" for its training staff, which was the worst mark in the league. 

It’s unknown if Van Noy, who is on the injury report with an eye injury, will be available for the Ravens in Week 2 against the Las Vegas Raiders. 

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