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Jets Jordan Whitehead on Friendship with Damar Hamlin, His Recovery & NFL Playing Again

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šŸ—“ļø 6 January 2023

ā±ļø 55 minutes

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FOLLOW THE PIVOT PODCAST: MERCH | https://pivotpodcast.comĀ  YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/thepivotpodcast INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/thepivot TWITTER | https://twitter.com/thepivot TIKTOK | https://tiktok.com/@thepivot FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/thepivotpodcast FOLLOW HAPPY DAD: https://www.instagram.com/happydad FIND HAPPY DAD: https://www.happydad.com/find This past Monday's match up between the Bills and Bengals will forever be a night we all remember as we watched one of our brothers, Damar Hamlin go into cardiac arrest on the field as team trainers worked tirelessly and performed CPR for nearly ten minutes before getting him into an ambulance. Since that moment, the entire country united behind Damar and has been pulling for his recovery through prayer, his community endeavors and his family. ReceivingĀ positiveĀ medical updates in the past 24 hours about Damar has lifted everyone's spirits and allowed his teammates, friends and brothers around the league to refocus and somewhat prepare to play the game they all love again this weekend.Ā  Knowing Damar almost his entire life, Jordan talks about when he watched his friend fall to the ground, how hard it was to watch and the amazing outpouring of support for his friend. Sharing with Fred, Ryan and Channing, Jordan talks about Damar's love for football, his dedicationĀ to the community and how bringing joy to others has always been his focus and the type of man he is. He knows that his friend would want him to go out and play Sunday and still be a physical player and that is what Jordan plans to do as he honors his long time brother and friend. Echoing the same sentiment as Damar's family, Jordan says Damar wouldn't want his Buffalo teammates to play for him but he would want to bring positivity to them and have them come together as a team and fulfill their season goals of winning a Super Bowl.Ā  Growing up in Pittsburgh, Jordan reminisces about playing against Damar and becoming college roommates and teammates in Pitt and the two forming a lifelong bond and brotherhood both wearingĀ the number three jersey as their NFL careers have taken off. Jordan shares with Channing, Fred and Ryan his plans for after the regular season is to go spend time with his friend and help him recover and hopefully still take the trips they have planned for the off season.Ā  Winning a Super Bowl with Tom Brady as part of the Bucs core defensive unit, Jordan has taken what he learned during his time in Tampa, especially the leadership skills and worked to bring them to his Jets team as the young defense shaped out to be one of the toughest and most dominant in the league this season. Following in the footsteps of his cousin and future Hall of Famer Darelle Revis, Jordan's on field play is earning him the reputation as one of the best Safeties in the league and talks about just falling short of making the playoffs this year.Ā  If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY)1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/LA/MI/NJ/PA/TN/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/KS/NH), 888-789-7777/visit http://ccpg.org (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), visit OPGR.org (OR), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA), 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/KS/LA(select parishes)/MI/NJ/NY/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. Void in ONT. Eligibility restrictions apply. Valid 1 per new customer. Min. $5 deposit. Min. $5 pre-game moneyline bet. Bet must win. $150 issued as six (6) $25 free bets. See terms at sportsbook.draftkings.com/footballterms. Ends 2/12/23 at 11:59PM ET. Sponsored by DK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, man, well, listen, man, welcome to the show, Jordan, obviously, Channing, FrediT,

0:21.0

I'm R.C.

0:22.0

First of all, thank you.

0:23.0

I understand what this time is like for you, having a friend go through what Demar has

0:28.5

gone through also the way the season is now ending, you know, for the New York Jets

0:33.6

at the such a hot start, but you know, starting safety with the New York Jets Super Bowl

0:37.7

champion, which is something that no one can ever take away from you, man, no matter what.

0:42.9

I love your game because you kind of play it like I did, right?

0:45.8

We go throw pads around, we go put face masks on people, and we're going to see what's

0:49.3

happening.

0:50.3

And I love that about you, the Draft Kings.

0:52.9

Also happy that thank you guys so much for your sponsorship to all the people that continue

0:56.9

to subscribe and support us.

0:58.6

We're so grateful, you know, we're coming up on a year now, so we're extremely excited

1:03.2

about that.

1:04.2

It's been a lot going on, but this is obviously extremely important to us to do this show

1:08.5

with Jordan.

1:09.5

I've seen something before we like really go.

1:11.5

Absolutely.

1:12.5

Like this guy right here, he's going to try to cut the room in half at some point and

1:16.3

say this is the Super Bowl champ side.

1:18.9

So if you were sitting right here, he can't cut it in half.

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