{"id":181817,"date":"2024-07-17T12:30:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T16:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=181817"},"modified":"2024-07-16T23:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T03:44:46","slug":"damar-hamlin-ravens-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/07\/17\/damar-hamlin-ravens-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills Safety Addresses Future, Ravens and Chiefs May Be Suitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Buffalo Bills safety <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/04\/25\/2021-nfl-draft-damar-hamlin-player-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Damar Hamlin<\/a> addresses his future this offseason, Ravens and Chiefs may be suitors. <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\/damar-hamlin-contract-expired-return-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to a report<\/a>, the veteran finally breaks his silence with a strong message ahead of this year&#8217;s training camp and his plans regarding his future. Hamlin has one of the most inspirational stories in the league but it doesn&#8217;t mean he&#8217;s safe for a roster spot this upcoming season. He opens up about his plans as he&#8217;s heading into his contract season with the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know my mindset and process is just to get back on the field,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/starlocalmedia.com\/sports\/national\/concerns-grow-over-damar-hamlin-s-nfl-future-after-new-report\/article_ae430d2a-eb2b-502e-9801-dcd8ab201251.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hamlin said<\/a>. &#8220;Get the ball back rolling like I had in 2022. Get back to making plays, and having fun with my teammates. You know, just enjoying the game. That&#8217;s my mindset. Once I handle that, contract talks will handle itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He seems optimistic about his future in the NFL after nearly dying on television but that hasn&#8217;t been stopping him. However, many sources are indicating that Hamlin is fighting for a roster spot after the Bills have been using him sparingly. He did mention that he would still like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/steelers\/news\/damar-hamlin-wants-join-pittsburgh-steelers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">end his career<\/a> with the Pittsburgh Steelers but he later changed his mind by saying he wants to remain a Bill for life. It seems like wherever Hamlin ends up, he&#8217;ll be happy as long as it&#8217;s with those teams.<\/p>\n<p>However, reports say the Ravens are still in the market for safety depth after losing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/03\/31\/geno-stone-2020-nfl-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Geno Stone<\/a> this offseason. They&#8217;re solid with Kyle Hamilton and Marcus Williams but they don&#8217;t have anyone reliable behind them. The Chiefs may be looking for help as well since they&#8217;re finding their next secondary playmaker since the loss of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/23\/kansas-city-chiefs-trade-ljarius-sneed-tennessee-titans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">L&#8217;Jarius Sneed<\/a>. Hamlin is nothing like Sneed but there&#8217;s potential to this game.<\/p>\n<h2>Bills Safety Damar Hamlin Addresses Future, Ravens and Chiefs May Be Suitors<\/h2>\n<h3>Other Possible Next Teams<\/h3>\n<h4>New Orleans Saints<\/h4>\n<p>The Saints are in the market for safety help as well since they brought a couple of talents like Jamal Adams for a visit. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/01\/29\/tyrann-mathieu-2019-nfl-free-agency-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Tyrann Mathieu<\/a> is one of the best secondary playmakers on the team but he doesn&#8217;t help from his opposite side. Jordan Howden doesn&#8217;t provide enough experience nor does Hamlin but it&#8217;s better to get these two in the rotation. The team doesn&#8217;t have Marcus Maye anymore so they could use a cost-effective replacement like Hamlin<\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t have a promising offense this upcoming year so they should just bolster their defense to give them an actual chance.<\/p>\n<h4>Los Angeles Chargers<\/h4>\n<p>The safety position isn&#8217;t the biggest need for the team but it&#8217;s never too early to think about adding depth. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/02\/08\/derwin-james-2018-nfl-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Derwin James<\/a> and Alohi Gilman are one of the most accomplished duos in the secondary but they could use some help. They don&#8217;t have anyone behind them other than Tony Jefferson returning but he probably won&#8217;t be ready to be in the rotation. It&#8217;s safe to bring in Hamlin to accommodate Jefferson to create their flame so they&#8217;re ready to step in whenever.<\/p>\n<h4>Houston Texans<\/h4>\n<p>The team is looking like the real deal on offense since adding Stefon Diggs for an already talented quarterback, C.J. Stroud. However, the Texans didn&#8217;t do much to address the safety position but they do have <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/03\/24\/2022-nfl-draft-derek-stingley-jr-scouting-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Derek Stingley<\/a>. They don&#8217;t have anyone ready to change the game but Hamlin joining the Texans would probably recapture a new form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is how Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin addresses his future so he may be a potential cut candidate, Ravens and Chiefs are suitors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4795,"featured_media":181873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,10,3,14,16,18,28,9],"tags":[7642,7811,8102,3550,9979,2274,7638,7659,445],"class_list":["post-181817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-ravens","category-bills","category-texans","category-chiefs","category-chargers","category-saints","category-steelers","tag-chargers-featured","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-damar-hamlin","tag-derwin-james","tag-ljarius-sneed","tag-marcus-williams","tag-ravens-featured","tag-saints-featured","tag-tyrann-mathieu"],"modified_by":"Anthony Palacios","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}