Damar Hamlin, the second year Buffalo Bill’s safety who had to be revived after suffering a cardiac arrest after a tackle, is now out of the woods and breathing on his own. Praise the Lord. American Football is a brutal game, And pro football doesn’t have a corner on the market. All levels are subject to injury and/or death at any given moment of time. The players are only too aware of the consequences of participation. If you survive your playing in the NFL, you’ll still have lasting injuries that will, at the very least, haunt you for the rest of your life. Still, I’m glad and enthusiastically value my starting left guard playing days with the Steelers even through we never had a winning teams for the four years I was there.

In “Plucked,” cloud doves descend to administer to a downed, non-breathing, Hamlin. Along with first responders, and virtually everyone’s prayers, Hamlin makes it alive to the hospital and recovers subsequently with no mental impairment.