Hamlin’s recovery shifts to Buffalo

Bills safety Damar Hamlin said he returned to Buffalo on Monday “with a lot of love on my heart” to continue his recovery in a hospital there, a week after going into cardiac arrest and having to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati. Hamlin was discharged from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in the morning and flown to western New York. He was listed in stable condition at Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute. “I can confirm that he is doing well. And this is the beginning of the next stage of his recovery,” said Dr. William Knight, one of his doctors in Cincinnati. Hamlin, 24, has been walking since having a breathing tube removed Friday, eating regular food and undergoing therapy. Doctors said he was on a normal or even accelerated trajectory in his recovery from cardiac arrest, which is considered a life-threatening event. Bills coach Sean McDermott and GM Brandon Beane briefly saw Hamlin after he landed in Buffalo. “We’re happy to have him back,” McDermott told reporters on a conference call.