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Stadium tunnel before kickoff. here is what bills quarterback josh allen told his team before they took the field. >> they always say don't play for the name on the back, you play for the name on the front. it's pretty special we play for that [ bleep ] number on our front too. let's go get it done. win on three. one, two, three -- >> win! >> cnn's coy wire joins us now. that news that damar hamlin is leaving the hospital soon, that is exactly what bills fans and teammates, we all wanted to hear tonight, right? >> yeah, this is the glimmer of hope that we've all needed as the world has watched...

Information on a important message from damar hamlin's dad? >> reporter: yeah, the team got a very positive message yesterday. i was told the bills were visited via zoom call in a team meeting yesterday by damar hamlin's father, conferenced in and the players were encouraged to hear from his father that he is making progress. a glimmer of hope that this team no doubt needs as the first of the final regular season games are set to kick off just 48 hours from now. will players be ready to play? there are huge playoff implications. one player needs two catches for half a million dollars and anoth...

Game. bob, what's your reaction to that tonight? >> well, it was the right thing to do with all things considered and this game has playoff implications which are significant or in significant rather alongside a player's condition. but it is not like baseball where you can just play the next game and then decide that they're going to keep the buffalo bills and cincinnati bengals in town on planet tuesday night. and they're moving towards the playoffs. so they're going to have to decide whether they simply cancel the game and the buffalo bills cincinnati bengals play 16 games while everyone els...

The football side of it. which admittedly is the last important side. to see a game postponed like this, it is not something we have seen before. this is a moment. >> no, we have seen entire slates of games postponed. for example after 9/11. but generally speaking, football is not comparable to baseball. you play a doubleheader, you play almost every day so there is a rain out or some other circumstance. you play the next day. football is not like that. the bills have gone back. and it's quite was just saying, there are playoff implications. both of these teams are going to be in the playoff. ...

League. was drafted in the sixth round out of pittsburgh. playing monday night football. feeling like he is on top of the world. this was a huge game. huge playoff implications. and he gets this traumatic injury. that opens up scars for me personally. i'm a former safety for the buffalo bills. i played six seasons there. had a teammate of mine who was paralyzed on the field. they're in buffalo. i had a teammate in college. when i was playing at stanford university. we are playing against the washington huskies. my teammate hit their safety. and curtis williams. number 25, he was paralyzed from...