'Prayers for Isaiah Bolden': Belichick's Patriots Cancel Game at Packers; Damar Hamlin-Like Scare

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00:00 The New England Patriots preseason matchup with the Green Bay Packers ended in a 21-17

00:08 final score, kind of, after an injury to Pats cornerback Isaiah Bolden, Mike Fisher reporting

00:15 on a frightening situation in Green Bay involving the Patriots.

00:22 And of course, not only for New England fans, not only for NFL fans, but very specifically

00:29 for fans of the Buffalo Bills, a haunting feeling.

00:34 The Patriots were clinging to that lead.

00:38 Preseason game two at Lambeau, scary situation.

00:42 Bolden on a fourth quarter, third and seven, collides violently with a teammate, Calvin

00:49 Munson.

00:50 He hits his head on Munson's knee, goes straight to the ground.

00:55 Members of both teams form a prayer-like circle surrounding him, again, reminiscent of the

01:01 Buffalo Bills scene, DeMar Hamlin, the life-threatening scare last January at Cincinnati.

01:09 Paramedics placed Bolden on a stretcher, removed him from the field on a cart.

01:15 And the two teams, Belichick and LeFleur of the Patriots and Packers, discussed very briefly

01:24 what they should do and agreed very obviously, maybe a lesson learned by the league and all

01:29 involved from the Hamlin situation, agreed to end the game at that time.

01:35 The Patriots have released a statement saying that Bolden has movement in his extremities,

01:42 but still being taken to a local hospital.

01:44 Jackson State product, Bill Belichick issuing his own statement afterwards telling the media

01:52 that the entire organization, the locker room, and of course, everybody in the NFL, Bills

01:59 and AFC and AFC East and much, much more, now praying for a positive result for Isaiah

02:10 Bolden, who goes down in a scary manner in preseason game two, Patriots versus Packers.

02:16 Fish, out.

02:17 out.