EA Sports will pull off a touchdown celebration Madden NFL 23 that in view of this the frightening breakdown of Buffalo Bills defense attorney Damar Hamlin last week is now maximum inappropriate.
In the video game cutscene, which is one of the “Team” celebration options that players have been able to trigger with the right thumbstick for the past three years, a player on the scoring team lies on the ground while another teammate pretends to revive him with CPR. A third appears to shock him with a defibrillator.
All of this was really funny until Hamlin fell to the ground after attacking the Cincinnati Bengals’ Tee Higgins Monday night soccer on January 2nd, and coaches and emergency personnel sprinted to the field to perform the real thing. They literally saved Hamlin’s life after he went into cardiac arrest on the field; The sophomore security was released from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Monday, and he has returned to the Buffalo area ongoing care and recovery
But for the past week, Madden NFL fans remembered the celebration animation and posted clips of it online. It prompted a statement from an EA Sports representative who said CBS Sports that the company is “taking steps to remove the celebration Madden NFL 23.”
CBS Sports noted that Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith mime CPR compressions on a teammate
On Sunday, Buffalo’s Nyheim Hines returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and led the rival New England Patriots out of the playoffs in a 35-23 win that cemented the Bills as the No. 2 seed in the AFC. “The truth is, it was spiritual” Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen said. “I can’t remember a piece that touched me so much.”
