PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) Damar Hamlin flashed a wide grin and waved hello while zipping by on a scooter, before accelerating to make a sharp, effortle s turn up a hill toward the Buffalo Bills dorm rooms at their training camp facility.Carefree and happy, there seems to be little the Bills safety has to be afraid of a year removed from in making Bryan Reynolds Jersey his return to football following a near-death experience.My mind is free. My spirit is free. My soul is free, Hamlin told The A sociated Pre s on Sunday. Im able to think clearly. Im not hindered by second thoughts of what could maybe happen again."Hamlin is, of course, referring to the terrifying moment when he went into cardiac arrest after making what appeared to be a routine tackle during a game at Cincinnati on Jan. 2, 2023. He needed to be resuscitated on the field and was transported to a hospital, where he spent two days in a medically induced coma before finally being awakened while surrounded by his family.ADVERTISEMENT Doctors diagnosed the Kyle Crick Jersey cause of Hamlins heart stopping as a result of commotio cordis, which happens when a direct blow at a specific point in a heartbeat causes cardiac arrest.Though Hamlin was a sured by specialists the chances of a recurrence are slim, he acknowledged how beneficial it was going through first practice, first tackle, first game in helping regain his confidence. The pa sage of time also helped provide Hamlin the perspective he needed to, as he put it, grow and let go of the past.Time heals all. Thats everything, you know, relationships, life, growth from cardiac arrest, Hamlin said. Its trauma. Its time that heals all if you allow it to.Le s encumbered by the past, Hamlin now places his emphasis on the future and focus on the something hes experienced ever since the Bills selected the University of Pittsburgh product in the sixth round of the 2021 draft.Though his three seasons of being in the Bills system helps, nothing has been a sured Hamlin Blank Jersey even with both starting spots open following Jordan Poyers departure in free agency and Micah Hyde still unsigned and contemplating retirement.Taylor Rapp has been tagged to fill one of the starting jobs, leaving Hamlin competing with offseason free-agent addition Mike Edwards and rookie second-round pick Cole Bishop for the other spot. The competition has been complicated further with Buffalo recently adding veteran free agents Kareem Jackson and Terrell Burge s to compensate for injuries to Edwards (hamstring) and Bishop (shoulder).Hamlin has taken nothing for granted since arriving for spring practices.He came back hungry, general manager Brandon Beane said. His focus is like, 'I want to go win a job. I want to show I can prove that I can start and make plays. And so thats been his focus, you know, 'Micah and Jordan are gone. Theres new faces around. And dont forget about me. I can still do it.Coach Sean McDermott credited Hamlin for practicing at a consistent high level in June. And little has changed in his evaluation since training camp opened two weeks ago.Its fun watching him have fun out there, McDermott said last week. And you can tell he means busine s., in part because the Bills were easing him back in, and with Rapp signed to take over the No. 3 safety spot. Hamlin enjoyed his most playing time in 2022 by starting 13 games, filling in for Hyde who was sidelined by a neck injury.Hamlins preparedne s and expectations havent changed.If you go back to the day I got drafted, this article that I did, I told (the writer), 'I dont care if I got to carry water for this team. I just want to do whatever Chris Stratton Jersey it takes to win,' Hamlin said. I trust myself. I know what I can do. I have faith in my journey. And I still know my best football is ahead of me.He then reflected on something he read the previous night.Someone was talking about letting go of what was, to become what is, he said. Thats a big part of my mental proce s as far as progre sing into this season.Whatever reminders that linger are positive ones.A tent at training camp offers CPR training for fans, something Hamlin began championing last year. His influence stretches further, with Ohio recently pa sing a law requiring automatic external defibrillators in nearly every school or sports and recreation venue.Im on a mi sion to get all 50 states to pa s that bill as well, and I wont stop until I do, Hamlin said. In the same way that Im chasing my goals on the field, thats me chasing my goals off the field and Chris Archer Jersey always prioritizing my ble sings of still having a life. Still being here.___AP NFL: