Tua Tagovailoa

Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is in the concussion protocol after being stretchered off the field Thursday night and traveling with the Dolphins back to Miami.

No has to be the answer.'" "Our job as the NFLPA is to take every possible measure to get the facts and hold those responsible accountable. He added: "There was no medical indication from all resources that there was anything regarding the head. He stumbled when he got up and was immediately taken to the locker room, where he was evaluated for a concussion. "And no one else in the building strays from that." He returned to the game at the start of the third quarter and was not in the concussion protocol the following week, despite questions about why he was allowed to return to the game at all. "Obviously, I am upset and concerned just like any fan and just like any physician is any time one of our players suffers any type of injury," Sills said Friday. On the play, he spun awkwardly and was thrown to the turf. "My job as a coach is here for the players. McDaniel said Tagovailoa was interacting with teammates on the flight home. The Dolphins, amid a rebuild in 2020, drafted Tagovailoa No. Tagovailoa was sacked by Bengals defensive tackle Josh Topou late in the first half Thursday.

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel told reporters that Tua Tagovailoa was in the process of wrapping up an MRI, which he described as an extra precaution, ...

"It will never feel normal for me personally and the type of person I am -- I know you guys are just starting to learn -- is that I will never be comfortable with player getting carted off the field. I know that he was checked after [Sunday's] game, I know that he was checked the following day. "What I was kind of referring to in terms of not changing anything I do is because the whole process for what happened in the Bills game was he was evaluated for a head injury immediately. "If there would've been anything lingering with his head, I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if I prematurely put someone out there and put them in harm's way. "I appreciate all the concern really because I care about the guy and I appreciate all the concern for the individual," McDaniel said. He was evaluated and then cleared by several layers of medical professionals -- I don't pretend to be one -- but those people, the collection of them, cleared him of any head injury whatsoever and he had a back and ankle issue. So, in terms of deciding whether or not to play a guy on a Thursday night game, I'm concerned about his lower back and his ankle and putting him in harm's way. "It was difficult to not be able to finish the game and be there with my teammates, but I am grateful for the support and care I've received from the Dolphins, my friends and family, and all the people who have reached out. "I want to thank everyone for all of their prayers and support since the game last night," he said. Just worried about him getting healthy, getting all the testing done that he needs to get done and us working with him so that we can feel good about where that injury is at, and then we will cross the bridge in terms of timetables of however long. The NFL on Wednesday confirmed a review was ongoing, but every indication was that proper protocol Tagovailoa was discharged Thursday night in time to meet his team at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati wearing a neck brace and travel back to Miami after the Fins' 27-15 loss to the Bengals.

Four days after being allowed to play through concussion symptoms, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa lay motionless and concussed at Paycor Stadium. The ...

That is not what I’m about at all, and no outcome of a game will ever influence me being irresponsible as the head coach of the football team.” And how could McDaniel — who surely re-watched every second of the Buffalo game, including Tua’s stumble — not have questioned whether it was prudent for Tagovailoa to be cleared to play? [trading for the speedy Tyreek Hill](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/03/23/tyreek-hill-trade-dolphins/?itid=lk_inline_manual_24) and making him a $30 million-a-year receiver. He didn’t intend to dismiss the seriousness of a concussion, but that’s what he did. He needs to take as much time as he needs to recover, and more importantly, the Dolphins need to force him to do so. Every player on the 53-man roster deserves diligent medical care, but the quarterback is the most essential component of the team. It all added up to a complete institutional failure, for the Dolphins and the entire league. Tagovailoa is fortunate to be responding fairly well after the vicious incident. While it’s easy to lump this incident into all of Miami’s recent dysfunction, the truth is that any of the 32 teams could have messed up similarly. He left the game to be evaluated because he exhibited what is listed as “gross motor instability” in the current NFL concussion safety playbook. The Dolphins won, 21-19, over a Buffalo squad that might be the league’s most dominant team. On Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, Tagovailoa was slammed to the turf in the second quarter.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion in Thursday night's game at Cincinnati. He underwent additional testing Friday.

On Sunday against Buffalo, Tagovailoa took a hit from Bills linebacker Matt Milano late in the first half and appeared to hit his head on the turf. He added: “There was no medical indication from all resources that there was anything regarding the head. McDaniel said Tagovailoa was interacting with teammates on the flight home. He was brought to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for evaluation. On the play, he spun awkwardly and was thrown to the turf. The team was waiting still for results from an MRI exam, which McDaniel said was done out of “extra precaution” on top of the CT scans and X-rays taken the night before.

The joint concussion protocol of the NFL and NFL Players Association is facing serious questions Friday, one day after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua ...

His highlights on Thursday night were a 7-yard touchdown pass to [Chase Edmonds](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3119195/chase-edmonds) and a 64-yard pass to [Tyreek Hill](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116406/tyreek-hill) that put Miami deep in the red zone. A failure in medical judgment is a failure of the protocols when it comes to the wellbeing of our players." [Teddy Bridgewater](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16728/teddy-bridgewater), who has a 33-30 record in 63 starts for the [Minnesota Vikings](/nfl/team/_/name/min/minnesota-vikings), [New Orleans Saints](/nfl/team/_/name/no/new-orleans-saints), [Carolina Panthers](/nfl/team/_/name/car/carolina-panthers) and [Denver Broncos](/nfl/team/_/name/den/denver-broncos) over the past seven seasons. He was diagnosed later with a concussion and did not finish the game. Because it was not "neurologically caused," according to the determination of the team and unaffiliated doctors, he was permitted to play under the terms of the protocol. He added that the team and an unaffiliated neurological consultant went "above and beyond" to the point where Tagovailoa was "annoyed" at the amount of questions he was asked about a potential head injury. He accompanied the Dolphins on the team plane and was in good spirits upon arrival, wearing a neck brace as a precaution. In Tagovailoa's case, the gross motor instability was attributed to a back injury and not a concussion. Tagovailoa was treated at University of Cincinnati Hospital and was discharged before the Dolphins left the Cincinnati area for South Florida. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Tagovailoa insisted that a back injury he suffered earlier in the game was to blame for the stumble. "We'll review all of the video, we'll review all of the data. The Dolphins originally labeled it a head injury but then later attributed the stumble to ankle and back injuries and allowed him to finish the game after he cleared an evaluation at halftime.

The 24-year-old quarterback sustained head and neck injuries against the Bengals on 'Thursday Night Football.'

“I want to thank everyone for all of their prayers and support since the game last night,” the statement began. The diagnosis came after he briefly exited against Buffalo with what initially appeared to be a head injury. Tagovailoa had been listed as questionable coming into TNF because of a back injury he sustained on Sunday, and ultimately ended up being cleared to play just under two hours before kickoff. Tagovailoa was stretchered off the field and taken to the hospital for further evaluation. Tagovailoa, who is currently in concussion protocol, also stated that he’s “feeling much better” and is focusing on his road to recovery. Less than 24 hours prior, the 24-year-old quarterback sustained head and neck injuries after taking a scary hit from Bengals defensive tackle Josh Tapou in the second quarter.

Head coach Mike McDaniel was swarmed with questions as he was the first of the Dolphins' brass to discuss the matter. "It was a scary moment," McDaniel said at ...

He [was stumbling on the field](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tua-tagovailoa-injury-update-dolphins-qb-returns-after-taking-hit-to-head-in-first-half-vs-bills/) after the hit, causing many to believe he had suffered a head injury. He was asking for me and when he saw me I could just tell that it wasn't the same guy that I'm used to seeing." I was obviously very worried about his head, but you know you wanted to make sure that all things with relation to the spine and back -- you want to make sure that's okay. That was an emotional moment that is not part of the deal that anyone signs up for even though you know it's a possibility in football to have something that you have to be taken off on a stretcher. "He was evaluated for a concussion and he's in the concussion protocol ... Head coach Mike McDaniel was swarmed with questions as he was the first of the Dolphins' brass to discuss the matter.

Tua Tagovailoa shouldn't play, concussion expert Chris Nowinski tweeted before Thursday's Dolphins game. Now he fears the QB might have brain damage.

“It's like this is a sign of a huge cultural problem in the NFL. Besides like a protocol failure, coaches saw him fall down after getting hit in the head and didn't believe that he could have had a concussion. Since the injury occurred in the second quarter, Tagovailoa was examined on the sideline and in the locker room during halftime but played the entire second half. “These are people that we mutually invest in and somebody I’ve grown very, very close to,” McDaniel said of Tagovailoa. That and the number of years that have gone by add to Nowinski’s frustration over the handling of Tagovailoa. When Tagovailoa first went down against the Bills, he wobbled getting up and appeared to be shaking off cobwebs as teammates closed in to assist. Friday, McDaniel said his quarterback was undergoing an MRI and it was too early to even consider when Tagovailoa might play again. “’It’s hard to watch,” Nowinski said. Robert Cantu to launch the Concussion Legacy Foundation in 2007, inspired in part by the suicide of Andre Waters, the former Philadelphia Eagles defensive back from Pahokee. Now the Dolphins and NFL are facing hard questions on whether the league’s concussion protocol either failed or was not adhered to, because Tagovailoa was playing four days after being injured against Buffalo. His foundation has studied the brains of Nick Buoniconti, Jim Kiick, Earl Morrall and other Dolphins after their deaths to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). He’s a co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit that helps lead research into traumatic brain injury.

The NFL Players Association says it is focused on the medical judgments within the concussion protocols that allowed the quarterback to play Thursday.

[in a statement](https://twitter.com/GeorgeAtallah/status/1575854451117944833) Friday, “is to shift the culture of our game from one that was previously focused on the fastest path back to the field, to one that emphasized player care above all. It’s a failure of the ownership. “All of his teammates were absolutely elated to see him on the plane,” McDaniel said. It’s a failure of the leadership. It’s a failure of the culture. It’s a failure of the coaching staff. “A failure in medical judgement is a failure of the protocols when it comes to the well being of our players.” “I know that he was checked after the game,” Sills said. “I know that he was checked the following day. And now I realize I’ve got to laser back on the NFL.” “If there would have been anything lingering with his head, I wouldn’t have been able to live with myself if I had prematurely put someone out there and put them in harm’s way,” McDaniel said Friday. McDaniel said he would not have allowed Tagovailoa to play Thursday if he had been given any “medical indication” the quarterback suffered a head injury during Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was checked for concussion symptoms every day this week before an independent neurologist cleared him to take the ...

The injury came four days after Tagovailoa briefly left Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills and returned after passing the concussion protocol. "It was difficult to not be able to finish the game and be there with my teammates, but I am grateful for the support and care I've received from the Dolphins, my friends and family, and all the people who have reached out. "I want to thank everyone for all of their prayers and support since the game last night," he wrote. According to the Dolphins, Tagovailoa remained conscious throughout the night and had full movement in his extremities. Tagovailoa was sacked by Cincinnati's Josh Tupou and swung to the ground violently with 5:43 remaining in the first half. The Dolphins said he sustained a concussion, and NFL Network reported Friday that Tagovailoa has entered the league's concussion protocol.

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa underwent an MRI on Friday after sustaining head and neck injuries during Miami's game against the Cincinnati Bengals on ...

He appeared to be in visible pain and was tended to by trainers and medical staff before being loaded onto a stretcher. Let’s worry about you and your head and being a healthy human being through it and then we’ll worry about playing football later.'” “We’ll find the results on that,” he said.

George Kittle anticipates the NFL's concussion protocols getting stricter following Tua Tagovailoa's scary injury on Thursday night.

I don't know the details, but with all the scrutiny that's on it right now, I'm going to assume that things are going to get even tighter moving forward." If he thinks he's alright then I'm going to trust a guy's instinct, but like I said at the end of the day, sometimes the team has to kind of protect you from yourself." It's on the team to really protect these guys. "I did see what happened to him, I did see what happened to him last week," Kittle told reporters. Kittle understands that the competitive nature of players will make any decision difficult regarding their availability for an upcoming game. Tagovailoa's injury served as a reminder to everyone of just how violent and dangerous football is.

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said the quarterback had a headache Thursday night and Friday. Tagovailoa underwent an MRI, a CT scan and X-rays, ...

The Dolphins later said he was conscious and had movement in all of his extremities. McDaniel said Tagovailoa was interacting with teammates on the flight home. While on the ground, Tagovailoa appeared to display [the fencing response](https://apnews.com/article/tua-tagovailoa-fencing-response-de6a1e5d95a5ab869e043369cb6546c3), with his fingers frozen in front of his face. Tagovailoa stumbled when he got up and was taken to the locker room to be evaluated for a concussion, then returned to the game at the start of the third quarter. “There was no medical indication from all resources that there was anything regarding the head,” McDaniel said Friday. He was not in the concussion protocol leading up to Thursday’s game.

A scary moment Thursday night involving Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has the sports world buzzing.

Doctors are urging parents to keep a close eye on their young athletes. Even if an athlete suffers another concussion, he or she can have totally different symptoms that require a completely different treatment model from the previous injury.” “And no two concussions are ever the same. “The thing is every patient will have their own symptoms. To me, that’s just not enough attention to detail,” explained Hill. “Honestly, I was pissed off,” said Hill.

Bills fans have a long history of donating to the charitable foundations of players on opposing teams, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process.

Bills fans have a long history of donating to the charitable foundations of players on opposing teams, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process. [Andy Dalton](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/player/1621/andy-dalton)‘s foundation after he threw a touchdown pass that put the Bills into the playoffs. Almost immediately after Tagovailoa was stretchered off the field against the Bengals, social media accounts affiliated with #BillsMafia began urging pledges to the Tua Foundation, which supports health and wellness of young people.

Tua Tagovailoa suffered a scary injury Thursday, bringing football's handling of head injuries back to the forefront.

And we want to be the best in the world at diagnosing and managing these injuries. “We want to be as transparent and open about this as possible. Tagovailoa was injured after he was pushed to the ground by Buffalo Bills linebacker Matt Milano, causing his head to hit the turf.