Tua Tagovailoa formally out with concussion at New England
Sports
Miami coach Mike McDaniel stated Friday that Tagovailoa remains to be within the NFL’s concussion protocol and is everyday as he focuses on his well being.
Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has formally been dominated out for Sunday’s recreation at New England after struggling a concussion in Miami’s Christmas Day loss to Green Bay.
Miami coach Mike McDaniel stated Friday that Tagovailoa remains to be within the NFL’s concussion protocol and is everyday as he focuses on his well being.
“He’s better than the day before,” McDaniel stated. “But I’m also trying to get a team ready to play this game, and it really doesn’t do anybody any service to over talk the scenario where he’s got to be focused on his health and nothing else.”
Teddy Bridgewater will lead Miami in Sunday’s important division matchup, which can be a think about whether or not the Dolphins clinch their first postseason berth since 2016. The Dolphins can clinch the playoffs with a win and a New York Jets loss to Seattle, or a tie mixed with a Jets loss and Pittsburgh Steelers loss or tie.
For Tagovailoa, it’s not clear when, or if, he’ll return to the sector, however many present and former gamers have expressed concern for his long-term well being after his second confirmed concussion of the season.
McDaniel has appeared equally involved for his 24-year-old beginning quarterback, however has chosen his phrases rigorously, providing few particulars on Tagovailoa’s future. He stated Friday that he has blocked out exterior opinions “diligently” relating to Tagovailoa’s well being.
“I haven’t read or talked or heard anything outside of doing my job with the people that I work with,” McDaniel stated. “I think from an integrity standpoint, it’s important for me to do everything for the right reasons and not have influences either way with whatever the situation is.”
Tagovailoa was beforehand concussed in a Week 4 loss to Cincinnati on a play that knocked him unconscious and prompted him to be stretchered off the sector.
That was 4 days after he was allowed to return to a recreation towards Buffalo after he appeared disoriented following successful. It was an unsettling scene as Tagovailoa wobbled when he tried to get again on his toes, and the NFL later modified its concussion protocol to mandate that any participant who reveals potential concussion signs — together with an absence of steadiness or stability — sit out the rest of a recreation.
When he returned for Miami’s Week 7 matchup towards Pittsburgh, Tagovailoa spoke about how anxious the entire course of had been.
“It’s been a process, that’s for sure,” Tagovailoa stated in October. “Having to deal with the interviews with the NFL and the NFLPA and then having to go and see doctors outside with second opinions … but all of it is done for player safety. I’m glad that I got to go through those things to kind of understand more of the deals of concussions and the effects.”
Tagovailoa’s brother, Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, informed the Associated Press on Thursday that he does fear about his brother’s long-term well being, given how a lot info is out there on Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, the progressive mind situation attributable to repeated blows to the pinnacle.
“That’s my brother,” he stated. “I want him to always be safe, but at the same time play the game that he loves and do what he loves to do and see him happy. In life, I feel like we all have to make those tough decisions, regardless of what he feels like doing at the moment. There are lot more years and a lot of more time too, because he’s still young.”
___
AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL
