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Tua Tagovailoa’s family had joined him in the evaluation room.
The Miami Dolphins quarterback then joined teammates in the locker room after they all had lost 31-10 to the Buffalo Bills, as the franchise wondered how much more than a game they had lost on the night.
In the short term, the Dolphins had lost Tagovailoa for the final 19 minutes and 36 seconds of game play to the third diagnosed concussion of his career.
But could his latest football scare prompt a longer sidelining?
The Dolphins were concerned — about the father and husband and teammate whose humanity overwhelmed them, his Thursday performance fading to the background.
“I’m just worried about the human being,” Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said. “I was just worried about my guy. It’s not something you ever want to be a part of. You hope not to.”
The Dolphins faced fourth-and-4 in the final five minutes of the third quarter, when Tagovailoa barreled up field to convert on a quarterback keeper. He then lowered his head into Bills safety Damar Hamlin, and fell down from the force of the contact.
A horizontal Tagovailoa’s arm balled into an apparent fencing response associated with traumatic brain injury.
Prayers for Tua Tagovailoa. Note his right hand balling into a fist and his arm going straight in the air. That’s posturing and a sign of loss of consciousness and a #concussion. Certainly out for the game. So sad. pic.twitter.com/e6wYIDVaZa
— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) September 13, 2024
He limped off the field and back toward the locker room, where just a few minutes later he was ruled out with a concussion.
Opposing quarterback Josh Allen said, “you can’t help but feel for him.”
“He is a great football player but he is an even greater human being,” Allen said on the Amazon Prime postgame show. “He’s one of the best human beings on the planet. I’ve got a lot of love for him, praying for him and his family, hoping everything’s OK.
“It’s tough, man. This…
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Publish date : 2024-09-13 05:22:00
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