Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa positioned in NFL concussion protocol

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Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is within the NFL’s concussion protocol, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel stated at a Monday information convention.

The announcement comes a day after Tagovailoa performed all the sport because the Dolphins misplaced to the Inexperienced Bay Packers. It's the second time this season the 24-year-old quarterback has landed within the concussion protocol.

It additionally comes a number of months after he was within the highlight for obvious head accidents and the league and the gamers’ union agreed to replace the protocol – the NFL’s insurance policies for assessing and caring for gamers who maintain a concussion.

McDaniel stated Monday afternoon that he had solely came upon “a pair hours in the past” that Tagovailoa displayed concussion signs and had been positioned within the league’s protocol by medical workers. He couldn't pinpoint a second in Sunday’s sport the place Tagovailoa may need been injured.

It's unclear if Tagovailoa will likely be obtainable to play this week in opposition to the New England Patriots, the coach stated.

“I care very deeply about every participant,” McDaniel stated. “I take that severely, so I simply need him to get wholesome and have peace of thoughts in that regard. That’s at the beginning, after which regardless of the circumstances are after, you cope with after. It’s concerning the human being and ensuring he’s squared away.”

Tagovailoa additionally was identified with a concussion on September 29 after being sacked in a sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals. Tagovailoa lay immobile on the sphere for a number of minutes earlier than he was positioned on a backboard and stretcher. He missed the workforce’s subsequent two video games.

That concussion got here a number of days after Tagovailoa suffered an obvious head harm and was later allowed to proceed taking part in in a sport in opposition to the Buffalo Payments on September 25.

A concussion is a mind harm that occurs after a success to the top causes the organ to maneuver backwards and forwards contained in the cranium. However even after the mind itself stops shaking, there could be adjustments to the organ.

In October, Tagovailoa stated he didn’t keep in mind being taken off the sphere in the course of the September 29 sport.

“Getting carted off – I don’t do not forget that,” he stated. “However I do keep in mind the issues that had been occurring once I was within the ambulance after which once I arrived on the hospital.”

He known as the method of going via the protocol hectic.

“However all of it's achieved for participant security and I’m glad that I acquired to undergo these issues to grasp extra of the offers of concussions, and you understand, the results, long-term, short-term, issues like that. I assumed it was nice I used to be capable of undergo that course of and get cleared,” Tagovailoa stated on the time.

The Dolphins occupy the seventh and ultimate playoff spot within the AFC, one sport forward of the Patriots. The Dolphins have two weeks left of their common season.