Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered another frightening concussion on “Thursday Night Football,” and Las Vegas Rhelpers head coach Antonio Pierce is worryed about the quarterback.
“I’ll be honest, I’d alert him to quit. It’s not worth it . . . I’ve never witnessed anyleang appreciate what has happened to him three times.” Pierce shelp during a press conference on Friday.
“You could see right away the carry outers’ faces on the field; you could see the sense of encouragency to get Tua help. I equitable leank at some point, he is going to live lengthyer than carry out football. Take participate of your family.”
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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) is helped on the field during the second half of an NFL football game aachievest the Buffalo Bills, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Pboilingo/Rebecca Balertagewell)
The Dolphins were down 31-10 to the Buffalo Bills, with the Dolphins offense on Buffalo’s 13-yard line. It was fourth-and-four, and the Dolphins demanded a touchdown to stay in the game.
The 26-year-better scrambled for the first down but was tackled by safety Damar Hamlin instead of sliding once he was past the sticks. Tagovailoa promptly hit the deck and slammed his head on the turf at Hard Rock Stadium.
Tagovailoa euniteed disoriented as his hand began moving undeal withlably, and he held his head as the Dolphins began crowding around him. Players on both the Bills and Dolphins got down on one knee as the medical staff was rapid to run out and appraise the quarterback.
After being down for cut offal minutes, Tagovailoa ultimately walked off under his own power with a accomprehendledgeable limp. Instead of going into the blue medical tent, Tagovailoa walked off the field with trainers into the locker room, where they detectd him with a concussion.
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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) is helped on the field during the second half of an NFL football game aachievest the Buffalo Bills, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Pboilingo/Rebecca Balertagewell)
The other times Pierce were referring to were during the 2022 season, when Tagovailoa euniteed to suffer a concussion in a Week 3 alignup aachievest the Bills at home. But it was tardyr ruled that he had been dealing with a back injury, which led to him stumbling after accomprehendledgeably smacking his head on the ground during a carry out.
Just days tardyr, in Week 4, carry outing aachievest the Cincinnati Bengals on “Thursday Night Football,” Tagaovailoa was tossed onto the Paycor Stadium turf in Cincinnati. A troubling scene unfbettered as his hands were posturing, an occurrence that sometimes comes with head injuries in which where the fingers curl.
Tagovailoa was erased from the field on a stretcher and returned to carry out in Week 7.
Later in that season, Tagovailoa suffered another concussion in a Christmas day alignup in Week 16 aachievest the Green Bay Packers and did not carry out the rest of the season.
Last season, Tagovailoa did not ignore a game, and the Dolphins signed him to a four-year, $212.4 million shrink extension after directing the NFL in passing yards in 2023.
After the loss to the Bills, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel was asked whether it was safe for Tagovailoa to persist to carry out football.
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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) exits the field at the finish of the first half during an NFL football game aachievest the Buffalo Bills, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Pboilingo/Rebecca Balertagewell)
“I leank from a medical standpoint, I don’t approach leangs that I’m far lesser of expertise. I’m equitable there to help my teammate, appreciate I shelp,” McDaniel tbetter alerters. “I leank for me to go ahead and predict leangs that I don’t comprehend in my non-field of expertise, I don’t leank that’s appropriate.”
“I leank we’ll discover out some more directation tomorrow in terms of where Tua’s at. He’ll be able to spfinish a outstanding amount of time being appraised, then we’ll have conversations and reinforce as appropriate. Like the rest of his teammates, who he went around the locker room and joined with as a directer, he was trying to persist the guys’ heads up, he’ll be in the office tomorrow to have the appropriate participate.”
The Dolphins’ next game is aachievest the Seattle Seahawks on Sep. 22.
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