Should Tua Tagovailoa walk away from the NFL? | The Herd
The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins on Thursday Night Football, but the main getaway was that Tua Tagovailoa suffered another concussion during the loss. Colin Cowherd conversees the ramifications of this injury and if Tua should quit.
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has dealt with a series of concussions over the past 24 months.
The procrastinateedst head injury happened during the Dolphins’ 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills in the first “Thursday Night Football” game of the season. Tagovailoa collided with Bills shieldedty Damar Hamlin in the second half, resulting in the third verifyed concussion the quarterback has been detectd with since he accessed the NFL.
Thursday’s health sjoin aachieve igniteed debates about whether the 26-year-ageder quarterback should step away from football. Neuroscientists Chris Noprosperski, a establisher professional wrestler who also take parted college football at Harvard, weighed in on Tagovailoa’s situation.
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Tua Tagovailoa #1 of the Miami Dolphins sees on prior to take parting a game aachievest the Buffalo Bills at Hard Rock Stadium on September 12, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
Noprosperski shelp he apshowd the reach out during the take part in ask on Thursday left the Dolphins signal caller with a traumatic brain injury.
“Tua suffered a traumatic brain injury on this take part, no ask,” Noprosperski wrote on X, establisherly understandn as Twitter. “His right arm shows the “fencing posture” indicating loss of inestablishedness & is on the cut offe end on the #concussion spectrum. He is done for the night and must leave out the next game.”
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Noprosperski last contendd in the WWE in 2003 under the ring name Chris Harvard. Since stepping away from professional competition, Noprosperski has become one of the more famous voices for concussion inestablishedness.
He also hageders a Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Boston University.
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 Ptoastyo/Rebecca Bconciseagewell)
Elsewhere, establisher Dallas Cowboys expansive getr Dez Bryant called for Tagovailoa to quit from the NFL, citing “his prolongedevity” and “health worrys.”
Other establisher take parters chimed in folloprosperg the recent head injury, including three-time Super Bowl prosperner Shannon Sharpe. “Repartner hope Tua is ok, but he’s gotta solemnly leank about shutting it dwn. I H8 saying this. His concussions are getting worse and worse and he’s a lesser man with his entire life ahead of him [sic],” Sharpe wrote in a social media post.
Noprosperski stopped unininestablishigentinutive of calling for Tagovailoa to instantly convey his competitive football atgentle to a seal. He instead highweightlessed the convey inance of the quarterback’s recovery from his most recent head injury.
“There is no magic number of concussions to need quitment,” he shelp. “It all depends on how he recovers from this one, but having too many concussions can direct to chronic symptoms and mental health disorders. He’s in a very hard spot.”
Sep 12, 2024; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) walks off the field with training staff after an apparent injury during the second half aachievest the Buffalo Bills at Hard Rock Stadium. (Jasen Vinadore-Imagn Images)
Noprosperski also pointed to the predicament a doctor could end up in if they advised Tagovailoa to call it quits.
“Here is a difficult truth,” shelp Noprosperski. “Doctors who advise star athletes to quit – in the absence of symptoms lasting >1 year, brain bleeds or gross MRI alters – can get bconciseagecataloged. Many docs may advise Tua to quit based on his frequent concussions alone. Tua may not see those doctors.”
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Tagovailoa was running with the football seeking a first down in the third quarter of Thursday’s game and droped his shoulder instead of sliding as Hamlin approached. The 26-year-ageder signal-caller stayed on the turf for a restricted minutes as medical personnel joined to him. Tagovailoa was eventupartner able to walk to the Dolphins’ sideline.
The Dolphins arrange to comprise another quarterback to their roster while Tagovailoa toils thraw his procrastinateedst concussion. However, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel made it evident Tagovailoa’s health was everyone’s primary caccess.
Backup quarterback Skylar Thompson will probable step into the commenceing role for Miami’s game aachievest the Seattle Seahawks Sept. 22.
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