Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was cleared from concussion protocol on Saturday, paving the way in which for his return.
Tagovailoa, who has been out since struggling a concussion towards the Bengals on Sept. 29, can be inactive for this Sunday’s sport towards the Vikings. However he's anticipated to begin when Miami hosts the Steelers within the Sunday night time sport on Oct. 23.
In line with ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Tagovailoa obtained 4 exterior opinions, along with these of workforce medical doctors, who “unanimously” cleared him from protocol and agreed that his scans confirmed no indicators of-long time period impression to the mind.
Tagovailoa additionally reportedly didn’t undergo any setbacks throughout his progress by way of the concussion protocol, in response to NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero.
Whether or not Tagovailoa suffered Persistent Traumatic Encephelopathy (CTE) because of the concussion he sustained towards the Bengals, and one other he could have suffered towards the Payments 4 days earlier, is unknown — CTE can’t be detected in mind scans.
Teddy Bridgewater was additionally cleared from concussion protocol and can function rookie QB Skylar Thompson’s backup this week towards the Vikings.
Each Tagovailoa and Bridgewater have been full contributors in apply on Friday.
Tagovailoa was briefly hospitalized after he hit his head on the bottom on a sack throughout the Bengals sport, which got here simply 4 days after he equally hit his head towards the Payments and was stumbling earlier than being evaluated at halftime and being allowed to return to that sport, with the Dolphins and Tagovailoa saying a again harm was accountable for his having bother strolling.
A overview of the league’s concussion protocol was sought by the NFL Gamers Affiliation within the wake of the harm and finally led to the firing of the unaffiliated neurotrauma guide who carried out Tagovailoa’s first concussion analysis after it was decided “a number of errors” had been made, together with not inspecting the QB’s again.
The NFL and NFLPA agreed on adjustments to the concussion protocol final weekend, which embody ataxia as a “no-go” symptom, which means any participant who shows an abnormality of stability or stability, motor coordination or dysfunctional speech is to be eliminated and never allowed to return to the sport.
In the meantime, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel earlier this week mentioned he was trying ahead to having Tagovailoa again.
“In these conditions, you're counting on all medical recommendation and what folks can do and what we’ve been instructed is he can exit and throw and do some particular person work this week,” McDaniel mentioned. “In order that’s thrilling for everyone simply because, you understand, actually we simply miss his character. He’s a man that we depend on that, to not point out all of his play and all that stuff.”
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