Tua Tagovailoa stated he misplaced consciousness following the scary concussion he suffered through the Dolphins’ sport in opposition to the Bengals final month and that he doesn’t keep in mind a lot that occurred after that.
Chatting with reporters on Wednesday, the third-year quarterback recounted what he does keep in mind from the incident, the results of his head being slammed on the turf throughout a sack by Cincinnati’s Josh Tupou.
“There was some extent I used to be unconscious,” Tagovailoa stated. “I keep in mind all the night time up till the purpose I received tackled.
“I don’t keep in mind being carted off. I do keep in mind some issues from the ambulance and the hospital.”
Tagovailoa has been sidelined since sustaining the blow in Cincinnati on Sept. 29, simply 4 days after he equally hit his head on the bottom after a deal with in a sport in opposition to the Payments, and was wobbly as he tried to stroll. After each Tagovailoa and the Dolphins stated he had suffered a again damage, he was ultimately allowed to return to that sport, and in addition was cleared to play that Thursday at Cincinnati.
After Tagovailoa was concussed within the Sept. 29 sport, the unaffiliated neurotrauma marketing consultant who had carried out the concussion analysis through the sport in opposition to the Payments on Sept. 25 was fired by the NFL Gamers Affiliation, which stated “a number of errors” had been made within the evaluation of his damage.
Tagovailoa, who cleared concussion protocol final week, is in line to begin in opposition to the Steelers this Sunday night time.
That call got here after the 24-year-old reportedly acquired 4 exterior opinions, in addition to the opinions of Miami group docs, who unanimously agreed his scans confirmed no indicators of long-term influence on his mind. He additionally didn’t undergo any setbacks whereas going via the protocol.
Although Tagovailoa missed two video games and solely returned to follow every week in the past, he did sufficient to impress coach Mike McDaniel.
“He’s laser targeted,” McDaniel stated on Wednesday. “He’s in his regular temper, however he doesn’t lose consideration span on the activity at hand. And that’s what I’ve grown to like concerning the man. That’s why he’s been capable of have some success in a very new language and system.
“What you noticed was each single play of follow saying the play. After I say it, he’s saying it within the huddle, then watching the timing of the idea, watching the footwork of [backup QB] Skylar [Thompson], getting excited when excellent method is executed — as a result of he is aware of precisely what it appears like. … To see that focus final for all the follow additionally speaks to the purpose that it’s not nearly him, his selflessness, which is why he has a singular aura of management that individuals gravitate to as a result of it’s real, genuine, and actual.”
The Dolphins, who began the season 3-0, have struggled mightily with out Tagovailoa within the lineup, dropping three straight, which included a 40-17 drubbing by the hands of the Jets. Throughout that span, Miami went from first within the league in factors per drive to twenty eighth.
Tagovailoa can be wanting to return after what he termed a troublesome few weeks.
“Loads of it has been I'd say fairly traumatic,” Tagovailoa stated Wednesday. “However all of it’s performed for participant security and I’m glad that I received to undergo these issues to know extra [of] the offers of concussions and the results long run, brief time period, issues like that.
“I believed it was nice that I used to be capable of undergo that course of and get cleared.”
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