The NFL, Miami Dolphins, and Mike McDaniel are seemingly the biggest culprits in putting Tagovailoa in danger.
Tagovailoa was likely in no condition on Thursday to play after suffering a head injury - or, as the Dolphins labeled it, a back injury - in the previous match.
It was on Sunday, September 25, after a hard shove from Buffalo Bills linebacker Matt Milano to the ground, that the 24-year-old suffered the injury.
The Miami signal-caller once again had to be stretchered off the field after taking another huge blow to the head on Thursday - this time due to a sack by Cincinnati defensive lineman Josh Tupou.
Former Super Bowl champion Mitchell Schwartz laid into the NFLPA’s tweet stating that their ‘investigation into the potential protocol violation’ of Tagovailoa playing on Thursday was still ongoing. He cited the NFLPA’s rush to resolve the Deshaun Watson sexual predator case in record time as proof that their priorities are out of whack:
Mike McDaniel on Tua Tagovailoa’s injury against Bengals
While he let Tua Tagovailoa play on Thursday, head coach Mike McDaniel was sincere in his depiction of what it was like to see his offensive leader laid out on the field with a likely concussion:
His description of Tua Tagovailoa’s injury was quite scary:
The Tua Tagovailoa situation is one that could ultimately produce changes in the NFL’s concussion protocol.
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