Yikes. Best wishes to Tua on that one.
That was awful. The fingers curling… I’ve never seen anything like that.
Seen it from fighters who have been knockout a few too many times. Their body locks up in weird positions. This is probably due to last week. He should take a month off at least. Some boxers take a year off if knocked out twice in a row or straight retire.
There is no way he should have been in the game tonight after looking like this 4 days ago. That’s really bad and there should be an investigation by the league.
https://twitter.com/cbanksburner/status/1575664521212936193?s=20&t=hV2DLR_4yZWGmgwtd4AbuQ
They've said it was his back and he was never in concussion protocol.
“They” as in the Dolphins medical team? He was out on his feet.
They as in the Dolphins team AND the independent doctor that the NFL puts on sidelines for that exact reason.
In Sunday's win over the Buffalo Bills, Tagovailoa underwent concussion evaluations at halftime after he hit his head on the ground and then stumbled while trying to return to the huddle. The team initially listed him as questionable to return because of a head injury but later said it was a back injury that caused him to stumble. Tagovailoa said later in the week that he passed every evaluation he took before ultimately returning to the game.
McDaniel, asked whether he knew with 100% certainty that Tagovailoa was not concussed after Sunday's game, said yes, and noted that Tagovailoa was cleared by an independent neurologist.
"People don't stray. We don't mess with that. As long as I'm the head coach, that will never be an issue," McDaniel said.
Asked whether there was anything he could have done differently following the Bills game, McDaniel said: "Absolutely zero patience for or will ever put a player in position for them to be in harm's way. That's not what I'm about at all. No outcome of a game would influence me to be irresponsible as a head coach of a football team."
Don't get me wrong, teams lie all of time, I just have a hard time believing they would be lying about something that is so easy to verify, you know like he was cleared by the independent neurologist. Now could Tua have fudged the results to trick the doctor, maybe, but those independent doctors the league hires know that players will try to do that, so I'd like to think they are prepared for that.
It is always unfortunate when players get hurt, especially with things like the head, but this isn't the 80's anymore. Teams and players are all well aware of the impact a head injury can have, and they do take it seriously. The league does as well by placing the independent doctors at every game to ensure that the protocols are followed and the players are protected from themselves and their teams.
