Tua Tagovailoa

Six games into the Miami Dolphins 2022 campaign, third-year quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has missed part of four contests due to injuries.

Today, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa resumes playing football after a horrifying moment from 24 days ago in Cincinnati, when he was knocked unconscious ...

“My parents were — they had a lot of things to say to me prior to the injury, and then things in the hospital and then after that and then going through the interview process, going to see second-opinion doctors. And any parent who endured the emotions that Tua’s parents experienced in Cincinnati on September 29 would want more than anything else to never have that feeling again. It’s the longevity of me just being able to be the quarterback for this team and not try to make something out of nothing.” The most immediate question is whether he’ll be able to protect himself against the kind of contact that may result in his head striking the turf again. Whether he can make that adjustment while he’s in the middle of the fray remains to be seen. Indeed, some people will tune in for the game with no interest in the action other than to see whether Tua suffers another actual or potential concussion.

The Sporting News revisits Tagovailoa's two-week stretch that prompted a significant update to the league's concussion protocol.

As such, it was determined the [protocol itself was flawed](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/tua-tagovailoa-investigation-nfl-nflpa-dolphins-injury/pqbn0ixkuioonav1k1lahzpd) — not Miami's adherence to it. The move was roundly criticized at the time, with the NFLPA announcing it would [investigate the Dolphins](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/tua-tagovailoa-injury-update-dolphins-qb-head-injury-bills-returns/pclhmkqovmj19e05lmepuscb) and whether they properly followed protocol. The association cited "several mistakes" by the doctor, including a hostile interview and a lack of understanding as to their role. [update to the league's concussion protocol](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-nflpa-concussion-protocols-tua-tagovailoa-week-5/mhwfxoaffbsavx5m1wmxwebt), was enacted following widespread public outcry after the third-year Miami signal-caller suffered a concussion in a Week 4 "Thursday Night Football" game vs. As a result, the NFLPA Never have and as long as I'm the head coach, so it will never be an issue that you guys have to worry about." He was subsequently placed in concussion protocol, missing Miami's Week 5 and 6 games against the Jets and Vikings as he recovered from the hit. [How does the NFL's concussion protocol work? Cincinnati defensive lineman Josh Tupou slung Tagovailoa to the turf, slamming the back of his head in the process. [Mayo Clinic](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ataxia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355652) defines ataxia as "poor muscle control that causes clumsy voluntary movements. The latest addition to the NFL concussion protocol now has independent certified athletic trainers (or ATC spotters) looking for players who demonstrate gross motor instability, also known as ataxia. Under the updated protocol,

The Dolphins quarterback recently met with the media for the first time since his Sept. 29 concussion.

“I’ve always been a person to try and like make something happen,” he told the media. “Once I got out to the field, I knew right away that this was at least a concussion,” he said after the game. He was able to fly back to Miami with the rest of the team the next day. Well, those guys that only have six concussions that are playing the position that I’m playing, where we don’t hit as much, are less susceptible to getting CTE later on in their years than someone who’s playing a position where they’re constantly taking hits or blows to the head, which would be O-line, D-line, linebackers.” “But all of it’s done for player safety,” he said. Reporters then asked the quarterback about his risk of developing CTE. He met with doctors in Pittsburgh and Detroit before being cleared to play, “After I got tackled, I don’t remember much from there,” he said. Tagovailoa remembers everything leading up to the sack. He laid on the ground for 12 minutes before being carted off, according to I was just wondering what happened.” 29, and the Miami Dolphins quarterback is finally speaking publicly about that night.

Published: Oct. 23, 2022, 2:39 p.m.. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel talks with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel talks with ...

Miami entered that game with a 3-0 record, but without Tagovailoa, the Dolphins lost to the New York Jets 40-17 on Oct. “And I think that’s super-cool that we see that and it’s not a beatdown of plays that you’ve done wrong and it doesn’t kill the confidence of guys. “But it’s pretty cool that there’s other ways you can find success, and it’s not always getting down on somebody. We had that with Flo last year. “I had that with coach Saban. 29, the voice in his helmet calling the plays for the Miami Dolphins’ offense will be head coach Mike McDaniel.

Published: Oct. 23, 2022, 4:17 p.m.. Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Buffalo Bills linebacker Matt Milano (58) rushes towards Miami Dolphins ...

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Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa returns looking to end Miami's three-game losing skid. They face the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Night Football.

] [6:59 p.m. ] [7:55 p.m. ] [8:05 p.m. ] [8:23 p.m. ] [8:50 p.m. ] [9:05 p.m. ] [9:32 p.m. ] [9:45 p.m. ] [10:10 p.m. ] [10:35 p.m. ] [Tua Tagovailoa](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/2022/10/21/tua-tagovailoa-and-dolphins-host-brian-flores-and-steelers/10563016002/) is finally back at quarterback for the [Dolphins](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/2022/10/20/mike-gesicki-trade-report-and-heres-what-dolphins-mike-gesicki-said/10525638002/).

We break down the fantasy football outlook of Tua Tagovailoa ahead of the Dolphins' Week 7 matchup against the Steelers.

Playing at home is the icing on the cake in what makes the Dolphins quarterback a viable option in fantasy lineups. The Dolphins quarterback is a start for Week 7, and look for the offense to pick up where they left off with their starter back under center. While the Dolphins quarterback could be gradually acclimated in his return, he has a favorable matchup on deck with the Steelers.

In a Friday interview with Maria Taylor of Football Night in America, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's comments strongly suggested that his parents had ...

In a subsequent production meeting with the Sunday Night Football broadcast team, the topic came up again. It’s a scary situation for any parent, no matter the age of the player. If last month’s events repeat themselves, his parents may become a little more outspoken regarding whether they want him to keep playing.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa received a standing ovation, chant ahead of Sunday night's Week 7 game against the Steelers.

However, regardless of the outcome of Week 7’s game against the Steelers, it is terrific to see Tagovailoa out on the field. In his absence, the Dolphins rolled out quarterbacks Teddy Bridgewater and rookie Skylar Thompson, who [had a mixed bag of success](https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-skylar-thompson-replaced-by-teddy-bridgewater-as-miami-qb-injury-woes-continue/) out on the field, including their own injuries. The 2022 NFL season has been frightening, to say the least, for the former top-five NFL Draft choice, as concussion issues have prevented him from seeing the field since a Thursday night game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 4.

The last time we saw Tagovailoa play football before Sunday night, he was knocked unconscious in a scary scene. It led to a debate about player safety that's ...

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Three weeks after Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was stretchered off the field with a frightening concussion, the Miami quarterback was back on the ...

They were bend-don’t-break for the remainder of the first half and then pitched a shutout in the second half. The Steelers fall to 2-5. The Steelers defense held, but both offenses failed to garner and further second-half momentum. Pickens finished the night with six catches for 61 yards and the touchdown. His second pick came with three minutes to go in the fourth quarter with the Steelers threatening to take the lead in the red zone. Pickett took the blame, saying he should have run it, thrown it out of bounds or made a better throw.

Tua Tagovailoa passed for 261 yards and a touchdown in his first start in nearly a month to lead the host Miami Dolphins to a 16-10 victory over the ...

Tagovailoa was on that opening series, completing 6 of 7 passes for 68 yards, and again on Miami’s second drive, which ended with the first of three Jason Sanders field goals. Tagovailoa, who completed 21 of 35 passes and finished with a 92.7 passer rating, returned to action for the first time since Sept. Tua Tagovailoa passed for 261 yards and a touchdown in his first start in nearly a month to lead the host Miami Dolphins to a 16-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had an odd response to a question relating to the series of concussion's he suffered this season.

The NFL and NFL Players Association called for modifications to [the league’s concussion protocol](https://nesn.com/2022/10/nfl-concussion-protocols-emphasized-after-tua-tagovailoa-debacle/) in wake of the incident, and [the independent doctor](https://nesn.com/2022/10/doctor-involved-in-tua-tagovailoa-concussion-decision-reportedly-fired/) who cleared Tagovailoa during the Buffalo game was fired. “My parents were — they had a lot of things to say to me prior to the injury, and then things in the hospital and then after that and then going through the interview process, going to see second-opinion doctors. In that game, the 24-year-old would again hit his head on the turf after being sacked before being [carted off the field](https://nesn.com/2022/09/tua-tagovailoa-injury-positive-update-for-dolphins-quarterback/) on a stretcher and eventually taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with a concussion and neck injury.

The N.F.L. has been bedeviled by its attempts to better evaluate players for concussions and to hire diverse head coaches. In the Dolphins' win over the ...

Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin said last week in a news conference that he did not feel the game carried more significance because of Flores’s return. As a defensive lineman slung him to the ground in the second quarter of that game, Tagovailoa had the back of his head smash against the field, and his fingers contorted into a “fencing” response that can be a sign of a brain injury. In his filing, Flores also alleged that Ross had violated league rules by recruiting quarterback Tom Brady and Coach Sean Payton, and that Ross had pressured Flores to intentionally lose games to net a higher draft pick. The league said it found no evidence of “tanking” after concluding an investigation in August, but Ross was fined $1.5 million and suspended 11 weeks for violating the league’s tampering policy for his contact with Brady and Payton. But Pickett threw a pass toward the end zone that was intercepted by Noah Igbinoghene with 25 seconds left, effectively ending the game. With the Dolphins leading, 16-10, with three minutes remaining in the game, Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett fired a pass to Diontae Johnson from the Dolphins’ 30-yard line. He started strong — completing five of six passes for 60 yards on the first drive, ending with a 8-yard touchdown pass to Raheem Mostert to put Miami ahead, 7-0. “For me, I’m all for player safety, but when I hear guys saying, ‘That’s the Tua Rule,’ or ‘This is a rule because of Tua,’ I don’t want to be known as that,” Tagovailoa said. Tagovailoa said last week that he remembered much of that night until the injury, which caused him to go unconscious. 29 against the Bengals](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/sports/football/tua-tagovailoa-head-injury.html), an injury that altered the entire N.F.L. [the doctor who evaluated him was fired](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/sports/football/tua-tagovailoa-doctor-fired.html), and the [N.F.L. In the Dolphins’ win over the Steelers, those issues were on full display.

Tua Tagovailoa throws a TD pass as he returns to the field as the Miami Dolphins' starting QB.

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The Miami Dolphins defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in Tua Tagovailoa's return to the field following a scary concussion. And the young quarterback caused ...

Tagovailoa and the Dolphins will look to build momentum as we reach the midway point of the season. The Dolphins didn’t score a point in the second half of the game, but still came out on top. The Dolphins quarterback later admitted those types of plays are rather unwise of him.

The former Alabama All-American had been sidelined since sustaining a concussion on Sept. 29.

… There are some kinds of things you have to just see when you play the game. There’s some stuff particularly in the second half that was getting him frustrated to a degree, but he did everything it took to win the game and that’s all that matters.” If he wasn’t so prepared and hadn’t put himself in the position of playing quarterback when he was out, he wouldn’t have been able to have any sort of success like that. We lacked that rhythm, especially after we had in the third quarter that first drive that we went for it on fourth-and-3 in the tight red. We’re extremely happy about that, and we’ll go back to the drawing board when we come back in. I tried to run and lower my shoulder hoping to get through the guy to get the first down.” [Tagovailoa left the turf ](https://www.al.com/sports/2022/09/tua-tagovailoa-leaves-thursday-night-game-on-stretcher.html)at Paycor Stadium on a stretcher and was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center on Sept. [Tagovailoa said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXoTdiNlTJI). But the Steelers shut out the Dolphins in the second half. “It felt good running out of the tunnel. But Tagovailoa had the Miami offense clicking to open Sunday night’s game. Without Tagovailoa, the Dolphins lost to the New York Jets 40-17 on Oct. He didn’t slide at the end, but tried to slam through Steelers inside linebacker Devin Bush Jr.

Before Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa returned to the lineup on Sunday night for the first time since he suffered a concussion in Week Four, ...

I think he immediately the next series after the first time he did it, he was like, ‘Coach, I’m sorry. I can see the first down. “I wasn’t trying to be Superman or super hero,” Tagovailoa said, via Tom D’Angelo of the Palm Beach Post.

MIAMI GARDENS — Tua Tagovailoa lowered his shoulders and his helmet and plowed into a human wall of Pittsburgh Steelers defenders.

"But he did everything it took to win the game. That was not lost on McDaniel because it's not just the in-game time missed since Tua was taken to the hospital after suffering a concussion during the first half of the loss to Cincinnati on Sept. The Dolphins scored a touchdown and two field goals before the Steelers recorded a first down. He did not throw an interception but that was only because the Steelers treated the ball as if it was dipped in suntan lotion. "It's to his credit," McDaniel said. Because the injury occurred in a Thursday night game and the team never really goes full speed during a short week, Tagovailoa's last full speed practice before last week was Sept. "Not being able to play two games does have an effect on my performance in a way that I haven't seen full speed reps in practice where guys are coming to hit me," Tagovailoa said. "It was awesome seeing him doing his thing." "He immediately after the first time (said) 'Coach, I'm sorry. I was just looking at the situation ... I can see the first down. All is well again for the Dolphins.

Any other quarterback in the NFL would be applauded for playing with the tenacity Tua Tagovailoa showed in the Dolphins' win over the Steelers.

Tagovailoa has not allowed the ugliest scene of his NFL career to affect him – even in his first game back. But every now and then when he puts that shoulder down, we all get riled up and the boys rally behind him.” “I’m never going to totally encourage that at all. “But like, at the same time, you see how the sideline reacts when he does that. The anticipation to see what’s going to happen as soon as Tagovailoa is met by an unforgiving defender. But that all it was.” “Obviously, I came to the sideline after those plays. “Immediately the next series after the first time he did it, he was like, ‘Coach, I’m sorry. The Dolphins were forced to punt. I was like, let’s go.” That was crazy. Two plays later, the Dolphins kicked a field goal.