Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa will not play Week 5 vs Jets, no 'definitive timeline' for return, Mike McDaniel says

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will skip this week’s game towards the New York Jets after suffering a concussion on Thursday, head mentor Mike McDaniel explained Monday.

Tagovailoa was taken off the discipline in a terrifying scene during Thursday’s reduction to the Cincinnati Bengals and entered concussion protocol. The incident came just five times following Tagovailoa displayed alarming signs and symptoms on the field immediately after hitting his head on the floor in a activity versus the Buffalo Charges where he was eventually cleared to return. 

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is sacked by Cincinnati Bengals' Josh Tupou through the initially 50 % of their video game at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday. (G3 Box News Photograph/Joshua A. Bickel)

"Suitable now he’s in the setting up," McDaniel advised reporters of Tagovailoa’s position. "He’s had a couple of good times, but he’s just attempting to go via with the proper procedure and protocol, so he’s feeling 100%. I know he’s likely to be diligent with it." 

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Tagovailoa was strike challenging by Bengals defensive tackle Josh Tupou, who slammed him to the floor in the very first half of Thursday night’s activity. The quarterback laid on the turf with his palms frozen earlier mentioned him and his fingers flexed in an uncomfortable situation. 

Healthcare staff members are inclined to quarterback Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins immediately after an injuries for the duration of the 2nd quarter of the game from the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday. (Andy Lyons/Getty Impression)

Tagovailoa was taken to the clinic and later on identified with a concussion, but the incident sparked outrage across the league, with NFL Players Association president JC Tretter calling out individuals who designed the decision to let Tagovailoa to return to Miami’s 7 days 3 video game in opposition to Buffalo and perform Thursday immediately after he exhibited "no-go" signs and symptoms on the industry. 

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"We have arrive a extended way more than the past 15 many years but the final week proves how considerably we have remaining to go," Tretter claimed Friday in a assertion posted to social media. 

The NFLPA terminated the neurotrauma specialist who evaluated Tagovailoa throughout Miami's activity versus the Expenses, and both the NFLPA and the NFL declared ideas to modify the concussion protocol as a end result of his injuries. 

Miami head coach Mike McDaniel informed reporters that it is way too quickly to say if the Dolphins will put Tagovailoa on injured reserve. (G3 Box News Picture/Jeff Dean)

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McDaniel informed reporters that it is as well soon to say if the Dolphins will area Tagovailoa on injured reserve and mentioned that the emphasis will be on making certain he’s at "the best possible health."

"This is anything that’s much too early to give it a definitive timeline. I can comfortably say that he’ll be out for this sport from the Jets, but nearly anything over and above that — we’re just targeted on earning certain he’s at ideal health and then crossing that bridge," mentioned the head coach. "It’s a very little early for definitive timelines further than that."