Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who left final Thursday’s recreation with one other concussion, is being positioned on injured reserve by the Miami Dolphins, NFL Community and ESPN reported Tuesday.
He will likely be required to overlook not less than the subsequent 4 video games, per league guidelines. With the Dolphins having a bye in Week 6, the earliest Tagovailoa may return to recreation motion can be the Oct. 27 matchup with the Arizona Cardinals.
In anticipation of a protracted absence for Tagovailoa, the Dolphins signed Tyler Huntley off the Baltimore Ravens’ observe squad Monday to again up Skylar Thompson at quarterback.
After the 26-year-old Tagovailoa suffered the third identified concussion of his NFL profession — which does not rely a concussion at Alabama and one other suspected concussion in 2022 — there have been calls, together with from a number of former NFL gamers, for Tagovailoa to contemplate retiring. NFL Community reported Sunday that Tagovailoa has no plans to retire and had begun assembly with concussion specialists.
As anticipated, that wasn’t a subject Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel needed to the touch when he addressed reporters Monday.
“I am going to let Tua be the champion of his personal profession and communicate on that,” McDaniel mentioned. It was unclear when Tagovailoa would communicate to the media subsequent.
McDaniel additionally was requested Monday if Tagovailoa was exhibiting signs.
“He is downstairs, smiling with teammates, working with medical employees diligently,” McDaniel mentioned. “He is doing nicely immediately. He is feeling good. However what does that imply by way of medical analysis? I do not base my judgments off my interactions with him as a lot as listening to the top results of the medical examination.”
Tagovailoa suffered the concussion throughout final Thursday’s loss to the Buffalo Payments. He scrambled for a primary down on a fourth-and-4 play within the pink zone, however as an alternative of sliding, he collided with Buffalo security Damar Hamlin, his head making contact with Hamlin’s arm.
Tagovailoa appeared to exhibit a fencing response, however relatively than being carted off by ambulance, as he was throughout an analogous sequence in 2022, he was in a position to depart the sector beneath his personal energy.
Thompson, the one different quarterback on the Dolphins’ 53-man roster, completed out Thursday’s recreation. McDaniel mentioned Thompson can be Miami’s starter for Week 3 in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks, with Huntley signed to again him up.
“He is recreation has developed since he is had a beginning alternative on this league. His teammates can really feel his improvement and progress,” McDaniel mentioned of Thompson.
Thompson performed in seven video games, beginning two, in 2022 and didn’t see the sector in 2023. He has thrown for 614 yards, one landing and three interceptions on a 57.1 completion share in his temporary NFL profession.
Huntley, 26, has began not less than one recreation in every of the previous three seasons for the Ravens, filling in for Lamar Jackson. In 20 profession video games (9 begins) since 2020, Huntley has amassed 1,957 passing yards, eight touchdowns, seven interceptions and a 64.6 completion share.
–Discipline Stage Media
