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He added that Tagovailoa will not travel with the team for
Sunday's game at the New York Jets nor would he be going on
injured reserve at this time.
"He's been diligently going through the process," McDaniel told
reporters. "Right now he's still in the protocol obviously.
There's several outside specialists that we're also utilizing
and we'll just take it from there.
"But happy that we get to see him every day. It's nice when I
walk down the hallway and I hear, 'What up, beast?', which is,
for whatever reason he calls me beast all the time. I don't
think I give off he beast vibe."
When a player is added to the injured reserve list it means he
is ineligible to play for at least the next four games.
Tagovailoa was carted off a the field last week after his head
slammed onto the turf when taking a sack during a prime time
game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
The quarterback's arms appeared to seize up immediately after
that hit and he remained on the field for about seven minutes
before being taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a
concussion.
That incident came four days after Tagovailoa, 24, looked
disoriented after hitting his head on the ground during a game
against the Buffalo Bills.
He was cleared to return to the Buffalo game after being
evaluated for a concussion by an unaffiliated neurotrauma
consultant but his treatment has since put the NFL's concussion
protocol under scrutiny.
The NFL and the NFL Players Association have since said in a
joint statement that modifications to the concussion protocol
are needed to enhance player safety.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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