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Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said after the
loss that Tagovailoa will undergo testing on Friday. He said
Tagovailoa "was in good spirits" postgame, and he was headed
home rather than to a hospital.
McDaniel added regarding when his quarterback might get back on
the field, "The furthest thing from my mind is what is the
timeline. We just need to evaluate and just worry about my
teammate, like the rest of the guys are."
Tagovailoa scrambled up the middle to gain a first down on a
fourth-and-4 play in the red zone, but instead of sliding, he
collided with Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin, his head making
contact with Hamlin's arm.
After being attended to by coaches and trainers, Tagovailoa
walked off the field with 4:24 remaining in the quarter and was
taken straight to the locker room. Skylar Thompson entered the
game at quarterback for Miami.
The Dolphins later announced that Tagovailoa had a concussion
and would not return to the game.
The 2020 fifth overall draft pick experienced two known
concussions during the 2022 season. He went down during a Week 3
game against the Bills, but he supposedly cleared concussion
protocol and returned to the game after what the Dolphins termed
a back injury.
The Dolphins played the Cincinnati Bengals four days later on
"Thursday Night Football," and after being taken to the ground
on a sack, Tagovailoa exhibited a fencing response -- an
unnatural, involuntary positioning of the arms after a
concussion -- and had to be taken off the field on a stretcher.
The fallout from that incident led to the firing of the NFL
Players Association's independent neurotrauma consultant and led
the league and union to revise their concussion policy.
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