Miami’s franchise quarterback exited Thursday’s game after suffering a concussion in the third quarter.
MIAMI — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the third diagnosed concussion of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Though he stayed healthy for all of 2023, Tua Tagovailoa missed 14 games due to injury over the previous four seasons.
Tagovailoa was ruled out of the game in the third quarter after a play in which he scrambled up the middle for a first down and lowered his shoulder to initiate contact with Bills safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa’s helmet made hard contact with Hamlin’s body, the quarterback immediately went into a fencing response, a term used to describe a person’s arms going into an unnatural position.
Dolphins medical trainers attended to him for several minutes as players knelt around him. He was ultimately able to walk off the field and into the team’s locker room under his own power.
The Dolphins have 10 days until their next game against the Seattle Seahawks but could rule out Tagovailoa, regardless of how he progresses through the league’s concussion protocol. A stint on the injured reserve could be another possibility considering his injury history.
« Right now, [it] is more about getting a proper procedural evaluation and taking it one day at a time », Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said after the game. « The furthest thing from my mind is what is the timeline. We just need to evaluate and just worry about my teammate. . We’ll get more information [Friday] and then take it day by day from there.
