Tua Tagovailoa ‘willing to play the odds,’ plans to start Sunday in return from third NFL concussion
- by The Boston Globe
- Oct 22, 2024
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âFollowing the directive and opinion of medical experts, the reason why heâs coming back now is because the medical experts have deemed it safe for him to return,â McDaniel said. âI donât mess with timelines or try to overcook the forecast. You lean on experts for matters of the career, and thatâs what weâre doing here.â
Tagovailoa wound up on his back with both hands in the air after the hit against Buffalo on Sept. 12, which happened in the third quarter. Players from both teams immediately waved trainers over and pointed at him as if to suggest there was an injury. While down, Tagovailoa appeared to be making a fist with his right hand â a movement consistent with whatâs referred to as the âfencing response,â which can be common after a traumatic brain injury.
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Tagovailoa said he has not experienced any symptoms since the next day, but he was placed on injured reserve five days later. Asked if he felt he should have been placed on IR, Tagovailoa said he felt the team âdid what was bestâ for him.
âWhat I do know is I think the team did what was best in the interest of me, knowing that Iâm a competitor,â Tagovailoa said. âGiven what the doctors have told me, that having a substantial amount of time to rest and recover would have been good for me. I think they did what was best in terms of protecting myself, you know, from myself.â
He has a history of head injuries since entering the NFL, having been diagnosed with two concussions in 2022 and suffering another scary hit to the head that season, which led to changes in the NFLâs concussion rules.
Tagovailoa has traveled across the country over the past month meeting with numerous medical experts, who he and McDaniel said deemed it safe for him to play football again. He was not told he would be at increased long-term risk if he resumed his career.
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