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After being taken disconnected the tract owed to alarming injuries, Tua Tagovailoa is connected the mend.
The Miami Dolphins quarterback, 24, was taken disconnected the tract connected a stretcher and hospitalized with caput and cervix injuries, which were sustained during a crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals connected Sept. 29.
According to ESPN, Tagovailoa deed the backmost of his caput connected the crushed aft being chased down by Bengals subordinate Josh Tupou and remained down connected the crushed for astir 10 minutes earlier being placed connected a stretcher, stabilized and rushed to the hospital. As the 24-year-old was taken disconnected the field, per videos shared to societal media, shot fans were heard chanting his sanction successful the harrowing moment. He was replaced successful the crippled by Teddy Bridgewater.
"Tua Tagovailoa has been taken to a section infirmary for further evaluation," a tweet shared from the team's authoritative relationship connected Sept. 29 read. "He is conscious and has question successful each his extremities." Miami Dolphins manager Mike McDaniel stated that Tagovailoa called for him arsenic helium went down connected the field.
"I could archer it wasn't the aforesaid feline that I was utilized to seeing," McDaniel said, per ESPN. "It was a scary moment. He was evaluated for a concussion. He's successful the concussion protocol, but he's being discharged."
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Explaining that it was "an affectional moment," McDaniel added, "It's not a portion of the woody you motion up for. His teammates and myself were precise concerned, but helium got checked retired and it's thing much superior than a concussion."
Later that evening, the squad shared an update with fans astir Tagovailoa's condition, tweeting, "QB Tua Tagovailoa is expected to beryllium discharged from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and volition alert location with the squad tonight."
Tagovailoa's hospitalization besides came 4 days aft helium underwent concussion evaluations during the team's Sept. 25 crippled against the Buffalo Bills.
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