OCTOBER 21: When speaking to the media on Monday, McDaniel confirmed that Tagovailoa will return to practice this week. His 21-day activation will therefore be opened shortly, and with full medical clearance the Pro Bowler will be in position to return for Miami’s next game.
OCTOBER 19: Tua Tagovailoa is zeroing in on his return to the field. Per Dianna Russini of The Athletic, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel told his team that the starting quarterback is expected to start practicing next Wednesday. If all goes well, there’s “hope” that Tagovailoa will be under center for Miami in Week 8.
This timeline would mark a minimum stay on injured reserve for the QB. Tagovailoa landed on the shelf after Week 2, when he suffered his third concussion in two years. It was uncertain if the former first-round pick would even continue his NFL career, much less take the field when first eligible. McDaniel provided some optimism to the situation earlier this week when he admitted that he expects his starter to return in 2024. Now, it sounds like the league’s 2023 passing leader is intending to play against the Cardinals next Sunday.
Per Russini, the organization and the player used his IR stint to evaluate his future, which included visits with multiple specialists. Fortunately, Tagovailoa hasn’t dealt with any lingering issues from his latest concussion, and Russini writes that the signal-caller would play in Week 7 if he was eligible.
Tagovailoa’s return should provide a spark to a Dolphins offense that has struggled mightily during his absence. After finishing second in the NFL last season with 29.2 points per game, the Dolphins are averaging a league-worst 12 points per game in 2024. The team has turned to the likes of Skylar Thompson and Tyler Huntley to guide the offense in recent weeks. That duo has combined for 397 passing yards in their three starts; for comparison’s sake, Tagovailoa threw for 338 yards in the season opener. For this weekend, Huntley is still expected to be the team’s starting quarterback.
If Tagovailoa does indeed return for Week 8, there’s a chance the Dolphins could find themselves at 2-4. The organization will be counting on the former fifth-overall pick to turn around their season,
No dog in the fight as the team or even the player goes. That said, from the common sense perspective, he should retire. These concussions have left him in very awkward physical condition as he lay on the field. How he or his doctors gave not told him to hang it up is beyond me. The NFL can pull players off the field with questions of head o juries but allow a player to return like this? The message I get from this is all that will dow dressing about we care, is just that. Window dressing. Money is still king!
If the NFL could decide who plays or doesn’t there would be no point in the players having a union. Several occupations have inherent health risks involved. The bottom line is that every person has the right to live their life the way they choose even if others object.
Terrible take. Uncrossing your eyes might give you a better perspective on this subject and life in general.
A teacher with an authoritarian take on what people should or shouldn’t do, who would have guessed!
A obvious person a whisker past the new puberty,who thinks he has lived life and is all knowing. I suggest you stop googling and or relying on tok tik for your infinite wisdom. Get the Wax out your ears and listen to your elders. DISMISSED.
Ok boomer!
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Not authoritarian, educated.
Uncrossing your eyes might give you a better perspective on this subject and life in general.
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Should people not be allowed to make their decisions? Personally, I think he should retire with some type of settlement. But my retirement plans things that other people will consider risky.
Ok little Joe, should you be allowed to make decisions if your brain has become scrambled eggs by the age of 34 because of multiple concussions from tripping over your own foot in your mouth?
I’m not a Fins fan, but I want the best for Tua’s health.
I wish him the best.
Hopefully, he will go on and have a great career. But it’s clear as day that Maimi’s offense hums with him behind center than other QB’s.
Another reason he shouldn’t be playing this season is that the Dolphins are not a good team. So it’s not like him playing is going to matter. They’re going to miss the playoffs regardless. Even with Tua they only managed to squeak by the horrible Jaguars then got blown out by the Bills. Not sure there is much of a difference between getting 4-5 wins without him and getting 6-7 wins with him.
I think this is the last year of their “window” though before they’re in cap hell. If not now, he’ll be gone by the time they’re competitive again.
I hope that 20 years from now this doesn’t turn out to be the tragedy we all fear is coming. I hope we are all wrong.
fire up hill in draft kings he’ss pretty cheap right now.
Tua is going to end up making Antonio Brown look like Aristotle. Hopefully he doesn’t end up like Demaryius Thomas (RIP).