Tua Tagovailoa needed to be protected from himself.
The Dolphins quarterback, who missed the final three games of the regular season after suffering a concussion against the Packers on Christmas, didn’t clear protocol until February. It was an unusually long period of time, but the 24-year-old revealed that it was also by design.. “They never allowed me to go through protocol normally until the season was done. So that’s why it might have seemed like it took forever, but they were just protecting me from myself.
Following that game against Cincinnati, the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant who performed the concussion evaluation during the Bills game washelped spark changes to the NFL’s concussion protocols“Me and my family are very thankful to the Dolphins,” Tagovailoa told USA Today Sports about not being allowed to go through the protocol until after Miami’s season ended.
“I think I’ve had all the information that I need to move forward with the decision that I made with me and my wife and my family, and understanding that you’re playing this sport, and understanding and knowing the precautions that these things can happen,” he said. “It’s football, it’s a physical sport.”
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