Unaffiliated neurotrauma guide who evaluated Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa fired over ‘a number of errors,’ supply says

The unaffiliated neurotrauma guide concerned in clearing Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa throughout Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Buffalo Payments has been fired after it was discovered he made “a number of errors” in his analysis, a league supply instructed ESPN’s Marcel-Louis Jacques on Saturday.

Tagovailoa had been evaluated for a concussion through the Payments recreation after he hit the again of his head on the bottom and appeared shaky. However the quarterback was cleared to stay within the recreation and to play Thursday in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals.

He was taken to a hospital Thursday after hitting his head on the turf whereas being sacked by Bengals nostril sort out Josh Tupou within the second quarter. Tagovailoa remained on the turf for roughly 12 minutes earlier than he was carted off the sphere on a stretcher and finally taken to the College of Cincinnati Medical Middle with a concussion and neck harm.

Tagovailoa was recognized with a concussion and is within the protocol with no timetable for a return, in line with the Dolphins.

The Dolphins mentioned Tagovailoa handed a number of concussion evaluations — together with one at halftime of the Payments recreation and every day main as much as Thursday’s recreation, in line with NFL chief medical officer Allen Sills.

The NFL Gamers Affiliation initiated its proper to request a evaluate of the league’s concussion protocol following Sunday’s recreation. Sills instructed ESPN’s Stephania Bell on SportsCenter earlier Saturday that an “energetic evaluate” was ongoing.