Miami Dolphins say QB Tua Tagovailoa dominated out for Week 5 sport vs. New York Jets

The Miami Dolphins have dominated quarterback Tua Tagovailoa out for Week 5 in opposition to the New York Jets, coach Mike McDaniel stated Monday.

McDaniel stated Tagovailoa’s MRI got here again clear but it surely’s “too early to present a particular timeline” for when his beginning quarterback will be capable of return from the concussion he suffered final Thursday night time in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Tagovailoa, who stays within the concussion protocol, is within the Dolphins’ facility on Monday, a supply advised ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

He’s anticipated to be interviewed early this week within the NFL and NFL Gamers Affiliation’s joint investigation of his fast return to the Week 3 sport in opposition to the Buffalo Payments, sources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The league and gamers’ affiliation indicated Saturday that their overview is ongoing whereas including they agree that “modifications to the concussion protocol are wanted to reinforce participant security.”

A league official advised Schefter that the investigation is predicted to final one other week or two, and the outcomes will probably be introduced “nearly instantly after.”

Tagovailoa initially appeared to exhibit concussion signs after the hit to his head late within the first half of Miami’s Week 3 house sport in opposition to Buffalo, however he was cleared by a workforce doctor and an unaffiliated neurotrauma advisor to return within the second half. Tagovailoa and the workforce later stated his legs had been wobbly due to a again harm.

After the Thursday hit, during which 6-foot-3, 340-pound Bengals defensive sort out Josh Tupou slammed Tagovailoa backward into the turf, the quarterback’s palms froze up and his fingers flexed awkwardly in entrance of his face masks for a number of seconds as he lay on the bottom in Cincinnati. He remained on the bottom for a number of minutes till he was taken away on a stretcher and despatched to a hospital. He was launched from the hospital and flew house with the Dolphins hours later.

The NFLPA fired the unaffiliated neurotrauma advisor on Saturday, saying in a joint assertion with the league that they “anticipate adjustments to the protocol being made within the coming days based mostly on what has been realized so far within the overview course of.” Sources advised ESPN that the firing got here after it was discovered the advisor made “a number of errors” in his analysis of Tagovailoa.

Teddy Bridgewater, who changed Tagovailoa within the Week 4 loss in opposition to the Bengals, will get the beginning on Sunday in opposition to the Jets at MetLife Stadium.

ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques contributed to this report.