After Thursday night time’s sport in opposition to the Buffalo Payments, the early portion of the press convention carried out by Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel centered on questions in regards to the newest concussion suffered by Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
Initially, McDaniel addressed an inquiry in regards to the timeline for Tua’s return, together with doable placement on Injured Reserve.
“Proper now, I’m not likely — it’s extra about getting a correct procedural analysis tomorrow and taking it someday at a time,” McDaniel instructed reporters. “The furthest factor from my thoughts is what’s the timeline. I wish to know — we simply want to judge and I’m simply anxious about my teammate, like the remainder of the blokes are. We’ll get extra data and take it day-to-day from there.”
McDaniel then was requested in regards to the influence of Tua’s previous concussions, significantly in 2022, on the dealing with of the most recent one.
“I feel it’s necessary to strategy each state of affairs to — very like [we] strategy each damage, which is principally, ‘All proper, we’re gonna deal with this explicit state of affairs with this explicit participant,’” McDaniel mentioned. “Each state of affairs is exclusive to its personal, so I feel there’s — for me, I’m not anxious about something that’s out of my fingers by way of, I’m simply anxious in regards to the human being and he’ll drive the ship after we get the suitable data nevertheless it’s day-to-day well being is what, you realize, actually attempt to strategy all of the stuff that manner, significantly with concussions.”
The subsequent subject turned to the broader query, which some are already asking, of whether or not it’s protected for Tua to maintain taking part in soccer.
“I feel that’s from a medical standpoint — I don’t strategy issues that I’m far inferior of experience,” McDaniel mentioned. “I’m simply there to assist my teammate, like I mentioned. I feel there’s — for me to go forward and forecast issues that I don’t know in my non-field of experience, I don’t suppose that’s acceptable. I feel we’ll discover out some extra data tomorrow by way of the place Tua’s at. He’ll be capable of spend a superb period of time being evaluated after which we’ll have conversations and progress as acceptable. However I’m — like the remainder of his teammates he went across the locker room and related with, as a frontrunner he was making an attempt to maintain the blokes’ heads up and he’ll be within the workplace tomorrow to have the suitable care.”
That’s the proper approach to strategy the state of affairs. There are, and might be, many components to contemplate. For now, the job is to get a full and full evaluation of Tua’s general mind well being. Sooner or later, the query turns into when and if he’ll be cleared to play once more.
Finally, the query could possibly be whether or not he desires to play, if and when he’s cleared.
