Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was carted off the sphere and brought by ambulance to a hospital after a daunting damage throughout Thursday night time’s recreation towards the Cincinnati Bengals.
Tagovailoa was sacked by Cincinnati defensive sort out Josh Tupou. Footage reveals Tagovailoa fall on his facet, roll over onto his again and maintain his fingers in entrance of his face awkwardly.
NBC Sports activities notes this may occasionally have been what’s generally known as a “fencing response,” which is “a neurological response to go trauma.”
Warning: the footage could also be troublesome to observe:
“I’ve by no means seen something like that, the best way the fingers went,” Tony Gonzalez, a former NFL tight finish and Amazon Prime Video broadcaster, stated throughout haltime, in line with Yahoo Sports activities.
Tagovailoa was flat on the sphere or a number of minutes because the crew’s workers labored to stabilize him and finally transfer him onto a cart and off the sphere.
The crew stated on Twitter that he suffered “head and neck accidents” and shall be evaluated on the hospital.
“He’s aware and has motion in all his extremities,” the crew stated.
The incident comes days after Tagovailoa was taken out of a recreation on Sunday over obvious concussion fears. He cleared concussion protocols and returned to the sport ― however the NFL is investigating to see if these protocols had been adopted.
