Wow shots fired by cte guru on Dolphins

[BuffaloBlitz83]

https://twitter.com/ChrisNowinski1/status/1575659558613172224

This is a disaster. Pray for Tua. Fire the medical staffs and coaches. I predicted this and I hate that I am right. Two concussions in 5 days can kill someone. This can end careers. How are we so stupid in 2022.

[Oaf]

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As a table-breaking member of #billsmafia I hate what just happened and hate our part in it with Milano's late shove last week. Literally career, even life-threatening. Kid did not deserve this after getting his career on track as he has. Devastating. Praying for him.

[Novacane]

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Someone at the NFL should be fired too. Their little fake "investigation" this week was a joke.

[Mike13]

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Man I wanted to believe it was just a back injury, **** this team for lying about that

[Woodman]

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Someone at the NFL should be fired too. Their little fake "investigation" this week was a joke.

Just so much bull****.

[Novacane]

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Man I wanted to believe it was just a back injury, **** this team for lying about that

How could you have seen how he acted after the Milano hit and believed that was a back injury? This isn't about hating the Dolphins. That was so obvious. He was wobbling around like a wee bull.

[Mike13]

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How could you have seen how he acted after the Milano hit and believed that was a back injury? This isn't about hating the Dolphins. That was so obvious. He was wobbling around like a wee bull.

I was naive

[Woodman]

The investigation

The investigation over Tua Tagovailoa re-entering Sunday’s game becomes much more important

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/29/the-investigation-over-tua-tagovailoa-re-entering-sundays-game-becomes-much-more-important/

Like most everyone reading this, I keep watching the game between the Dolphins and Bengals. But I’m far less focused on the action and far more interested in knowing whether Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is OK.

It’s great to hear — repeatedly — that he has movement in all extremities. But that only means he doesn’t have a neck injury. It doesn’t say anything about the injury to his brain.

[Mike13]

Re: The investigation

The NFLPA had the balls to say they care about player safety on Twitter

[Ingtar33]

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Man I wanted to believe it was just a back injury, **** this team for lying about that

I'm not going to say "told you so"; as a fan of a team I know how much you want to believe what they said is true. This isn't the dolphins fan's fault. We don't know what happened last week either. I do have a suspicion about what happened last week though. Take this with a spoon of salt but...

Tua was rushed into the locker room after he wobbled half carried by the dolphins medical staff. Why does this matter? because the NFL concussion protocol "tents" are on the sidelines; by taking him to the locker room they bought him 5-15 minutes before a protocol doctor could see him and test him. Now a minor concussion can have its symptoms mostly vanish in a few minutes, it's why some people wobble on the field from what appears to be a head injury, only for them to leave the tent and return to the field minutes later. You never know. Considering Tua's behavior and play after the Milano hit, I'm willing to believe it was a minor concussion. I've had those too, and you can seemingly recover from them in moments-minutes, and be largely symptom free for a few hours (though i've had some intense headaches a day later).

So I believe he probably did pass the NFL concussion protocol because the protocol is not sufficient enough to protect players from themselves.

I also think the Dolphins rushed him to the locker room because they wanted to avoid the concussion protocol tents on the sideline and buy him some time to clear his head.

As for the back story? Who knows, he might have tweaked his back in the game. maybe a light sprain so it may not even have been a lie. But his stumble from milano's shove was clearly a sign of a concussion not a back problem, tua never reaches for his back or leg on that play, it's obvious it's a head thing because he even shakes his head to clear the cobwebs.

Now the milano concussion obviously was minor, but the problem is, according to every sports medicine doctor i've ever talked to, players should be withheld from contact for 7-10 days after ANY concussion. So by covering it up, or even lying to themselves it wasn't a concussion, the dolphins put tua in massive danger tonight. just 4 days after a concussion.

I'm glad he's good enough to fly back with his team, that tells me this was a moderate concussion not a severe one, no matter how scary it looks (no doctor would let someone fly if it was a truly traumatic brain injury); I hope this time the team follows doctor guidance and errors on the side of caution and makes sure he is completely well before letting him play again.

[Forward_Lateral]

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BuT wE cARe abOut PlaYEr SaFEty

[Forward_Lateral]

Re: The investigation

The NFLPA had the balls to say they care about player safety on Twitter

It's ALMOST as disgusting as the NFL saying it.

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

Re: The investigation

The NFLPA had the balls to say they care about player safety on Twitter

aren't they the ones who started the investigation?

[YardRat]

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I'm pretty sure the team violated the protocol the second they skipped the sideline and went right to the locker room. Any initial finding should be a no-brainer and confirmed immediately.

[Forward_Lateral]

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I'm pretty sure the team violated the protocol the second they skipped the sideline and went right to the locker room. Any initial finding should be a no-brainer and confirmed immediately.

I'm not sure if this is the case, only because it was so close to halftime.

Either way, the staff at the stadium completely screwed the pooch.