NFL Fans React to Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa Being Hospitalized Mid-Game
Written by SOURCE on September 30, 2022
Tua Tagovailoa was taken off the field on a stretcher and hospitalized on Thursday night.
The Miami Dolphins tweeted that the 24-year-old quarterback “has been taken to a local hospital for further evaluation” and is currently “conscious and has movement in all his extremities.”
Tua was sacked by the Cincinnati Bengals’ Josh Tupou in the second quarter. “He started in Thursday Night Football despite back and ankle injuries,” ProFootballTalk notes.
The outlet’s Adam Beasley tweeted that Amazon—which broadcasts TFN—“says Mike McDaniel was able to talk to Tua Tagovailoa before the QB went to hospital, and Tua was actually asking about the play in question.”
Reporter Josh Moser added that per the Dolphins, Tagovailoa’s parents “are with him at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.”
NFL.com highlighted the fact that the injury comes a mere four days after he temporarily exited a faceoff against the Bills. “Tagovailoa left Sunday’s game with what was initially announced by the team as a head injury. The QB returned to start the second half of the game and finished out the win,” the site writes. “Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said in the aftermath of the game that Tagovailoa had injured his back in the first half and the injury was exacerbated by the hit he sustained from Bills linebacker Matt Milano.”
NFL fans, players, and commentators are sounding off about the frightening development, with many touching on Tua Tagovailoa’s arguable unreadiness to be back on the field and the Miami Dolphins’ culpability in the situation. See a selection of reactions below.
