Dolphins were shot at as Tua Tagovailoa was being stretchered off in "harrowing" images, and they failed him. Concussion symptoms caused quarterback Tua Tagovailoa of Miami to be stretchered off during his team's loss to Cincinnati, drawing criticism for the Dolphins' choice to allow the top quarterback play just days after undergoing a head injury evaluation.
After being badly sacked in the second quarter in Cincinnati by the Bengals' Josh Tupou, Tagovailoa had to be helped off the field since his head had struck the ground hard. After hitting the ground with his head twice in the span of five days, Miami's quarterback had to leave the game on a stretcher on Thursday.
His team's handling of the concussion protocol has been the subject of a request for an investigation from the players' union. In replays of the incident, Tagovailoa's fingers were shown twisted into an abnormal position, a "fence reaction" indication connected to head injuries.
Tua Tagovailoa, the quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, looked to have his second head injury in less than a week on Thursday night when he was thrown to the ground and struck his head on the ground. He was carried off the field on a stretcher.