Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was carted off the sector and brought by ambulance to a hospital after a daunting harm throughout Thursday evening’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 arms in entrance of his face awkwardly.
NBC Sports activities notes this may occasionally have been what’s referred to as a “fencing response,” which is “a neurological response to move trauma.”
Warning: the footage could also be troublesome to observe:
“I’ve by no means seen something like that, the way in which the arms went,” Tony Gonzalez, a former NFL tight finish and Amazon Prime Video broadcaster, mentioned throughout haltime, in keeping with Yahoo Sports activities.
Tagovailoa was flat on the sector or a number of minutes because the group’s workers labored to stabilize him and finally transfer him onto a cart and off the sector.
The group mentioned on Twitter that he suffered “head and neck accidents” and will probably be evaluated on the hospital.
“He’s acutely aware and has motion in all his extremities,” the group mentioned.
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.