Question of the Day- Should Tua Have Played Last Night?
Every day on “The Best Show Ever?” they ask the question of the day. And today that question was about how the NFL and the Miami Dolphins handled the Tua Tagovailoa situation. For those unfamiliar, Tua suffered what appeared to be a head injury in Sunday’s game vs the Buffalo Bills. But he stayed in that game anyway, and then played last night vs the Cincinnati Bengals. And in the first half, he took a brutal hit, that led to him being carted off the field with a concussion. Afterward, he was taken to this hospital. And while he was released on the same night and traveled back to Miami with the team, it was a scary situation for the third-year QB.
Which is why our question today was, should Tua Tagovailoa have been allowed to play last night?
The members of the show all agreed that the answer was an easy no. Something was clearly wrong with him on Sunday. And especially with the quick turnaround, it didn’t feel safe to have them out there. Much of the internet agreed on the night of the game. The Bengals-Dolphins game became less about what was on the field, and more about what happened to Tua. Why was he allowed to play? Why are there not procedures in place to keep this from happening? The NFLPA even opened an investigation into it, so we will eventually get the answers to these questions. We will just have to wait.
And here are some of the answers we got from you all on Twitter…
No! Should not have finished the game against the Bills.Head injuries are nothing to fool with...then a seizure ...been there because of a brain tumor...no fun!,🙏 they do the right thing for him and all players.I believe Clowney 's hit on Wentz changed his game forever.
— Patricia Hutnyan (@patycake176er) September 30, 2022
https://twitter.com/fredddal/status/1575901005237346306?s=20&t=KcuQwXERZW9YdJ95ZzjIng
Yo Ty! This doesn’t make any sense at all. The dolphins paid Bridgewater a lot of money for a backup. If Tua was concussed why force him into the game when you have a legit backup qb 🤷🏼♂️
— Clyde_c89 (@C89Clyde) September 30, 2022
No. He shouldn’t have been allowed to play. We had stricter concussion protocols playing college soccer. The NFLs “protocols” are a joke.
— Josh Taylor (@officialjdt39) September 30, 2022
Not even close but money talks. Smh
— JM (@JohnMylonas) September 30, 2022
