Tua Tagovailoa set for Dolphins return as coach confirms Guardian Cap stance

Miami Dolphins caput manager Mike McDaniel is hopeful that backmost Tua Tagovailoa volition instrumentality to enactment for the team's Week 8 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals.

Miami Dolphins caput manager Mike McDaniel is optimistic astir backmost Tua Tagovailoa's instrumentality for the team's Week 8 crippled against the Arizona Cardinals.

Tagovailoa, who was placed connected injured reserve pursuing a concussion successful Week 2 against the Buffalo Bills, has been cleared to resume signifier aft getting the greenish airy from aesculapian professionals. Speaking to reporters connected Monday, McDaniel expressed anticipation for Tagovailoa's comeback amidst discussions of the Dolphins' existent 2-4 standing.

"Every concussion is unique. That's wherefore we trust upon radical who survey the encephalon for a living. That was the driving force," McDaniel explained regarding the decision-making process. The Dolphins manager besides noted that the Pro Bowl QB has utilized his downtime efficaciously to absorption connected his wellness and stitchery important aesculapian insights. Despite being sidelined, Tagovailoa has remained engaged, analyzing the team's play and identifying areas needing improvement.

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With a past of 4 football-related concussions since 2017, including his assemblage days astatine Alabama, Tagovailoa's repeated injuries person sparked debates among NFL fans, players, coaches, and commentators implicit the risks of continuing his career.

This NFL play saw the instauration of Guardian Caps, brushed pads designed to beryllium worn implicit helmets for added extortion against concussions. Amid concerns for Tua Tagovailoa’s wellness post-football, Head Coach Mike McDaniel emphasized that, according to the corporate bargaining agreement, an NFL squad cannot compel a subordinate to deterioration other protective gear.

"That's a large question for Tua," said McDaniel connected whether the franchise QB volition deterioration the cap. "We aren't allowed to mandate things that aren't mandated regarding a player's attire. In presumption of his career, we person a precocious precedence to walk distant accusation and cognition truthful that decisions tin beryllium made. I ever preach that it's the idiosyncratic player's determination of they privation to bash so. One happening we won't bash is scurt the accusation gathering process."

The Dolphins are acceptable to unfastened Tagovailoa's signifier window, signaling his imaginable activation from wounded reserve wrong 21 days. His eligibility to play could coincide with the Cardinals crippled connected the road, and McDaniel has expressed assurance that Tagovailoa "will play shot this year."

Reflecting connected the quarterback's rehabilitation, McDaniel observed Tagovailoa’s maturity and unwavering competitory spirit, noting the team’s challenges since his Week 2 departure, with 3 losses successful the past 4 games.

"He's truly shown his maturity. It continues to evolve. It shows that he's recovered a mode to beryllium adjacent much of a person by investing successful his teammates, adjacent erstwhile helium can't play," McDaniel said. "Being the franchise QB, I deliberation he's taught a batch of his teammates astir himself and however overmuch he's on the thrust with them. In circumstances similar this, it would beryllium casual to warrant idiosyncratic reasoning astir their ain issues and problems."