Tua Tagovailoa update shared by Tyreek Hill after sickening Miami Dolphins injury

Tua Tagovailoa has been ruled retired for astatine slightest 4 weeks aft suffering a 3rd concussion successful the NFL - but Tyreek Hill has provided a affirmative update connected his teammate's condition

Miami Dolphins backmost Tua Tagovailoa is "doing great" aft his 3rd concussion successful the NFL, teammate Tyreek Hill has revealed to the press. Despite being placed connected the injured reserve list pursuing a 31-10 decision by the Buffalo Bills, Tagovailoa's information seems to beryllium improving.

The Dolphins are proceeding with caution owed to Tagovailoa's past of concussions, and while determination person been calls for him to retire considering the uncertain semipermanent effects of caput injuries, Hill's update was reassuring.

"Tua is doing great," helium shared with journalists connected Thursday. "I'm definite y'all done asked everybody successful the locker country that, but he's doing amazing.

"How the locker country is going - the biggest happening that we privation is to marque definite that Tua is each right. Once I called him the time aft oregon whatever, I heard his voice, and heard that helium was successful bully spirits, I was cool, man.

"Because to maine this s--- is bigger than football. Our beingness is bigger than football. We're besides individuals with families, we've got worldly going on. Once I heard that, it was cool."

With Tua Tagovailoa sidelined for a minimum of 4 weeks and nary definite instrumentality date, the Miami Dolphins are entrusting Skylar Thompson with backmost duties. To further bolster their line-up, Miami has recruited Tyler Huntley from the Baltimore Ravens signifier squad, though he'll request immoderate clip earlier vying for a spot connected the progressive roster.

Despite the deed to the squad losing Tagovailoa represents, prima subordinate Hill isn't altering his crippled prep oregon show standards. "At the extremity of the day, you don't privation to bash thing extracurricular of your job, due to the fact that astatine the extremity of the time you're going to beryllium held liable for it, and you're going to beryllium held accountable for it," Hill declared.

"This is wherefore we practice. Do what you're coached, spot your fundamentals and techniques and you'll beryllium each right. When it's clip to marque a play, it's going to happen."

Furthermore, Hill expressed excitement astir however Thompson whitethorn alteration up the offense, noting helium mightiness amended evade defenders.

"He's a small spot faster than Tua, truthful I'm a small spot excited astir that," Hill continued. "Skylar, helium does a large occupation of extending plays. As you seen, man, erstwhile helium came successful [two years ago] erstwhile we played against Buffalo, helium did a bully occupation of stretching the shot downfield and giving them a antithetic look."

"He has immoderate large qualities to himself. He's fearless, he's not acrophobic of thing and he's a existent competitor. I emotion that."

Thompson is acceptable for the starting relation travel Sunday arsenic the Dolphins instrumentality connected the Seattle Seahawks, who person impressively kicked disconnected the play without a loss.