Let’s not talk about the future of football. Not today, not even today, in the hours after one of the scarier scenes we’ve seen on an NFL field. No, let’s talk about the future of Tua Tagovailoa, and the NFL concussion protocol.
And while we’re at it, let’s talk about the future of the Miami Dolphins.
They’re related, but not intrinsically so. This is no simple matter of Tua’s health deciding the future of the concussion protocol, or of the Miami Dolphins. Tagovailoa could well recover completely from that terrifying moment on Thursday Night Football when he was spun to the ground by 6-3, 320-pound Bengals defensive tackle Josh Tupou, the centrifugal force driving the back of Tua’s head into the turf like a hammer.