Miami – Miami Dolphins quarterback Toa Tagovailoa He was ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills, head coach Mike McDaniel said Wednesday.
The third-year pro has been on concussion protocol since December 26 after suffering his second documented concussion of the season the day before in a loss to the Green Bay Packers. McDaniel said that Tagovailoa was not allowed to resume any kind of football activities and that because of the amount of time he had already lost, McDaniel was able to rule him out.
The Dolphins are preparing for starters, McDaniel said Skyler Thompson to make his third run on Sunday; maven Teddy Bridgewater He is still working his way back from the dislocated pinky finger of his receiving hand, and his availability is unclear.
The team signed the nine-year veteran Mike Glennon to her training team last week.
There has been no set timetable for Tagovailoa’s return over the past two weeks, with McDaniel saying he was advised by medical professionals that it was critical that Tagovailoa “focus only on the day he lives.” The first-year coach declined to speculate on Tagovailoa’s football career, saying he focused on the quarterback “getting full health as a human being.”
Miami recruited Thompson as a seventh-rounder in 2022 out of Kansas State, and the 25-year-old has made six appearances this season. The Dolphins’ Week 18 win over the New York Jets marked the first time he had played an NFL game to the end, and McDaniel drew attention to the difficulty of what was being asked of a rookie.
“I’m not sure if anyone really understood the gravity of what he was able to achieve,” said McDaniel. “It depends on the reps that they do individually after training every day, some scouting team reps and then whatever he did in the preseason. To jump into a fully functional machine and then do that — I’m all too familiar with scoring, but we’re talking about No turnover, one cyst… It wasn’t an easy test.
“The way Skyler thinks, he hopes it will be the worst match he’s ever played.”
Per Caesars Sportsbook, the Bills’ point difference in the game went from -9 to -12.5 right after Tagovailoa was eliminated and continued to climb Wednesday afternoon. The streak, which opened in Buffalo at -11 but fell to -9 early in the week, was as high as -13 Wednesday afternoon, while the Over/Under total fell from 46.5 to 43.5 in Tagovailoa News.
Pro Bowl left Tyrone Armstead He missed the team’s previous two games, and McDaniel said the veteran is “moving on” but it’s still too early to say if he’ll play on Sunday.
ESPN’s David Purdum contributed to this report.
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