Tua in concussion protocol

[Phishfan]

They don't know when the incident occurred and no one noticed anything during the game.  His status Sunday is uncertain.

[EDGECRUSHER]

This seems.......suspicious.

[Pats2006]

I did not see the game but seen the hit with his head slamming off the ground. Did he show any signs?

[hordman]

here's the video in question

https://twitter.com/SelfMade0602/status/1607133176723566595

This play occurred right before Mostert turned the ball over on the next play.  Tua popped up from the hit and took the snap where Mostert fumbled.  Very telling this was right before half and then looked really, really bad in the 2nd half.

Again, he got busted up in the Bills game, got slammed to the ground in the Cincy game, and now this.  These do take a toll on the brain.  Damn, such a shame

[dolphins4life]

He could retire

Then we can trade everybody else and start another rebuild and nobody gets let down again

[DenverFinFan]

Why is the staff not addressing this properly? This actually does explain a lot the night and day differences between the first and second halves.

The first two weeks of the road trip bad games the Buffalo one pretty good all things considered and it looked like he was back to form before the collapse. If he had the brain scramblies the whole time it makes some sense but the dude maybe should not wager his future on this. His in his 20s and there is more to life than football.

[masterfins]

Well that's one way to bench a player.  lol

I hope Skylar Thompson performs better than his prior outing.  Hopefully they won't try to put Bridgewater out there because he's not going to win any games for Miami.  If they want the playoffs they should try and talk Fitzmagic out of retirement.

[dolphins4life]

Tua may not last another two years in this league.  In fact, he may retire after this season

[dolphins4life]

Well that's one way to bench a player.  lol

I hope Skylar Thompson performs better than his prior outing.  Hopefully they won't try to put Bridgewater out there because he's not going to win any games for Miami.  If they want the playoffs they should try and talk Fitzmagic out of retirement.

This would be a good idea because a Patriots loss knocks them out of the playoffs.  Fitzmagic has sabotaged two seasons for the Patriots in the past: 2015 and 2019.     

[EDGECRUSHER]

Why is the staff not addressing this properly? This actually does explain a lot the night and day differences between the first and second halves.

The first two weeks of the road trip bad games the Buffalo one pretty good all things considered and it looked like he was back to form before the collapse. If he had the brain scramblies the whole time it makes some sense but the dude maybe should not wager his future on this. His in his 20s and there is more to life than football.

If he wasn't showing any signs of problems, what can they do? Can't check on him every 5 minutes just to be safe. It's up to Tua to say something is wrong if he isn't showing any obvious signs of a concussion. Other than his shitty play, which I think now is caused by his concussion, there were no signs.

I hope Tua didn't hide this one too, because that is a major problem. Either way, I think he should be done for the year just to play it safe and maybe to punish him too if he did in fact hide this concussion.

[Pappy13]

I think it's a bit "easy" to blame 3 picks on a concussion. Just like it was a bit "easy" to blame 3 losses on Tua not being the QB. 1 doesn't necessarily cause the other.

It's time for all of us to take the focus off Tua and start looking at the rest of the team. Where's the defense been? Where will they be for the next 2 games when we need them? Will they step up? Time for X to show that's he's a pro bowler. Time for the pass rush to step up their game. Basically it's time for the team to grow a pair. Let's see if they can.

[CF DolFan]

The defense played well very well against the Packers. We had three turnovers and shit special teams yet were still in position to win the game with 2 minutes to go.

If anything Tua has shown that he has durability issues. Considering we mortgaged everything to get better for this year he will still be our QB for at least another year unless he retires. If for some reason he can get healthy and stay healthy during that time then we can reconsider but we do need to start looking elsewhere and Lamar Jackson ain't it ... as several people keep saying around the web. First and foremost we don't have the money as Wilkins is going to break the bank and secondly if we took on Lamar then Hill and Waddle would be useless. Lamar's number one receiver asked to be traded because with Lamar you are always a run first team.

[Pappy13]

The defense played well very well against the Packers. We had three turnovers and shit special teams yet were still in position to win the game with 2 minutes to go.

I beg to differ, they did not play very well against the Packers. Average at best. The reason that Miami was in position to win the game with 2 minutes to go was because the offense had been very good in the 1st half scoring 20 points on 6 drives. It would have taken another TD drive in the final 2 minutes to win the game.

They played well enough to force field goals that much is true. Miami forced 1 punt the entire game, although GB did try a fake punt that Miami covered really well. Miami did pretty well stopping GB on 3rd down only giving up 2 conversions on 14 attempts, but here's the problem, GB was 3-5 on 4th down, so taking away that bad fake punt GB was 3-4 on 4th down which turned those 2 conversions into 5 conversions. GB had 9 drives not counting the last drive after the game was already over and the 1st drive where the kick was returned 90 yards. Of those 9 drives they scored on 5 of them, 3 FG's and 2 TD's. Yeah, they had a short field on one of those because of a Miami turnover, but even considering that giving up points on 4 of 8 drives, 2 FG's and 2 TD's is not good defense. That's average defense at best. Good enough to win a game certainly, but not good enough in this game.

[EDGECRUSHER]

I've re-analyzed the situation and I have to change my mind and blame the medical staff now. To our untrained eyes, he didn't have a concussion, but they are trained. They know Tua has a history of concussions, banged his head and started to play shitty. They should've known something was wrong. He didn't get a concussion between the game ending and Monday morning, he was concussed during the game.

Now, at the minimum, he is done for the year and who knows what else? The NFLPA and NFL are investigating us now and while I don't think they will find anything negligent, they cost us a game against the Jets earlier this year with their fake Bridgewater concussion nonsense. What will the penalty be this time?

[Spider-Dan]

I've re-analyzed the situation and I have to change my mind and blame the medical staff now.

No one had a clue he was hurt until he self-reported symptoms.

Tua did not have a concussion against SF or LAC.  He just didn't play as well.  You cannot use a bad game as "evidence" for head injury.