<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4OBeUA_0vZxWIzI00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4OBeUA_0vZxWIzI00" width="1600" height="900" ><a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TagoTu00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-17_pfr">Tua Tagovailoa</a> is <a href="https://www.profootballrumors.com/2024/09/dolphins-qb-tua-tagovailoa-to-meet-with-neurologists-does-not-plan-to-retire">not planning to consider retirement</a>, but the Dolphins are planning to give their starting quarterback plenty of time to recover from the latest concussion he suffered. Miami is placing Tagovailoa on IR, <a href="https://x.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1836132209993904268">NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo report</a>. With Miami’s bye occurring during this window, the earliest the fifth-year QB can return will be Week 8. This is not especially surprising, but it does represent a change from how the Dolphins handled their quarterback during his concussion-marred 2022 season.The Dolphins did not use IR during Tagovailoa’s concerning ’22 slate, which featured two confirmed concussions and most likely three head injuries. Tua rehabbed on Miami’s active roster that year, though the team shut him down after his Week 16 injury. The player who spent most of the time replacing Tagovailoa at QB that season — former seventh-round pick <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/ThomSk00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-17_pfr">Skylar Thompson</a> — is now positioned to start for the Dolphins. The team, though, did bring in <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HuntTy01.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-17_pfr">Tyler Huntley</a> <a href="https://www.profootballrumors.com/2024/09/dolphins-to-sign-qb-tyler-huntley-off-ravens-practice-squad">this week</a>.This plan certainly changes the equation for the Dolphins, who had seen Tagovailoa submit a quality 2023 season — a 17-game campaign devoid of concussion recurrences — and earn a four-year, $212.4M extension this offseason. Tagovailoa received $93.2M guaranteed at signing and is protected if he is not cleared from his latest head injury. However, Tua will need to return to action if cleared to collect the bulk of his lucrative extension.A collision with Bills safety <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HamlDa00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-17_pfr">Damar Hamlin</a> brought instant concerns from Dolphins and Bills players, and Miami confirmed its fifth-year starter <a href="https://www.profootballrumors.com/2024/09/tua-tagovailoa-suffers-concussion-dolphins-to-make-qb-addition">suffered a concussion</a> soon after. This sequence came less than two years after the handling of a potential Tua concussion — one the team did not end up confirming, leading to an immediate return in a Week 3 win over the Bills — changed the NFL’s protocol. Players regularly return from concussions soon after, even with the enhanced protocols, but the Dolphins have their passer’s past and future to consider. This is a significant step, as it will undoubtedly impact the team’s 2024 season.Tagovailoa has not been on IR since 2021 when a finger injury led him out of the mix. He did miss five regular-season games and the team’s wild-card tilt in 2022. In addition to the initial review of the Dolphins’ handling of Tua’s injury against the Bills in September 2022, the Dolphins were the subject of another probe due to leaving Tagovailoa in a Packers matchup in which he suffered another concussion. Tua did not report symptoms <a href="https://www.profootballrumors.com/2022/12/dolphins-tua-tagovailoa-back-in-concussion-protocol">until the following day</a>, and the second investigation <a href="https://www.profootballrumors.com/2022/12/dolphins-cleared-in-concussion-protocol-review">soon cleared the Dolphins</a>. But they are back in familiar territory nearly two years later.Thompson, 27, saw action in 2022 due to <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BridTe00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-17_pfr">Teddy Bridgewater</a> suffering multiple injuries — including a concussion — as well. He completed just 57.1% of his regular-season passes — at a mere 5.1 yards per attempt — but gave the favored Bills a scare in the wild-card round. Thompson beat out 2023 Tua backup <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitMi01.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-17_pfr">Mike White</a> this summer and will be given the first chance to lead an explosive Dolphins offense.Huntley has far more experience, starting nine games in place of <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=JackLa00,JackLa02&amp;search=Lamar+Jackson&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-17_pfr">Lamar Jackson</a> from 2021-23. Huntley, however, did not draw extensive free agency interest. The Browns cut the four-year Ravens backup, who returned to Baltimore — on a practice squad deal — this week. Because the Dolphins signed Huntley off the Ravens’ P-squad, he must remain on Miami’s active roster for at least three weeks. This could set up a QB competition, but it will be Thompson at the controls for now.</div></body>

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Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa placed on IR with latest concussion

Tua Tagovailoa is not planning to consider retirement, but the Dolphins are planning to give their starting quarterback plenty of time to recover from the latest concussion he suffered. Miami is placing Tagovailoa on IR, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo report. With Miami’s bye occurring during this window, the earliest the fifth-year QB can return will be Week 8. This is not especially surprising, but it does represent a change from how the Dolphins handled their quarterback during his concussion-marred 2022 season.

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa placed on IR with latest concussion

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