Mike McDaniel update on Tua Tagovailoa concussion injury after Dolphins fall to Bills 31-10

[Music] post game continues with Mike McDaniel at the podium he's got it Mike have you talked to Tua and what have you observed from his condition um yeah I talked to him uh in the locker room obviously I talked to him on the field um and then talked to him in the locker room before before he headed he was headed home you know he was um in in good spirits what was your immediate thought when you saw him go down and into the the fencing position um uh yeah there uh my thought was concerned and I was just worried about my guy so um yeah this it's uh yeah not not something that you uh ever want ever want to be a part of you know you you hope not to Mike obviously it's very early in the process with Tua do you foresee a trip to the injured reserve list or do do you have any insight on that you know the uh as right right now um you know I'm not really it it's more about uh you know getting a proper um procedural evaluation tomorrow and taking it one day at a time I the the furthest thing from my mind is you know what what is the timeline you know I want to know um I I we we just need to evaluate wa and um and you know I'm just worried about my um you know my teammate and uh like like the rest of the guys are but we'll we'll take uh we'll get more information tomorrow and then um take it day by day from there my regardless of how he progresses through protocol from here how will what happen in 2022 impact how you and the team handle to it this time around um I I think it's it's important to to approach each and every situation um to the you know much like approach every injury um with it which is basically all right we're going to handle this particular situation with this particular player um you know every situation is um unique to its own so you know I think I I think there's um you know for for me I I'm not worried about um the anything that's out of my hands in terms of I'm just worried about the the human being and you know he'll he'll drive the drive the ship um when we get the appropriate information but it's day-by-day health is what you know of you know really uh try to approach all the stuff that way particularly um with concussions like do you think it's safe for Tua to play football considering he's had four concussions in I think four or five years um yeah I think that's uh from a a medical standpoint that's um I I don't approach things that I'm far inferior of expertise uh I I I I'm just there to support um my teammate like I said and you know I I think I think you know there's there's uh for for me to go ahead and forecast things that I don't know in in my non-field of expertise I don't think that's appropriate um I I think I think we'll we'll find out some more information tomorrow in terms of uh uh where where um two is at he'll he'll you know be able to spend um a good amount of time being evaluated and then we'll have conversations and and progress as as appropriate but um you know I I I I'm like the the rest of his teammates who he he uh he went around the locker room and and connected with um you know trying to keep as a as a leader is trying to keep the guys heads up and and uh and he'll he'll be in the office um tomorrow to to be have the appropriate care Mike uh even before that injury there really it wasn't the kind of night you probably expected um could how do you explain what played out there ooh um you know it it's a it's a tough one that uh you know I think um there there was a lot of uh high expectations and Ambitions for the game uh fully knowing that it was going to be a tough one um but I think I think every person on the team would tell you uh the when playing a foot good football team if you're if you're minus uh three or four whatever was and then with the fourth Downs um on top of that like no one foresaw that so I I don't think you can win um I you might be able to win one out of a hundred with with those uh the nuts and bolts of that and and I think that's the main thing that the football team uh is feeling is supreme disappointment um because it's uh they they've put a lot into it they have high expectations and um you you can't even you can't even evaluate appropriately when when you're uh when you're playing football that way and giving it to the opponent and uh you know so giving them extra possessions especially a quarterback like that so you know I think it it's you know football's a tough tough business there's you know like I told the told the team like th this hurts for a reason um and then you just you have to find out if if you need uh you know I I think I think we have enough veteran players in that locker room that understand that the belief will come from within because you uh quite frankly you can already Turn the Page know the know what's going to be said about us and and that's probably going to last for um last for a while we'll have plenty of opportunities to um you know uh uh really take take the take the uh just sheer um frustration and anger out on um our our the way we approach our jobs day in day out um it's also you know very much weak too and um and that was our first division game and it feels um way bigger than that because you know there's uh there's a lot of history to to this uh this matchup and um there's a lot of things that we thought we were going to take care of that that um are are are are definitely not taking care of so you know I I think it's a it's a gut check for the for the team early in the season um I I I I look at things like uh if we would have won by 30 um what does that mean you know um I think that puts uh the the game in perspective it's one loss that's you know that really Cuts deep um but that that can either be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you respond to it so um I really believe in um and and the lock all right here's a look at that Miami schedule we try and figure out what the road ahead looks like both with and without Tu a Tong of ioa suffered that scary concussion here on 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