{"id":7113,"date":"2024-09-14T01:36:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T01:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=7113"},"modified":"2024-09-14T01:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T01:36:54","slug":"video-current-nfl-head-coach-says-he-wants-tua-tagovailoa-to-retire-from-football-during-press-conference-after-witnessing-his-latest-scary-concussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=7113","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Current NFL Head Coach Says He Wants Tua Tagovailoa To Retire From Football During Press Conference After Witnessing His Latest \u201cScary\u201d Concussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Add one AFC head coach to the list of notable NFL figures calling for\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>\u00a0quarterback\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/tua-tagovailoa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tua Tagovailoa<\/a>\u00a0to retire after his latest concussion scare.<\/p>\n<p>Tua Tagovailoa left in the third quarter of Miami\u2019s Thursday night game against the Buffalo Bills after suffering a concussion. Tagovailoa dove headfirst to pick up a first on a fourth-down situation, suffering the concussion after making contact with Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on a routine tackle.<\/p>\n<p>The latest concussion is especially concerning because Tagovailoa suffered three of them alone in the 2022 season. He had to be stretchered off the field after the second one (in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals)<\/p>\n<p>Former NFL tight ends Shannon Sharpe and Tony Gonzalez, as well as former wide receivers Dez Bryant and Antonio Brown, have all called for Tua Tagovailoa to put his safety first and retire.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Friday ahead of his team\u2019s road game against the Baltimore Ravens,\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/las-vegas-raiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>\u00a0head coach\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/antonio-pierce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antonio Pierce<\/a>\u00a0also advised Miami\u2019s star signal-caller to walk away from the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI\u2019ll be honest, I\u2019d tell him to retire. It\u2019s not worth it, it\u2019s not worth it\u2026I haven\u2019t witnessed anything like I\u2019ve seen that\u2019s happened to him three times. Scary\u2026you can see the sense of urgency from everybody to get Tua help\u2026He\u2019s going to live than he\u2019s going to play football. Take care of your family.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Antonio Pierce provides his thoughts on what should be next for Tua Tagavailoa after he suffered another concussion against the Bills. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5wc1VMMLxo\">pic.twitter.com\/5wc1VMMLxo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heidi Fang (@HeidiFang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeidiFang\/status\/1834637109317320956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After suffering three concussions in 2022, Tagovailoa\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/nfl\/why-tua-tagovailoa-is-learning-jiu-jitsu-to-help-avoid-concussions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">took up jiu-jitsu<\/a>\u00a0to help him avoid additional head-related injuries in the future. Tagovailoa also lost considerable weight this offseason (he didn\u2019t say how much) to maximize his conditioning and on-field performance.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a lackluster outing in relief of Tagovailoa, head coach Mike McDaniel has already confirmed that second-stringer Skylar Thompson will be the starting quarterback if Tagovailoa misses time. The Dolphins visit the Seattle Seahawks in Week 3 on Sept. 22.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-tua-tagovailoa-has-a-difficult-decision-to-make\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tua Tagovailoa Has A Difficult Decision To Make<\/h2>\n<p>If the 26-year-old Tagovailoa walks away now, he wouldn\u2019t be the only notable NFL star to retire early. Carolina Panthers legendary linebacker Luke Kuechly and former LB San Francisco 49ers Chris Borland retired from football early because of concussions.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, Tagovailoa has to ask himself if the glamor of a football life is worth his health and well-being in his post-playing days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Add one AFC head coach to the list of notable NFL figures calling for\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Tua Tagovailoa\u00a0to retire after his latest concussion scare. Tua Tagovailoa left in the third quarter &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7115,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7113\/revisions\/7115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}