In one play, everyone was reminded of the Tua Tagovailoa story during the 2023 offseason.
Tagovailoa suffered multiple concussions during the 2022 season, including a terrifying one on Thursday night against the Cincinnati Bengals. He said he considered retiring after the season but ultimately decided to continue his football career.
On Thursday evening he experienced another terrifying moment.
Tagovailoa was running for a first down on fourth-and-4, and he didn’t slide at that point. Tagovailoa kept his head down and took a hard hit from Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and stayed down. He tried to get up, but couldn’t. He avoided those kinds of hits last season, but Thursday’s hit put him out of the game.
Tagovailoa got up, limped off the court and was immediately taken back to the locker room. Skylar Thompson replaced him.
