Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa left the staff’s recreation in opposition to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday after a late hit that resulted in a roughing-the-passer penalty deep into the primary half.
Tagovailoa escaped stress on a third-and-3 play proper earlier than the two-minute warning, threw a move that was accomplished to broad receiver Jaylen Waddle, and was pushed to the bottom after the throw by linebacker Matt Milano. The again of Tagovailoa’s head banged in opposition to the bottom in a whiplash impact.
Tagovailoa was walked off the sector and into the locker room, beneath his personal energy, with trainers alongside him. He is formally questionable to return with a head harm.
The Dolphins have a fast turnaround for Thursday Night Football, going through the Bengals on the highway in Cincinnati and Tagovailoa’s availability for that recreation might be unsure.
The Dolphins and Bills had been tied at 14 on the time of the harm and going into halftime. Tagovailoa was 8 of 10 for 76 yards with a landing move when he exited. Backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater then entered for Miami’s third-year signal-caller.
It’s the third consecutive time Tagovailoa will get harm in a gathering with the Bills. In final 12 months’s Week 2 assembly in Miami Gardens, an A.J. Epenesa hit sidelined Tagovailoa with fractured ribs and put him on short-term injured reserve to overlook the following three weeks. In the 2021 Oct. 31 recreation in Orchard Park, Tagovailoa completed the sport however got here away with a finger harm on his throwing hand that value him the following one and a half video games.
The Bills struck first on their opening drive Sunday that was capped by a fourth-down 1-yard move from Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen to an open Devin Singletary in the long run zone. Allen was 6 of 6 for 70 yards on the opening collection after his first completion, a 28-yard strike over the center to Stefon Diggs, was practically a fumble misplaced with Diggs dropping the again. It was dominated that cornerback Xavien Howard barely contacted the receiver.
The Dolphins protection set the offense as much as tie later within the first quarter. Jevon Holland broke free on a security blitz for a strip-sack on Allen, and out of doors linebacker Melvin Ingram recovered the fumble on the Buffalo 6-yard line. Miami scored on a Chase Edmonds plunge from a yard away after a move to Trent Sherfield acquired the staff to the 1-yard line.
Buffalo responded early within the second quarter with Allen once more discovering one other South Florida product, Isaiah McKenzie, broad open for a brief landing move. The Bills picked up the Dolphins blitz on third-and-goal from the 8-yard line, with Singletary blocking Holland within the backfield.
Tagovailoa responded with a nine-play, 83-yard drive yard that was capped by a landing move to practice-squad elevation River Cracraft, his second landing in as many weeks up from the observe squad. Tagovailoa threw a dart to Cracraft for the 11-yard scoring strike after additionally finishing chunk performs to Waddle and Tyreek Hill earlier within the drive.
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