Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
Tua Tagovailoa injured: Dolphins quarterback stretchered off
NFL players begged Amazon to stop airing replay of the injury that forced Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to be stretchered off the field in Week 4.
The Thursday Night Football game between the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals took a pause for serious and terrifying matters.
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was brought down to the ground on a play, where his head and back hit the turf. Tagovailoa lay motionless, as he was attended to by training staff, where he was eventually placed on a stretcher and taken off the field.
As Tagovailoa was being treated, however, Amazon Prime kept showing replays of the injury. Current NFL players and those no longer playing, took to Twitter imploring the broadcast to stop showing replays of the injury and Tagovailoa in the position that he was in.
Some players who reacted include Arizona Cardinals defensive end JJ Watt, whose message was retweeted by Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
NFL players implore NFL to stop showing replay of Tua Tagovailoa injury
BRO STOP SHOWING THE REPLAY
— Trending Topic 🤷🏾♂️ (@BigTicket73) September 30, 2022
Why the hell would you replay this man laying on the ground like that…prayers up tua 🙏🏾
— Dont’a Hightower (@zeus30hightower) September 30, 2022
The @MiamiDolphins just failed Tua. How could you let him on the field after last week? Especially on short week. Shame on everyone involved. And shame on @amazon for continually showing it.
— Justin Pugh (@JustinPugh) September 30, 2022
Prayers up man.. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) September 30, 2022
The Dolphins announced that Tagovailoa was ruled out for the remainder of the game due to head and neck injuries. The team also announced that he is being transported to a local hospital, where he is conscious, and has movement in all his extremities.
NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe tweeted out that Tagovailoa was being transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, which is also a trauma center.
We will continue to keep you updated on Tagovailoa’s status once more details are provided.
