Tua Tagovailoa concussion discussion (update: Tua to IR 9/17/2024)(Merged)

SoggyBottomBoy said

Surprised this wasn’t brought up before now, and there will probably hard line opinions on both sides. Personally, I didn’t find the tackle to be malicious or excessive. It was not a lift and slam down effort. Tua was spun around and when his feet got taken out beneath him his body whipped to the ground.

Yeah, the results looked bad, though.

To your point though about it being on a QB, a flag wouldn’t have surprised me.

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Agreed. I didn't see the game but got an alert on my phone saying "Tua carted off the field after being slammed to the turf in a vicious sack" (or something to that effect). When I finally saw the play this morning, it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. I'm glad no flag was thrown because I didn't see anything malicious about it.

Still feel bad for Tua though...Hard to watch someone's fingers lock up like that...Honestly, he hit his head and had those effects. I hate to say it but it could have been worse. What if he had taken a helmet to helmet hit instead? *cringe*

Prayers for a speedy and complete recovery for Tua