Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was cleared Saturday under the NFL’s concussion protocols and could return to the team’s lineup next weekend.
the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant who participated in the decision to clear Tagovailoa during the Sept. 25 game. The NFL said it disagreed with the firing of the independent doctor, given the finding that the protocols were followed.
The NFLPA said during the case that it was focused on the medical judgments that were made, rather than whether the protocols technically were followed. Even after last Saturday’s joint statement that the protocols were followed in the case, the NFLPA’s president, former Cleveland Browns center JC Tretter,Rookie quarterback Skylar Thompson is scheduled to make his first NFL start Sunday against the Vikings.
Bridgewater reportedly also was cleared Saturday and is expected to back up Thompson in Sunday’s game against the Vikings.
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