Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa to return in 2024, but timeline remains unclear-ZoomTech News

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will make a return to the soccer area sooner or later within the 2024 season, head coach Mike McDaniel instructed reporters Monday.

It is the primary time that McDaniel has explicitly said there’s an expectation for Tagovailoa to play once more this season after he suffered a concussion in Week 2. Nonetheless, McDaniel would not expose when the workforce is anticipating Tagovailoa’s return, including that he is “not enjoying this week” towards Indianapolis (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app).

“There’s nonetheless info that he is searching for this week and so far as timelines go,” McDaniel stated. “I do count on to see him enjoying soccer in 2024, however the place that’s precisely, we’ll let the method proceed since we nonetheless have time earlier than we will even entertain something. 

“We’ll be sure that he is diligent this week and assess after that.” 

Tagovailoa was positioned on injured reserve shortly after struggling a concussion in Week 2 in a  loss to the Buffalo Payments. The transfer instantly dominated him out for Miami’s subsequent 4 video games, so he is not eligible to return to observe after Week 7. The following recreation he can play in, if he is activated, is the Dolphins’ Week 8 tilt towards the Arizona Cardinals. 

The concussion marked Tagovailoa’s third because the 2022 season. He initially had a fencing response after his helmet collided with Payments security Damar Hamlin on a run in that recreation, sparking related issues to the concussions he suffered in 2022. He was in a position to stroll off the sphere on his personal energy after the collision. Tagovailoa was anticipated to fulfill with a number of unbiased neurologists following the damage, McDaniel shared at the time.

The Dolphins’ offense has suffered with out Tagovailoa. They misplaced three video games in a row earlier than beating the New England Patriots in Week 5, 15-10, to enhance to 2-3 forward of their bye week. Miami ranks final in scoring (12 factors per recreation).

Tagovailoa has statistically been among the many league’s finest QBs since he began enjoying below McDaniel in 2022. He threw for 4,624 yards, 29 TDs and 14 interceptions in 2023, serving to Miami attain the playoffs in every of the previous two years. 

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