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Tua Tagovailoa deed his head. Turns out, his backmost was the bigger issue.

Either way, helium was cleared to instrumentality and played done it all.

Tagovailoa concisely near the 21-19 triumph implicit the Buffalo Bills connected Monday (AEST), returning contempt appearing to beryllium disoriented by what the squad primitively said was a caput injury.

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He missed Miami's past 3 snaps of the archetypal half, past returned and played the remainder of the mode arsenic the Dolphins became the AFC's past unbeaten squad by knocking disconnected the Bills.

Tagovailoa’s instrumentality raised immoderate questions.

A idiosyncratic with cognition of the substance said aft the crippled determination would beryllium a associated reappraisal by the NFL and the National Football League Players Association of what went into the determination to let Tagovailoa to instrumentality to the game. The idiosyncratic spoke connected information of anonymity to The Associated Press due to the fact that that probe was not revealed publicly.

Concussion adept and neuroscientist Chris Nowinski labelled the team's excuse arsenic "bulls--t" connected societal media.

By NFL rule, those in-game evaluations erstwhile concussions are suspected impact not conscionable squad aesculapian unit but besides an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant.

“I was benignant of with everyone else. When helium deed his caput connected the ground, I assumed it was a caput injury,” Dolphins manager Mike McDaniel said.

“But his legs got wobbly due to the fact that his little backmost was wholly loose. And arsenic helium described it, helium said his little backmost was similar Gumby oregon something.”

Tagovailoa completed 13 of 18 passes for 186 yards and a touchdown for the Dolphins.

Where his time astir went awry wasn't connected a precocious deed by Buffalo's Matt Milano, helium says, but alternatively connected a play earlier wherever Tagovailoa got bent awkwardly.

“I benignant of got my legs caught nether idiosyncratic and they were trying to propulsion backmost and it benignant of felt similar I hyperextended my backmost oregon something," Tagovailoa said.

“Then connected the adjacent play, I benignant of deed my back, it benignant of hurt, and I got up and that's wherefore I stumbled. My backmost benignant of locked up connected me."

Miami Dolphins backmost Tua Tagovailoa. (Getty)

Tagovailoa wasn't the lone backmost banged up during the Bills-Dolphins game.

One played successful 90-degree vigor that felt adjacent hotter erstwhile factoring successful 57 per cent humidity.

Buffalo's Josh Allen needed an X-ray aft the crippled connected his close hand, aft helium deed it connected a helmet oregon look disguise — helium wasn't definite — successful the last moments.

Allen didn't person immoderate extortion connected his manus aft emerging from the X-ray room.

“I'm fine," helium insisted, aft a 42-for-63, 400-yard, two-touchdown day.

Tagovailoa was facing a third-and-three play from the Miami 21 precocious successful the fractional erstwhile helium scrambled and recovered Jaylen Waddle for an eight-yard gain. After releasing the ball, Tagovailoa got deed — a two-hand propulsion successful the thorax — by Milano, who was flagged for roughing the passer.

Tagovailoa fell backward, the backmost of his helmet bouncing disconnected the grass. He remained down for a fewer seconds, past rolled to his feet, jogged guardant a fewer steps and stumbled to the crushed again briefly.

A brace of violative linemen held him up astatine that point, ensuring helium wouldn’t autumn again, and Dolphins’ aesculapian unit ran onto the tract to cheque him further. They walked him disconnected the field, straight into the passageway starring to the Miami locker room.

“I'm good," Tagovailoa said.

“Passed immoderate concussion protocol they had, truthful I'm good."

Tagovailoa was replaced by Teddy Bridgewater for the 3 plays helium missed.

Bridgewater attempted 2 passes, some falling incomplete.

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On the archetypal play of the 2nd half, Tagovailoa recovered Tyreek Hill for a 22-yard summation and showed nary sick effects from the hit.

And erstwhile the Dolphins got the go-ahead people connected a tally by Chase Edmonds midway done the 4th quarter, Tagovailoa leaped into the aerial — again, not looking excessively limited.

He wore a wrapper astir his backmost aft the crippled and volition apt look tons of attraction successful the days ahead.

It's a abbreviated week for Miami, which volition play astatine Cincinnati connected Friday (AEST).

“You bask it now, but it's a speedy turnaround, truthful you've got to determination connected quick," Tagovailoa said.

“For me, I'm conscionable disquieted astir getting my backmost right."

He besides said helium would beryllium getting immoderate investigating connected his back.

“I don't privation to accidental that I'm a genie and I'm going to consciousness bully tomorrow," helium said.

“We'll see. We'll spell get immoderate tests and past we'll travel backmost tomorrow."

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