Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is expected to make his return to action Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals after missing four games due to a concussion he suffered in Week 2. It was Tagovailoa’s third diagnosed concussion in two years, which prompted league-wide discussion about whether he should continue playing football.
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Provided he was medically cleared to play, that decision was always going to rest with Tagovailoa. He considered retiring after missing four games due to two separate head injuries in 2022 but said it wasn’t a consideration this time around. He chose to keep playing after discussing the situation with his wife, Annah.
“No one’s … advice had affected anything that I thought in terms of returning,” Tagovailoa said Monday. “(I) had some conversations with my wife, but that was it.
“I love this game,” he continued, “and I love it to the death of me.”
Asked if he would wear a Guardian Cap — the padded shells some players wear over their helmets to lessen the impact of collisions on the brain — Tagovailoa said he would not, calling it a “personal choice.” He does, however, wear a VICIS-brand helmet deemed the “safest” among standard helmet options for quarterbacks.
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