Due to a hip ailment, Tua Tagovailoa was labeled as a limited participant in Wednesday’s Miami Dolphins practice.
Three days after Miami’s 20–12 loss to the Houston Texans, which left their playoff aspirations in shambles, the starting quarterback’s fitness issue is a major setback.
The Dolphins need to win Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers since they are 6-8 going into the last three weeks of the regular season.
However, there are concerns that they might lose Tagovailoa once more. He returned at the end of October after missing four games due to a concussion earlier in the season.
Mike McDaniel’s club has a lot to climb in the playoff hunt after going 1-3 without their quarterback and now 4-4 since his return.
In Sunday’s loss to the Texans, they also suffered another injury setback as receiver Grant DuBose was out for over fifteen minutes following a head injury.
DuBose was dragged off the field and sent to the nearby hospital after the game was halted for more than twelve minutes as medical personnel treated him.
Doctors reportedly put on an oxygen mask and unscrewed his helmet while kneeling over him.
As he departed on a backboard, his neck was in a brace and he was connected to an EKG machine.
The medical staff who were treating DuBose sliced off the top of his uniform. He was eventually wheeled off the field and sent to Memorial Hermann Medical Center after being placed on a board and then placed on a stretcher.