Tua Tagovailoa Receives Positive Update After Suffering Scary Head Injury On Thursday Night Football

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Tua Tagovailoa will be allowed to leave the hospital and return home hours after suffering a scary head injury on Thursday.

During the Dolphins’ Thursday Night Football against the Bengals, Tagovailoa was carted off the field after hitting his head on the ground.

Tua just got slammed and is down pic.twitter.com/6hzRekleI7

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Tua was immediately transported to the hospital for evaluation.

Tua Tagovailoa has been taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. He is conscious and has movement in all his extremities.

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Hours after the injury, it was announced that Tagovailoa was being discharged from the hospital and would be allowed to return home with the team.

Tua Tagovailoa is expected to be discharged from the hospital and the Dolphins believe he will return to Miami with the team, per the broadcast. GREAT news.

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