‘Concussion’ Doc Slams Tua Tagovailoa For Returning To Bills Game After Injury

Tua Tagovailoa was absurd for going back to the Bills video game on Sunday after knocking his head on the grass … so states famous neuropathologist Bennet Omalu — who informs TMZ Sports the Dolphins quarterback put his life at threat by making the resurgence.

Dr. Omalu — who’s the real-life inspiration for the well-known Will Smith “Concussion” motion picture — states that under no situations must Tagovailoa have actually returned into the contest in Miami after he was at first knocked out of it.

Omalu states he thinks Tagovailoa suffered a concussion based upon whatever he saw on the video game’s broadcast … and he stated the 24-year-old must have secured himself and his future and remained on the sideline the remainder of the day.

“Your life should be worth more to you than any amount of money,” Omalu stated. “Your life is worth more than $10 billion, ’cause you can’t replace your life. You have only one life.”

But Omalu, who found CTE, isn’t faulting the NFL or the Dolphins one bit for enabling Tagovailoa back under center.

“The duty falls on the players,” he stated. “The NFL did not point a gun on his head and say, ‘You must go back to play.’ He could have said, ‘No.'”

For Tagovailoa’s part, he insisted he did not suffer a head injury throughout the play … however rather, he stated he harmed his back.

“I got up, and that’s kind of why I stumbled,” the signal-caller informed press reporters after Miami protected the 21-19 win over Buffalo. “My back kind of locked up on me. But for the most part, I’m good. Passed whatever concussion protocol they had.”