NFL players association executive director DeMaurice Smith said the union plans to “pursue every legal option” as it continues its investigation into how the injury to Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was handled over the last week.
Smith sent a statement to two members of the Amazon broadcast team, Andrew Whitworth and Richard Sherman, after Tagovailoa left Thursday’s game against the Dolphins with a head and neck injury. His departure from the contest came just five days after he temporarily left last Sunday’s game against the Bills after his head hit the ground, but returned to play in the second half after he and the team said he cleared concussion protocol.
“We insisted on these rules to avoid exactly this scenario,” Smith wrote, per Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk. “We will pursue every legal option, including making referrals against the doctors to licensing agencies and the team that is obligated to keep our players safe.”
