The Dolphins will bring in another quarterback while starter Tua Tagovailoa deals with his latest concussion, and coach Mike McDaniel insisted Friday that the only thing that should matter to him — or anyone — is Tagovailoa’s health.
For the short term at least, Skylar Thompson will be considered the Dolphins’ starter while Tagovailoa is sidelined. Tagovailoa left Thursday night’s 31-10 loss to the Bills in the third with the third known concussion of his NFL career, all coming in the last 24 months.
“The team and the organization are very confident in Skylar,” McDaniel said.
McDaniel said the team has not made any decision about whether to place Tagovailoa on injured reserve. Tagovailoa was at the team facility Friday, as expected and as McDaniel said would be the case, to start the process of being evaluated in earnest.
How long that process takes is one of the countless unknowns right now.
“The people that matter most, and their opinions, are Tua, the doctors and the experts,” McDaniel said.
The Chiefs are putting wide receiver Marquise Brown on injured reserve because of the dislocated shoulder joint he sustained in the preseason against the Jaguars. He will have surgery next week in Vail, Colorado. ... Packers quarterback Jordan Love is listed as questionable for Sunday’s home opener with the Colts as he recovers from an injury to his left medial collateral ligament.
College hockey: Braxton Whitehead says he has verbally committed to playing Division I hockey at Arizona State beginning in 2025. It is the first NCAA commitment for a player from the Canadian Hockey League since a lawsuit was filed last month challenging the organization’s longstanding ban on players it deems to be professionals.
NHL: Former Capitals enforcer Stephen Peat died from injuries sustained late last month when he was struck by a car while crossing a street.