Report: NFLPA fires doctor who evaluated Tua Tagovailoa vs. Bills - NBC Sports Boston
The NFL Players Association terminated the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant who was involved in the decision to clear Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to return to Sunday’s game against the Bills, ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio reported on Saturday. .ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques reported that the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant made “several mistakes” in his evaluation. .Unaffiliated neurotrauma consultants were added to the concussion protocol in 2016, amid a decade of mounting criticism about the risk of brain injury football poses and allegations that the league is complicit.