Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been healthy all year. Until Black Friday, when he suffered a cut on his right arm. The word “cut” doesn’t do it justice. It was a giant chunk of flesh missing from his arm. That somehow didn’t bleed. Tua seemed to be oblivious to it, despite the fact that it’s gotta hurt. After the 34-13 win over the Jets, he talked about it. “I didn’t notice it happen until I came to the sideline,” Tagovailoa said. “That’s probably due to adrenaline. But, getting to the sideline and one of the guys came up to me and said, ‘Dude, you’ve got a big gash on your arm.’ So we got Kyle [Johnston] to try to get it cleaned up and then patch it up so we could go back in . . . . But, it’s what comes with the game. Everyone comes out of the game with nicks and bruises.” It wasn’t a nick. It was a giant, non-bleeding chunk of flesh missing from his arm. The team put a large bandage on it, and Tua didn’t miss a beat. Surely, it will need to be stitched. And it also will need to be cleaned out, thoroughly.
I saw that during the game and forgot to comment about it- I kept thinking, how the heck does that happen on a football field? I think the only thing that makes sense is a cleat; someone must have stepped on him while he was on the ground?
actually think it was on the scramble. One of the jets helmet screws wasn’t secured properly and hooked him
It reminded me of the first episode of Six Million Dollar Man, where Steve Austin rescues a boy from a crashed car and, in doing so, rips a hole in his bionic arm, and the boy's hysterical ungrateful mother goes "What are you?"
Tua Tagovailoa had a chunk torn out of his right arm during Friday’s game against the Jets. He didn’t even notice it until backup quarterback Mike White pointed it out. Tagovailoa confirmed he required multiple stitches to close the wound, saying it “looking very complex for them to put it together.” “It was a nice chunk that came off, so someone can find that piece. That’s yours,” Tagovailoa said Wednesday, via Hal Habib of The Palm Beach Post. The scar will mar the complex tattoo Tagovailoa has on that arm. “It’d be a great story for [son] Ace when he grows up,” Tagovailoa said. “I saved three people in the ocean and I got [bit] by a 500-pound shark. I killed it.” Tagovailoa’s wife did not know about the wound until her friends began texting her. “She got text messages from people about what it looked like, and they said it was disgusting while they were eating their leftover meals. Sorry, I couldn’t help you there.” Tagovailoa, who is left-handed, was on the injury report but had a full practice despite the wound.
