Josh Allen sends heartfelt message to Tua Tagovailoa after Dolphins quarterback suffers concussion
The Miami Dolphins quarterback was helped off after being injured following a clash with Damar Hamlin in the third quarter of the 31-10 defeat
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Your support makes all the difference.Josh Allen has sent a heartfelt message to Tua Tagovailoa after the Miami Dolphins quarterback suffered a concussion in the 31-10 defeat to the Buffalo Bills.
Tagovailoa left the game in the third quarter after a collision with Damar Hamlin in which he hit his head on the ground.
Tagovailoa suffered two concussions during the 2022 NFL season and rival Allen reached out to his fellow player as the sport awaits an update on the former Alabama star’s condition.
“If you know Tua, outside of football, like I do, you can't help but feel for him,” Allen said on Prime Video. “He's a great football player, but he's an even greater human being.
“He's one of the best humans on the planet. I got a lot of love for him and his family, hoping everything is OK. It's tough, this game of football we play, it's got its highs and its lows, and this is definitely one of its lows.”
James Cook scored three touchdowns, two of them on the ground, to help the Bills secure back-to-back wins to start the season and 11 victories in their last 12 meetings with Miami.
The match was long over as a competition by the time he left, the Bills opening a 24-10 lead by the break and extending their lead when Ja’Marcus Ingram returned an interception from Tagovailoa 31 yards for a touchdown.
Josh Allen, who threw for 139 yards with a glove protecting his injured non-throwing hand, found Cook from 17 yards to start the scoring, Tagovailoa finding De’Von Achane from five yards to level things up.
But the Bills pulled away in the second quarter, Tyler Bass landing a 43-yard field goal before Cook ran in a pair of touchdowns from one and 49 yards.
Jason Sanders replied with a field goal from 34 yards as time ran out in the first half, but the Dolphins could manage no more scores in an anti-climactic second half.
Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill, who was detained by police on his way to last week’s opening match in a case which has made headlines throughout the week, was restricted to just 24 yards on three catches.
PA contributed to this report