Transcript | Mike McDaniel’s Media Availability

(How is QB Tua Tagovailoa feeling primarily based totally for your discussions with him ultimate night time and today? And do you’ve got got the MRI effects yet?) – “So he changed into – I suppose his teammates or me, Im now no longer positive who changed into maximum excited to peer him at the plane. He changed into sincere approximately the truth that he had a headache. But his persona changed into clearly everyday Tua. Talking to him this morning, I suppose he changed into nevertheless feeling a number of the ones headaches. Hes likely simply completing his MRI proper now. We`ll discover the effects on that. That changed into simply a further type of precaution on pinnacle of the CT scans and X-rays that had been taken ultimate night time.”

(Obviously theres TE Cethan Carter. Concussions have an effect on all people in a different way. Is there a hazard you men can also additionally placed QB Tua Tagovailoa on short-time period IR simply as a precaution?) – “I imply honestly, to be absolutely forthright, Im now no longer even considering timetables or whatever concerning him as a participant proper now. Its all approximately Tua the individual. What receives misplaced in all that is theres human relationships. These arent simply create-a-players. These are human beings that we at the same time put money into and anyone Ive grown very, very near to. So while it comes to move accidents and concussions, with matters that severe, the simplest component Im involved approximately is the individual first. Were simply involved approximately him getting wholesome and getting all of the checking out performed that he desires to get performed, and us running with him in order that we will experience proper approximately in which that damage is at. Then well move the bridge in phrases of timetables and but long. I surely havent even notion approximately that at this point.”

(Last night time, while you had been requested if you’ll do whatever in a different way, you stated, No hazard, quite much. Now which youve had time to reflect, is there whatever both you'll have performed in a different way otherwise you desire any of the clinical employees might have performed in a different way courting again to the unique hit on Sunday in opposition to the Bills?) – “I respect all of the difficulty, surely simply due to the fact I care approximately the man and I respect all the difficulty for the individual. What I changed into type of relating to in phrases of now no longer converting whatever that Id do changed into due to the fact the complete procedure for what occurred at the Bills recreation changed into he changed into evaluated for a head damage immediately. Thats what we delivered him into the tent for or delivered him interior for. He changed into evaluated after which cleared through numerous layers of clinical professionals, who – I dont faux to be one – however the ones human beings, the gathering of them, cleared him of any head damage by any means. He had a again and ankle issue. So in phrases of determining whether or not or now no longer to play a man on a Thursday night time recreation, I changed into worried approximately his decrease again and his ankle, and setting him in harms way. I even have one hundred percentage conviction in our procedure concerning our players. This is a participant-pleasant organisation that I make it very clean from the onset that my task as a instruct is right here for the players. I take that very critical and nobody else withinside the constructing strays from that. So once I am speaking approximately determining whether or not or now no longer to play, the simplest component that might hold me from gambling him might be some thing going in opposition to clinical recommendation that might be simply absolutely summary on pinnacle of all that. I had no issues by any means. Im in consistent verbal exchange with this man day-in and day-out. Were speaking approximately high-stage soccer conversations approximately progressions and defenses and recalling stuff from weeks preceding after which him having to reiterate a 15-phrase play call. All matters, without a doubt no signs. There changed into no clinical indication, from all resources, that there has been whatever concerning the top. If there might were, of course. If there might were whatever lingering together along with his head, I wouldnt were capable of stay with myself if I in advance placed a person obtainable and placed them in harms way. This is a dating that I even have with this human being. I take that critical. I wouldnt have placed him obtainable if there has been any inclination given to me by any means that he changed into endangering himself from that preceding recreation.”

(Have you talked – ultimate night time at the plane, you had conversations with QB Tua Tagovailoa I presume? You stated he delivered his persona with him. Can you complicated for us? Did he communicate approximately the incident itself?) – “We simply desired to get him a touch greater space. He got here up and sat subsequent to me at the flight. We talked a touch approximately the sport. I type of changed into asking him questions on how he changed into feeling and that occurred for approximately 15 or 20 minutes, after which he pulled out his telecellsmartphone and began out gambling my cult preferred traditional film MacGruber that he watched and changed into guffawing with me. I suppose he changed into simply glad to be with him teammates. All of his teammates had been so elated. I imply this changed into a horrifying, horrifying scenario for all of us. Im positive you can inform through his teammates frame language and anyone that changed into at the field. It changed into some thing that did now no longer simply depart as soon as the sport restarted. All of his teammates had been without a doubt elated to peer him at the plane. He changed into elated. It delivered him a few joy, which changed into proper to peer. It`s one of the motives you get into crew sports.”

(On the ultimate 12 hours for him as the top instruct) – “Its one of these matters which you understand as a part of my task. For me, I dont do whatever with out being extraordinarily responsible and difficult on myself. I can say with conviction positive matters due to the fact I cross again and I make certain that the due diligence, that Ive performed the entirety efficaciously with all of the records given. Football is a completely unique sport. Its