NFL chief medical officer Allen Sills said Uribe did nothing untoward or out of the ordinary. “It is problematic that he was cleared for a back injury for which the lead doctors never took time to examine,” Tretter said. But per the joint statement, Uribe never examined Tagovailoa’s back when the injury occurred in the first quarter, and didn’t examine it after the wobble in the second quarter. Uribe, with the help of the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant and other Dolphins doctors, determined that the “wobble” exhibited by Tagovailoa was due to a back injury suffered earlier in the game, not a neurological issue. Per the protocols, the head team doctor has the sole authority to diagnose a concussion during a game. The NFLPA also isn’t as willing as the NFL to clear Dolphins head physician John Uribe, an orthopedist.
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