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Many feel Dolphins QB should take every precaution to avoid another concussion<\/div>\n
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After missing the last four games with a concussion,\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Tua Tagovailoa\u00a0will make his first start since Week 2 Sunday against the\u00a0Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old passed the\u00a0NFL\u2019s five-step return to participation protocol, was cleared to play by an independent neurological consultant, and gathered feedback from some of the top medical\/neurological experts who all believe it\u2019s safe for him to resume his career.<\/p>\n

But after the announcement of Tagovailoa\u2019s return was made by head coach Mike McDaniel on Friday, fans were all saying the same thing: Tagovailoa really should be wearing a Guardian Cap if he insists on playing again.<\/p>\n

It may seem foolish for Tagovailoa not to wear a Guardian Cap given the rave reviews the NFL has given the equipment for reducing the number of concussions league-wide. However, NFL chief medical doctor Allen Sills says there\u2019s actually a good reason Tagovailoa is choosing not to wear one.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor most helmets adding a Guardian Cap \u2014 an extra layer of padding \u2014 will reduce the force of each blow by somewhere between 10 and 15%,\u201d Sills\u00a0told CBS Sports<\/a>. \u201cNow there is a subset of helmets that we tagged as Guardian Cap optional.<\/p>\n

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd the reason for that was that those helmets in the laboratory testing showed that there really was not additional benefit of that magnitude by adding a Guardian Cap. In other words, the helmet itself was doing as good a job of mitigating the force as a regular helmet plus a guardian cap. So adding a Guardian Cap to those helmets did not show that same 10 to 15% benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tagovailoa\u2019s Vicis Zero2 Matrix ID QB helmet is one of the ones that the data shows makes no difference whether a Guardian Cap or worn or not because it already has additional padding to lessen any possible blows to the head.<\/p>\n

Adding a Guardian Cap to a player\u2019s helmet adds approximately one pound of weight, and many passers prefer having a lighter helmet given how much they have to scan the field and move their head during plays.<\/p>\n

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Tagovailoa has already suffered three concussions in the last three seasons, and if he were to have a fourth, it could be career-ending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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