Tagovailoa got hurt when he collided with Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin on Sept. 12. He ran for a first down and initiated contact by lowering his shoulder into Hamlin instead of sliding, which prompted his teammates to have talks with him about protecting himself moving forward.

I went up to that dude that intercepted me,’ Tagovailoa said late Monday night. ‘I asked him, “Bro, you couldn’t have just ran out of bounds or cut back?” I was like, “You saw me and I saw you, you wanted to just run me over?

Following the Miami Dolphins 23-15 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday night, fans had high praise for quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in his third game