Injury - Football Wiretap

Tua Tagovailoa Passes Physical, Will Practice Without Limitations

Jul 29, 2020 11:27 AM

Tua Tagovailoa has passed his physical and will practice without limitations when camp opens.

Tagovailoa was the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft out of Alabama by the Miami Dolphins.

Tagovailoa suffered a dislocated hip and fracture of the posterior wall last November.

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Washington Places Alex Smith On PUP List

Jul 27, 2020 9:33 PM

Washington has placed Alex Smith on the physically unable to perform list.

Smith has not yet been cleared by the team for football activity.

In putting him on PUP before camp starts, Washington can take time to fully evaluate Smith.

Smith suffered a broken fibula and tibia in his right leg in November 2018 and required 17 surgeries.

Smith's contract runs through the 2022 season. If Washington releases him this year, it would count as a combined $20 million against the cap over the next two seasons, assuming that the team collects on the $12 million insurance policy that would provide cap relief.

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Alex Smith Cleared To Return To Full Football Activity

Jul 25, 2020 8:27 AM

Alex Smith has received clearance from his surgical team to return to full football activity.

Smith suffered a devastating tibia and fibula fracture in 2018.

Smith and his family spent the past few months in Hawaii, where he continued to train and prepare for the coming season.

"Everyone was in agreement that my bone was in a really good place," Smith told ESPN on Friday. "I had healed a lot. They said that given the combination of the rod and where I was with the healing process, I had zero limitations and could even resume some football activities.

"To hear them say that, from a life standpoint, they wouldn't restrict me from doing anything -- I could go skiing or snowboarding tomorrow if I wanted -- then on top of that, to get the green light that I could practice, get contact, that I had healed up, that much was pretty wild to hear. I didn't know if I would ever hear those words."

Smith's contract runs through 2022.

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Tua Tagovailoa 'Ready To Go' As Camp Nears

Jul 24, 2020 9:47 AM

Tua Tagovailoa says he's ready to go as the Miami Dolphins get closer to opening camp.

"I'd say I'm ready to go," the rookie quarterback said. "It's kind of those things where you start getting the itch to get back out on the field, to be able to compete. It's going to be a new setting, so that's what's even more exciting."

Because he's rehabbing a hip injury, Tagovailoa received early access to the Dolphins' facility amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Washington WR Kelvin Harmon Suffers Torn ACL

Jul 15, 2020 9:21 AM

Kelvin Harmon suffered a torn ACL in mid-June and will miss the 2020 season, leaving Washington short-handed at wide receiver.

Harmon underwent surgery on his right knee last week. He was expected to compete for a starting job opposite Terry McLaurin.

He was a sixth-round pick in 2019.

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