Prized rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa showed up to the Miami Dolphins’ practice facility on Monday, and a video that was posted to social media sent fans into a serious fright.
The reason why was because the video created a bit of an optical illusion where it looked as though a waist bag that he had slung across his shoulders was a sling on his left arm, his throwing arm.
Rooks reporting 👀@Tua 🔥 @ChocoDro pic.twitter.com/o2tAYSeCJQ
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) July 27, 2020
Fans quickly took to social media to express the brief moment of terror they experienced before realizing the bag was not a sling.
Me thinking that was a sling on Tua’s throwing arm https://t.co/Wc7ppnsHjH pic.twitter.com/MuGvBgjLub
— Nathan Neighbors (@MrCatphin) July 27, 2020
Anybody else see @Tua wearing that shoulder bag and think it was a sling for a second 😧
— JT Poston (@realjtposton1) July 27, 2020
Thought Tua was in a sling and almost threw my phone across the room. https://t.co/Oi3HzIIzig
— Keon Coleman stan (@b_leezy09) July 27, 2020
All these Dolphins fans having a scare thinking Tua’s satchel over his left arm is a sling 😂#BabyGoat
— David Gregg (@2187sports) July 27, 2020
Clearly, Dolphins fans are already tense about Tagovailoa’s injury concerns. After all, he likely fell to the No. 5 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft because of the injuries he sustained during his college career.
Despite those concerns, there is no doubt that Tagovailoa has the physical tools necessary to be a major star.
Going forward, he will be tasked with trying to revitalize a Dolphins franchise that hasn’t experienced consistent success for years.
He’ll have to avoid injuries of all kinds to do that.