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Miami Dolphins broad receiver Grant DuBose was carted off the sphere Sunday after taking successful to the top through the staff’s 20-12 street loss to the Houston Texans.
DuBose was taken to the hospital and is in “steady situation,” the staff stated, and shall be evaluated additional.
DuBose was chopping throughout the center of the sphere within the third quarter and tried to catch a go from Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa when DuBose took a helmet-to-helmet hit from Texans rookie security Calen Bullock.
Bullock was flagged for pointless roughness on the play.
DuBose was down on the sphere for greater than 10 minutes as medical personnel needed to minimize off his jersey, unscrewed his facemask and place a neck brace on him earlier than he was carted off NRG Stadium in Houston.
Players from each groups gathered collectively – some had been seen praying – as DuBose obtained on-field care.
The CBS broadcast stated DuBose was nonetheless receiving care from the Harris County emergency medical employees whereas being loaded into an ambulance.
Tagovailoa stated after the sport that DuBose is “doing effectively” and is “recovering.”
The quarterback additionally puzzled if he may have achieved something in a different way along with his go to DuBose.
“I’m my hardest critic with regards to ball placement – with regards to figuring out the place to go together with the ball,” Tagovailoa stated after the Dolphins loss. “I simply really feel unhealthy that I even put him in that scenario to have gotten hit.
“It was powerful to maneuver on after that occurred. … We all know I’ve gone by means of one thing very related and that’s no enjoyable. You by no means wish to be put in any of these conditions, however you additionally perceive that this can be a bodily sport.”
DuBose is now at Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston, in line with CBS.
After the sport, Dolphins’ head coach Mike McDaniel gave a standing replace on the injured broad receiver. “There’s been some optimistic suggestions associated to some head and neck imaging,” McDaniel stated. “He will keep right here in a single day, and we’ll discover out extra by (Monday.)”
Bullock stated afterward that he had no intention of injuring DuBose or anybody else. “Prayers to him and his household. I hope he’s good,” he stated.
“I used to be simply seeing the ball and I used to be breaking on the ball. It simply occurred to be a kind of varieties of performs,” he stated.
“It’s very troublesome for a defensive participant as a result of we are attempting to consider defending them, however we additionally received to guard ourselves too,” Bullock stated. “They can hit us improper. It’s angles. You pondering an excessive amount of making an attempt to guard everybody on the sphere, however generally it doesn’t occur like that. At the tip of the day, it’s nonetheless a violent sport.”
CNN has reached out to the Dolphins for remark.
The Dolphins simply activated the 23-year-old DuBose for Sunday’s sport after being on the injured checklist with a shoulder damage.
This story has been up to date with further info.
