NFL will not mediate in Tua’s potential return

Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterOct 4, 2024, 01:12 PM ETCloseKevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia. You can follow him via Twitter @SeifertESPN.As NFL officials touted a record low of preseason concussions Friday, they pledged that the league won’t impose an outcome for its most notable concussion patient.Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who has been on injured reserve since Sept. 17 after suffering the third documented concussion of his pro career, is “seeing top experts” around the country, NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills told reporters during a conference call.But other than enforcing the concussion protocol it administrates along with the NFL Players Association, Sills said the league will not have a role in…