The Atlanta Falcons have yet to announce a starting quarterback for their Week 1 game, and their offseason acquisition, Tua Tagovailoa, may have been caught running his own social media campaign. Tagovailoa signed a one-year contract with the team this offseason after the Miami Dolphins released him after playing six seasons as their starter. However, he's awaiting word on the QB1 job in Atlanta, along with last year's initial starter, Michael Penix Jr., who was recovering from injury.
On Tuesday, Tagovailoa or his social media team shared an Instagram carousel post on his @tuaman account featuring multiple photos showing him playing for the Falcons. The caption read "For the A," with a saluting face emoji next to it. A comment reportedly appeared on the Instagram post from @tuaman that read, "We're so proud of you!!
You got this," with a red heart emoji. More news: Adam Schefter Defends Rams’ Controversial Week 1 Decision That @tuaman comment has seemingly since been deleted from the IG post, but the internet tends not to overlook or forget anything like that. On X, Barstool Sports shared a screenshot of a photo from his post with that original @tuaman comment still there.
The Barstool X post has gone viral, collecting over 31,000 Likes, and 200-plus comments as of this report. Many commenters reacted by playfully roasting or jabbing at the Falcons QB. "Sometimes you have to be your own number 1 fan," one commenter replied.
Another commented, "That’s the 3 concussions he suffered in 4 days back in 2022. They should have never let him play that Thursday night game against the Bengals." Others said, "Him forgetting to switch to his burner is [expletive] hilarious" and "Forgot to switch to his burner. Good thing it wasn’t a deep dive like KD used to do." Many took the opportunity to bring up Tagovailoa's history with concussions since playing college football and then the NFL.
According to USA Today's report, he suffered a documented concussion while playing for Alabama in 2019 and four documented concussions from 2022 to 2024 in the NFL. In 2022, the handling of his concussions became a heavily examined topic and resulted in changes to the league's concussion protocols. All of that said, while some suggested Tagovailoa was commenting on his own Instagram post, it's also possible that his social media team or publicist made that mistake on the account.
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