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A flare-up, the sudden worsening of an existing injury, has sidelined Tua Tagovailoa before the Atlanta Falcons' training camp is even a week old.
Head coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed the setback to reporters, though he did not name the specific injury. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the issue as a tight back.
A depth chart stripped to one When Tagovailoa left practice, the only healthy quarterback on Atlanta's roster was Jack Strand, an undrafted rookie free agent.
The Falcons had cut veteran Trevor Siemian earlier that same Wednesday. The sequence was bad timing: Siemian's release looked routine until Tagovailoa's flare-up came hours later.
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