Notre Dame football legend worried about 'little brother' Tua Tagovailoa

Since Thursday night, dozens of opinions have been offered on what Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa should do after suffering another concussion. Among the dozens of people who have spoken up, few have sounded as thoughtful and genuine as former Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o.

The ex-Fighting Irish defender appeared on Good Morning Football on Friday morning -as he has become a staple of the show - and was explicitly asked about his thoughts on whether Tua should retire or try to make a comeback.

As someone who has dealt with concussions throughout his career, the Notre Dame football legend made it clear that, first and foremost, he's worried for the Dolphins star.

"After he suffered the one against the Bengals, I wanted him to walk," Te'o started his monologue. "When I saw him have to be carted off the field, I wanted him to walk. Like, that was hard, bro. Like, what people have to understand is this is just a game, and then there's life. And when you watch, when you watch a young man that you've known since he was a little boy go out there, you know, yeah, is it hard for me? Yeah, but I can't imagine how it is for Uncle Nalu and Auntie Diane to watch their son again go down."

Notre Dame football legend Manti Te'o worried for Tua Tagovailoa

Te'o then laid out the most chilling part of all of this. The thing that people don't understand. A concussion doesn't just "ring your bell."

"For somebody that's been in that situation who has had a concussion, I don't even know if Tua's there as he's walking off the field," the ex-defense superstar added. "There's been clips of me after concussions getting off the ground and walking off the stadium, walking into the locker room. I don't remember those walks. It's like I wake up. I remember when it was a playoff game against the Broncos."

"I got knocked out the second quarter of that game. I got up. The camera footage shows me walking into the locker room ... I didn't wake up. I didn't come to until the fourth quarter. It was two minutes left in the fourth quarter, and I was sitting in the locker room trying to figure out why am I in Denver?"

Te'o then detailed that while he won't say whether Tua should retire because he believes the quarterback should do what's best for him, he also wants to see Tua have a life after football.

He wants to ensure that his "brother" makes the right decision, but he is clearly afraid he might not.

"To see my brother Tua go down like that, it really just makes me, I want the best for Tua, the man, the father. He's a father of two now."

The former Notre Dame football star is uniquely positioned to know exactly what the Miami star is dealing with. And he might have just made the only case that's needed on this issue.