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NFL combine 2020: Tua Tagovailoa's health, and other storylines to watch

Former Detroit Lions QB and ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky sits down with Dave Birkett on radio row for Super Bowl 54 on Jan. 30, 2020, in Miami. Detroit Free Press

Forget the 40-yard dashes and short shuttles. Forget the position drills and team interviews. The most important thing that will happen at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis this week is the medical checks, and for the Detroit Lions, one doctor's visit stands out above the rest.

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is set to be examined by the doctors for all 32 NFL teams, and how they feel about his hip — and to a lesser extent, his surgically-repaired ankles — will go a long way towards determining how high he goes in April's draft.