.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter covering the Buffalo grass Costs, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte nc Viewer won the APSE award for breaking information and the South Carolina Media Organization honor for company writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the 3rd identified concussion of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the activity in the 3rd one-fourth after a play in which he scurried up the middle for a first down and reduced his shoulder to trigger exchange Costs protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet made hard exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback immediately went into a securing reaction, a condition utilized to describe an individual's arms entering an abnormal setting. Dolphins medical personal trainers attended to him for many minutes as players knelt around him. He was actually essentially able to walk off the area and also in to the crew's storage locker room under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times till their next activity against the Seat Seahawks however might dismiss Tagovailoa, no matter just how he advances by means of the organization's blast protocol. A job on the wounded reservoir can be another option considering his personal injury history." At the moment, [it] is a lot more regarding receiving a proper step-by-step assessment as well as taking it eventually at once," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel claimed after the game. "The farthest factor from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. Our company just need to have to analyze and only bother with my colleague. ... Our company'll acquire more relevant information [Friday] and afterwards take it day by day coming from there certainly." Here are actually four essential concerns following Tagovailoa's most recent blast. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury record? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to become selected as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during his ultimate season at Alabama but experienced a hip dislocation and also fracture of the posterior wall of his hip outlet midway through the time. He was actually also diagnosed along with a trauma and damaged nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped on time to play for the Dolphins as a newbie however overlooked five video games throughout his first two times as a result of different slight traumas. In 2022, he was identified with two blasts and took a 3rd favorite to his head that essentially triggered the NFL affecting its blast process. He failed to skip a video game during the 2023 time, having said that, and also made a four-year, $212.1 million contract expansion in July. What choices carried out Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa acknowledged to briefly looking at retired life after conversations with his household. In the course of a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he clarified that it was largely his mama that asked him to rethink his playing career. Essentially, he determined versus it and spent the 2023 offseason expanding and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall program to find out exactly how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to be to assist as he played in each of Miami's games last period, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he dropped 14 pounds in an attempt to become a lot more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was consulting with teammates in the closet space and remains in great spirits after enduring a concussion. If Tagovailoa intends to go back to the industry, what difficulties will he must crystal clear in trauma method? McDaniel stated Tagovailoa will certainly undertake extensive screening and examination prior to they make a decision how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step procedure that winds up in a group's doctor concurring with a private nerve expert that a gamer may securely play again. The 1st step of the protocol is remainder as well as healing "till his signs and symptoms and neurologic examination" come back to "baseline condition." The next step is sunny cardio physical exercise, followed through continued cardio exercise and introduction of strength training. A gamer may return to soccer activities in the fourth action of the protocol, every one of which are noncontact. The last action is complete clearance, once the doctor and nerve professional concede the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize another gamer? If Tagovailoa may certainly not play in upcoming week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in line to start. Thompson started three games as a novice in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their strategy squad. There are actually free agent choices accessible ought to Miami make a decision to bring in an additional quarterback, especially the crew's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did not devote to the option of playing without Tagovailoa however revealed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami would promptly produce one more quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it can incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is obliged to skip opportunity.