.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo grass Expenses, prior to switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte nc Onlooker succeeded the APSE award for beating headlines and the South Carolina Media Organization award for enterprise writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the 3rd detected concussion of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was actually ruled out of the activity in the third quarter after a play in which he scrambled up the center for an initially down and decreased his shoulder to launch contact with Expenses safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet helped make tough contact with Hamlin's body, the quarterback promptly entered into a fencing reaction, a condition utilized to explain an individual's upper arms entering into an abnormal placement. Dolphins health care fitness instructors took care of him for several moments as gamers knelt around him. He was inevitably capable to stroll off the industry and also into the team's closet space under his personal electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every video game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days until their next game against the Seattle Seahawks but might dismiss Tagovailoa, despite how he advances via the game's blast process. An assignment on the injured reservoir could be an additional probability considering his trauma history." Today, [it] is actually a lot more concerning receiving an appropriate procedural examination and taking it one day at a time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The outermost factor from my mind is what is the timeline. Our team simply need to review as well as only bother with my colleague. ... Our company'll acquire additional info [Friday] and afterwards take it day after day coming from there." Listed here are four essential inquiries following Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury past? Tagovailoa was a candidate to become decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his last period at Alabama however endured a hip dislocation and also fracture of the back wall surface of his hip socket midway by means of the period. He was actually likewise identified along with a blast and also busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered eventually to play for the Dolphins as a newbie yet missed 5 games during his 1st 2 seasons because of numerous slight personal injuries. In 2022, he was actually detected with two blasts and took a third favorite to his scalp that inevitably led to the NFL altering its blast method. He failed to skip an activity throughout the 2023 period, having said that, as well as made a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract expansion in July. What options performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa admitted to for a while thinking about retired life after conversations along with his loved ones. During a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he cleared up that it was largely his mother that inquired him to rethink his playing career. Essentially, he determined against it as well as devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall system to know just how to drop without hitting his head on the ground. The training appeared to assist as he played with all of Miami's activities final season, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he lost 14 extra pounds in an initiative to be even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with allies in the closet room as well as resides in excellent feelings after suffering a trauma. If Tagovailoa wants to go back to the field, what obstacles will he must clear in blast procedure? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will certainly undergo comprehensive screening and analysis before they decide exactly how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is actually a five-step method that winds up in a team's physician concurring with an independent neurological professional that a player can carefully play once again. The first step of the procedure is remainder and recuperation "until his signs and symptoms and neurologic evaluation" go back to "baseline condition." The following action is light cardiovascular physical exercise, adhered to through ongoing cardio exercise and also introduction of durability instruction. A player can go back to regulation football activities in the 4th step of the method, all of which are noncontact. The final step is actually total clearance, as soon as the doctor as well as nerve expert concur the player prepares. What are the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize one more gamer? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in next week's activity versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in product line to start. Thompson started 3 video games as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction when driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, that is actually authorized to their strategy squad. There are freelance alternatives readily available need to Miami choose to bring in yet another quarterback, notably the group's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not devote to the probability of participating in without Tagovailoa however expressed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It's unexpected Miami would right away generate yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it could possibly add deepness if Tagovailoa is pushed to miss opportunity.