.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter dealing with the Buffalo Costs, prior to changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte Observer gained the APSE honor for breaking information as well as the South Carolina Press Affiliation honor for venture writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the third identified concussion of his NFL profession on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the video game in the 3rd one-fourth after a play in which he scurried up the center for an initially down and lowered his shoulder to initiate contact with Expenses safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet produced hard exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback instantly entered into a fencing response, a term used to illustrate a person's upper arms going into an abnormal placement. Dolphins clinical instructors attended to him for a number of moments as gamers knelt around him. He was actually ultimately capable to walk off the field and also in to the staff's storage locker area under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times till their next video game against the Seattle Seahawks however can rule out Tagovailoa, despite exactly how he advances with the league's blast procedure. A job on the damaged reservoir might be one more possibility considering his personal injury past." At this moment, [it] is much more about receiving a proper step-by-step assessment as well as taking it 1 day at once," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel said after the activity. "The farthest point from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our team just need to have to analyze as well as only bother with my colleague. ... We'll get even more details [Friday] and after that take it day by day from there certainly." Below are actually 4 vital questions observing Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's injury past? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be picked as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his final period at Alabama yet suffered a hip misplacement and also fracture of the back wall structure of his hip socket midway through the season. He was additionally identified along with a trauma and faulty nose that year. Tagovailoa recovered in time to play for the Dolphins as a novice yet missed 5 games in the course of his 1st two periods as a result of different small accidents. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed with 2 traumas as well as took a 3rd favorite to his scalp that eventually caused the NFL affecting its own trauma procedure. He didn't skip an activity in the course of the 2023 time, however, and got a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement expansion in July. What choices performed Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa acknowledged to temporarily looking at retired life after chats with his family members. During the course of a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he made clear that it was mainly his mom who inquired him to reevaluate his participating in job. Essentially, he chose versus it and spent the 2023 offseason expanding and training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to know just how to drop without reaching his head on the ground. The training appeared to aid as he played with all of Miami's activities last period, featuring a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he shed 14 pounds in an effort to become much more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was speaking with allies in the closet area and is in really good spirits after suffering a trauma. If Tagovailoa intends to go back to the industry, what obstacles will he need to crystal clear in concussion protocol? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will definitely undergo in depth screening and also evaluation prior to they decide exactly how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step procedure that culminates in a crew's physician accepting a private nerve professional that a player may properly participate in once more. The initial step of the method is rest and recovery "till his signs and symptoms and also neurologic exam" come back to "baseline standing." The next measure is actually light cardio physical exercise, adhered to by ongoing cardio workout as well as introduction of toughness training. A player can come back to soccer tasks in the 4th action of the procedure, all of which are actually noncontact. The last step is actually complete authorization, when the medical doctor and also nerve specialist concur the gamer is ready. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign one more gamer? If Tagovailoa can not play in following full week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in series to begin. Thompson started 3 games as a rookie in 2022, including a playoff loss on the road at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is signed to their method squad. There are freelance possibilities accessible ought to Miami make a decision to introduce another quarterback, significantly the crew's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not dedicate to the option of participating in without Tagovailoa but expressed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami will immediately generate an additional quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it might include intensity if Tagovailoa is actually compelled to skip time.