.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Bills, before switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte nc Observer succeeded the APSE award for breaking updates as well as the South Carolina Press Affiliation award for enterprise creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the third detected concussion of his NFL profession on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was eliminated of the video game in the 3rd one-fourth after a play in which he rushed up the middle for an initially down and lowered his shoulder to launch exposure to Expenses security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet made hard contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback right away entered into a securing response, a phrase utilized to describe an individual's upper arms entering into an unnatural posture. Dolphins medical fitness instructors attended to him for a number of moments as players knelt around him. He was essentially capable to walk off the field as well as right into the group's storage locker room under his personal power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days till their next activity against the Seat Seahawks but could eliminate Tagovailoa, no matter how he progresses by means of the game's trauma process. A job on the damaged reservoir can be one more possibility considering his injury background." Now, [it] is actually a lot more regarding obtaining a proper procedural assessment as well as taking it one day each time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel claimed after the activity. "The farthest trait from my thoughts is what is the timeline. We just need to evaluate and only stress over my ally. ... We'll obtain more information [Friday] and then take it day after day from there certainly." Here are four essential inquiries complying with Tagovailoa's newest trauma. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury history? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his ultimate season at Alabama however suffered a hip dislocation as well as crack of the posterior wall structure of his hip outlet midway via the season. He was likewise identified along with a trauma and also defective nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to bet the Dolphins as a novice yet missed five video games during his very first 2 periods because of different small personal injuries. In 2022, he was detected along with 2 traumas as well as took a third hit to his scalp that inevitably caused the NFL altering its own trauma method. He really did not miss out on a video game throughout the 2023 time, however, as well as earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand deal expansion in July. What alternatives performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa accepted to quickly looking at retirement after conversations along with his loved ones. During the course of a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he cleared up that it was actually mainly his mama that inquired him to reevaluate his participating in job. Eventually, he determined against it as well as invested the 2023 offseason bulking up and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall system to know exactly how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to help as he played in every of Miami's activities final season, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he lost 14 pounds in an initiative to become extra mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent sens' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was talking to colleagues in the storage locker area as well as is in good spirits after experiencing a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to go back to the field, what obstacles will he have to clear in concussion method? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa is going to go through extensive testing as well as analysis prior to they determine exactly how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is actually a five-step process that finishes in a team's medical doctor concurring with an independent nerve expert that a gamer can safely and securely play again. The initial step of the procedure is actually remainder as well as recovery "up until his symptoms and signs and neurologic exam" go back to "baseline condition." The upcoming measure is actually sunny cardio exercise, observed through ongoing cardiovascular physical exercise and also intro of stamina instruction. A player may go back to soccer tasks in the fourth measure of the process, every one of which are actually noncontact. The ultimate measure is total approval, the moment the doctor as well as neurological specialist concur the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they sign another gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in following week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in collection to start. Thompson started three activities as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss while driving at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, who is signed to their practice squad. There are actually free agent possibilities available ought to Miami determine to bring in yet another quarterback, notably the crew's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not dedicate to the option of playing without Tagovailoa but revealed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami would right away generate one more quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it can add depth if Tagovailoa is pushed to miss opportunity.