.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter covering the Buffalo grass Bills, just before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat article writer for the Charlotte Onlooker gained the APSE honor for breaking headlines as well as the South Carolina Press Affiliation honor for organization writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the 3rd detected concussion of his NFL career on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Bills. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the game in the third fourth after a play in which he rushed up the center for a first down and also reduced his shoulder to launch exchange Bills safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet helped make challenging exposure to Hamlin's body, the quarterback quickly entered into a fencing action, a phrase utilized to define a person's upper arms going into a strange posture. Dolphins medical instructors took care of him for many minutes as players knelt around him. He was actually essentially able to walk off the area and right into the group's closet area under his own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times until their next video game versus the Seattle Seahawks yet could possibly eliminate Tagovailoa, no matter exactly how he progresses through the organization's trauma procedure. A stint on the damaged reserve may be one more probability considering his injury background." At the moment, [it] is a lot more about getting a proper procedural examination and also taking it someday each time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel mentioned after the video game. "The furthest point coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. Our team just need to have to evaluate as well as merely fret about my colleague. ... Our experts'll get more relevant information [Friday] and after that take it day after day coming from certainly there." Listed here are four essential questions complying with Tagovailoa's latest trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's accident record? Tagovailoa was a candidate to become decided on as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during his last season at Alabama yet went through a hip misplacement as well as fracture of the back wall structure of his hip socket midway by means of the season. He was actually additionally identified with a concussion as well as broken nose that year. Tagovailoa recuperated on time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie but skipped 5 activities during his 1st pair of periods as a result of various slight injuries. In 2022, he was identified with pair of blasts and took a third favorite to his scalp that ultimately brought about the NFL changing its own trauma protocol. He didn't overlook a video game in the course of the 2023 time, nevertheless, and also gained a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract extension in July. What options carried out Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa admitted to briefly taking into consideration retirement after conversations with his family members. During an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he clarified that it was actually largely his mom that asked him to reassess his participating in profession. Ultimately, he chose versus it as well as spent the 2023 offseason expanding as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall program to find out exactly how to fall without striking his directly the ground. The training appeared to help as he played in all of Miami's games last period, featuring a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he shed 14 extra pounds in an initiative to be a lot more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking with colleagues in the storage locker space and is in excellent spirits after experiencing a trauma. If Tagovailoa intends to come back to the field, what obstacles will he need to clear in blast procedure? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will undertake thorough testing as well as analysis before they make a decision just how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is a five-step method that finishes in a group's medical professional concurring with an independent neurological expert that a gamer may properly participate in again. The very first step of the procedure is remainder as well as recovery "till his symptoms and neurologic evaluation" go back to "baseline condition." The next measure is sunny cardiovascular workout, observed through continuing aerobic physical exercise as well as overview of durability instruction. A player can go back to regulation football tasks in the 4th measure of the method, all of which are noncontact. The last step is actually full authorization, when the medical doctor as well as nerve consultant concede the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize yet another gamer? If Tagovailoa can not play in upcoming full week's game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in line to begin. Thompson started 3 games as a rookie in 2022, including a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, who is actually authorized to their method team. There are freelance options available need to Miami choose to introduce yet another quarterback, significantly the group's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not dedicate to the opportunity of participating in without Tagovailoa yet shared the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami will promptly introduce yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, however it might incorporate deepness if Tagovailoa is required to miss opportunity.