.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Costs, before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer succeeded the APSE award for beating news and also the South Carolina Press Organization award for venture writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd diagnosed concussion of his NFL profession on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the game in the 3rd fourth after a play in which he rushed up the middle for an initially down as well as reduced his shoulder to initiate exposure to Costs safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet created hard exchange Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback promptly entered into a securing reaction, a term used to illustrate a person's arms entering into a strange posture. Dolphins health care personal trainers attended to him for numerous mins as players stoop around him. He was actually ultimately capable to stroll off the field and also into the team's storage locker room under his personal energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days up until their following video game against the Seattle Seahawks but can eliminate Tagovailoa, no matter exactly how he progresses with the league's blast procedure. A stint on the injured reserve might be yet another probability considering his personal injury background." At this moment, [it] is actually even more regarding receiving an effective procedural analysis as well as taking it someday at once," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel mentioned after the video game. "The furthest point coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timeline. Our company merely require to analyze and simply stress over my teammate. ... Our team'll obtain more info [Friday] and after that take it daily from there." Listed below are four crucial questions following Tagovailoa's most current trauma. What is Tagovailoa's accident record? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be chosen as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his final time at Alabama yet endured a hip dislocation and fracture of the rear end wall of his hip outlet midway through the season. He was likewise detected along with a concussion and defective nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie however missed out on 5 video games during his initial pair of seasons due to a variety of small personal injuries. In 2022, he was diagnosed along with pair of concussions and took a 3rd favorite to his head that inevitably led to the NFL modifying its blast protocol. He failed to skip a game during the course of the 2023 season, having said that, and also got a four-year, $212.1 million agreement extension in July. What choices performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to temporarily looking at retirement life after conversations along with his family. During the course of a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he clarified that it was actually predominantly his mommy who asked him to reevaluate his participating in career. Ultimately, he determined versus it and also devoted the 2023 offseason expanding and training in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to find out how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The instruction appeared to help as he played in each of Miami's activities last period, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 pounds in an initiative to become even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking with colleagues in the closet space as well as is in great feelings after experiencing a blast. If Tagovailoa would like to go back to the industry, what difficulties will he must very clear in concussion procedure? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will certainly go through thorough testing and analysis just before they make a decision just how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is a five-step method that finishes in a staff's medical professional concurring with an independent neurological specialist that a gamer may securely participate in once again. The primary step of the process is rest as well as recovery "until his symptoms and signs as well as neurologic assessment" return to "baseline status." The upcoming action is sunny cardiovascular exercise, observed through continued cardiovascular physical exercise and also overview of durability training. A gamer may return to football tasks in the 4th action of the procedure, each one of which are noncontact. The ultimate measure is actually complete authorization, the moment the medical professional and neurological consultant agree the player is ready. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional player? If Tagovailoa may certainly not play in next week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in collection to start. Thompson started three games as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is signed to their method team. There are freelance choices available must Miami decide to introduce another quarterback, particularly the group's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not dedicate to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa yet showed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually unexpected Miami will immediately generate one more quarterback to begin again Thompson, however it could possibly add intensity if Tagovailoa is compelled to skip time.