.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter covering the Buffalo grass Bills, before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Viewer gained the APSE honor for breaking information as well as the South Carolina Press Organization award for business writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the 3rd detected concussion of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Expenses. Tagovailoa was actually ruled out of the game in the 3rd fourth after a play in which he clambered up the center for a to begin with down and also lowered his shoulder to trigger contact with Expenses safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear created hard exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback right away went into a securing feedback, a term utilized to describe a person's upper arms going into an unnatural posture. Dolphins health care fitness instructors took care of him for several minutes as players knelt around him. He was actually inevitably capable to walk off the field and also in to the group's closet room under his personal power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days until their next game versus the Seattle Seahawks yet could possibly eliminate Tagovailoa, despite how he proceeds with the game's blast method. A stint on the damaged reserve may be one more probability considering his accident past history." At this moment, [it] is actually even more concerning obtaining a suitable step-by-step examination and taking it someday at a time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel mentioned after the video game. "The outermost factor from my thoughts is what is actually the timeline. Our team only require to analyze and just bother with my colleague. ... Our team'll receive more info [Friday] and then take it day by day from certainly there." Listed below are actually four essential concerns complying with Tagovailoa's newest blast. What is Tagovailoa's accident past history? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be chosen as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his final time at Alabama but endured a hip dislocation and bone fracture of the posterior wall structure of his hip socket midway by means of the period. He was also diagnosed along with a concussion as well as broken nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recouped on time to play for the Dolphins as a novice but missed out on five games throughout his 1st 2 periods because of various slight personal injuries. In 2022, he was detected with pair of concussions and took a third smash hit to his scalp that inevitably triggered the NFL altering its own trauma process. He really did not miss an activity during the 2023 season, however, as well as made a four-year, $212.1 thousand deal extension in July. What choices performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa admitted to briefly thinking about retirement life after chats with his family. During a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he clarified that it was mainly his mama who inquired him to reexamine his participating in career. Ultimately, he made a decision against it as well as spent the 2023 offseason bulking up and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall system to discover exactly how to fall without attacking his head on the ground. The instruction appeared to assist as he played with all of Miami's video games last time, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he dropped 14 pounds in an initiative to become much more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent sens' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was consulting with teammates in the closet space as well as resides in excellent feelings after experiencing a trauma. If Tagovailoa intends to go back to the field, what hurdles will he need to crystal clear in concussion protocol? McDaniel said Tagovailoa is going to undertake in depth testing and evaluation before they determine how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation method is a five-step procedure that finishes in a group's doctor accepting a private nerve expert that a gamer can carefully play once more. The initial step of the protocol is actually rest and healing "up until his signs and symptoms and neurologic evaluation" return to "baseline standing." The following action is light cardiovascular physical exercise, complied with through continuing cardiovascular physical exercise as well as intro of strength instruction. A player can return to soccer tasks in the fourth step of the procedure, each of which are noncontact. The last measure is total approval, the moment the medical professional and neurological consultant acknowledge the player is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in following full week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in product line to begin. Thompson began three games as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction when traveling at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is signed to their method team. There are actually free agent choices on call should Miami decide to generate one more quarterback, notably the staff's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not dedicate to the probability of participating in without Tagovailoa but conveyed the "utmost peace of mind" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami will instantly bring in another quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it can incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is actually compelled to overlook time.