.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte Viewer succeeded the APSE award for breaking headlines and also the South Carolina Media Affiliation honor for company writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the 3rd diagnosed concussion of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the game in the third one-fourth after a play through which he clambered up the center for an initially down and also reduced his shoulder to trigger exposure to Expenses security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet created difficult exposure to Hamlin's body system, the quarterback immediately entered into a securing feedback, a term made use of to define a person's upper arms entering into an abnormal placement. Dolphins medical coaches attended to him for several mins as gamers stoop around him. He was actually ultimately capable to walk off the area and also into the staff's locker space under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every video game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times up until their upcoming activity versus the Seat Seahawks but can eliminate Tagovailoa, regardless of exactly how he advances with the game's concussion process. A job on the injured reserve might be yet another option considering his personal injury past history." At this moment, [it] is much more regarding getting an effective procedural analysis and taking it eventually at a time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The farthest trait coming from my mind is what is the timetable. We simply need to have to analyze and just bother with my colleague. ... Our company'll get additional relevant information [Friday] and after that take it day after day coming from certainly there." Listed below are four crucial inquiries complying with Tagovailoa's latest trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's accident history? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to be chosen as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft in the course of his final period at Alabama yet suffered a hip dislocation and also bone fracture of the back wall structure of his hip outlet midway via the time. He was likewise diagnosed with a trauma and busted nose that year. Tagovailoa bounced back on time to bet the Dolphins as a rookie but missed 5 video games throughout his first 2 times because of several minor injuries. In 2022, he was identified along with two blasts and also took a third smash hit to his head that eventually led to the NFL changing its concussion procedure. He failed to overlook an activity throughout the 2023 period, however, as well as gained a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement expansion in July. What possibilities did Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa accepted to quickly considering retirement life after talks along with his family. During a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he cleared up that it was actually largely his mother that inquired him to reassess his playing occupation. Essentially, he determined against it and also invested the 2023 offseason expanding and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to know just how to fall without attacking his head on the ground. The training seemed to help as he played in all of Miami's video games last period, including a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he dropped 14 extra pounds in an initiative to become a lot more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was speaking with allies in the locker area and is in excellent feelings after going through a concussion. If Tagovailoa intends to come back to the field, what obstacles will he need to crystal clear in blast method? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will certainly undergo thorough testing as well as examination just before they decide exactly how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step method that winds up in a team's medical professional concurring with a private neurological professional that a player can carefully participate in once again. The 1st step of the method is remainder and recuperation "up until his symptoms and signs and neurologic assessment" go back to "baseline standing." The next action is actually sunny cardio physical exercise, observed through continuous cardiovascular physical exercise and also overview of strength instruction. A player can easily come back to regulation football activities in the 4th measure of the protocol, each of which are noncontact. The final measure is total authorization, once the medical doctor and neurological expert concede the player prepares. What are the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they sign an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa can not play in following full week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to start. Thompson started three activities as a rookie in 2022, including a playoff reduction when traveling at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their method squad. There are freelance alternatives readily available ought to Miami make a decision to introduce yet another quarterback, particularly the staff's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed not devote to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa but showed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami would right away produce yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could possibly incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is actually forced to overlook time.