.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter covering the Buffalo Costs, just before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte nc Observer won the APSE award for breaking information and the South Carolina Press Affiliation honor for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the 3rd detected concussion of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Expenses. Tagovailoa was eliminated of the activity in the 3rd fourth after a play in which he rushed up the middle for a first down and also reduced his shoulder to launch exchange Costs protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear created difficult contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback quickly entered into a fencing reaction, a phrase used to define a person's arms entering an unnatural posture. Dolphins medical instructors attended to him for numerous moments as gamers stoop around him. He was actually eventually capable to walk off the industry as well as into the group's storage locker space under his own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days until their next game versus the Seattle Seahawks yet can rule out Tagovailoa, regardless of exactly how he progresses through the league's concussion method. A stint on the injured reserve can be yet another possibility considering his personal injury record." Right now, [it] is even more about getting an appropriate step-by-step analysis and also taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The outermost thing from my thoughts is what is actually the timeline. Our company merely need to evaluate as well as just think about my colleague. ... Our team'll receive more information [Friday] and afterwards take it everyday coming from there." Right here are four crucial inquiries complying with Tagovailoa's most up-to-date blast. What is Tagovailoa's accident past? Tagovailoa was a candidate to become selected as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft throughout his final season at Alabama but endured a hip misplacement and also fracture of the posterior wall of his hip outlet midway via the season. He was additionally diagnosed with a trauma as well as busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered over time to play for the Dolphins as a newbie but missed out on five video games during his very first 2 seasons as a result of different minor accidents. In 2022, he was actually identified with two concussions as well as took a 3rd smash hit to his scalp that essentially resulted in the NFL affecting its own concussion process. He didn't miss an activity during the course of the 2023 period, nevertheless, and got a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement extension in July. What alternatives performed Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa admitted to for a while thinking about retired life after talks along with his loved ones. During the course of a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he cleared up that it was largely his mama who inquired him to reevaluate his playing job. Inevitably, he decided against it and also invested the 2023 offseason bulking up and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to find out just how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to aid as he played in every of Miami's activities final time, including a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Sports he shed 14 extra pounds in an effort to become extra mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was consulting with colleagues in the locker room as well as is in really good feelings after suffering a concussion. If Tagovailoa desires to return to the industry, what obstacles will he have to very clear in concussion process? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will certainly go through detailed screening and examination before they decide exactly how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step method that culminates in a team's medical doctor concurring with a private neurological specialist that a player can carefully participate in once again. The 1st step of the protocol is actually remainder as well as rehabilitation "up until his signs and symptoms and neurologic evaluation" go back to "baseline standing." The following measure is light cardio exercise, adhered to by ongoing cardio physical exercise as well as introduction of toughness instruction. A player can easily return to football tasks in the 4th measure of the process, all of which are noncontact. The final measure is total clearance, when the doctor as well as nerve specialist acknowledge the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize one more gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in upcoming week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in product line to begin. Thompson started 3 activities as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction when traveling at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, that is signed to their strategy squad. There are actually free agent choices offered must Miami decide to generate another quarterback, particularly the crew's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not commit to the opportunity of participating in without Tagovailoa but revealed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami will promptly introduce yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it can incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is actually obliged to overlook opportunity.