.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter covering the Buffalo grass Bills, before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte nc Onlooker won the APSE award for breaking information and also the South Carolina Media Association award for organization creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the 3rd diagnosed concussion of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the activity in the third one-fourth after a play in which he scurried up the middle for a first down as well as reduced his shoulder to trigger contact with Costs safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet made challenging exposure to Hamlin's body, the quarterback instantly went into a securing reaction, a phrase utilized to explain a person's upper arms going into an unnatural position. Dolphins health care coaches addressed him for numerous minutes as gamers knelt around him. He was actually inevitably able to stroll off the area and right into the staff's storage locker room under his personal power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days up until their next video game versus the Seat Seahawks however might eliminate Tagovailoa, regardless of how he proceeds through the game's trauma method. A stint on the damaged reserve could be another option considering his personal injury past." Immediately, [it] is actually a lot more regarding acquiring an effective step-by-step assessment as well as taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel mentioned after the activity. "The farthest thing coming from my mind is what is actually the timeline. Our experts simply need to examine as well as only bother with my colleague. ... We'll acquire more information [Friday] and then take it daily from there." Listed here are actually 4 crucial questions complying with Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is Tagovailoa's trauma past history? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught throughout his ultimate season at Alabama but endured a hip disconnection as well as bone fracture of the rear end wall of his hip outlet midway through the season. He was actually likewise diagnosed with a concussion and busted nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped eventually to play for the Dolphins as a newbie but overlooked 5 video games in the course of his 1st two periods because of different small injuries. In 2022, he was actually detected with pair of traumas and took a third smash hit to his scalp that essentially resulted in the NFL affecting its own blast procedure. He failed to skip a video game in the course of the 2023 time, nonetheless, and earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement expansion in July. What alternatives carried out Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa accepted to briefly taking into consideration retirement life after conversations with his household. Throughout an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he made clear that it was primarily his mama that inquired him to reevaluate his playing occupation. Eventually, he made a decision versus it and invested the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to discover how to fall without reaching his directly the ground. The training seemed to be to assist as he played in each of Miami's activities last season, featuring a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he dropped 14 pounds in an effort to be even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was talking with teammates in the storage locker space as well as resides in excellent feelings after suffering a trauma. If Tagovailoa would like to return to the industry, what obstacles will he must crystal clear in concussion process? McDaniel stated Tagovailoa will certainly undergo comprehensive screening as well as assessment just before they determine just how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is actually a five-step process that finishes in a staff's medical doctor concurring with an individual neurological specialist that a player may safely participate in once again. The 1st step of the procedure is rest and rehabilitation "until his symptoms and signs and also neurologic evaluation" come back to "baseline status." The next measure is actually light cardiovascular workout, complied with by continuous aerobic workout and also intro of stamina instruction. A gamer can easily come back to football tasks in the fourth step of the protocol, each of which are noncontact. The last action is actually full approval, once the medical professional as well as neurological professional concede the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize yet another player? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in upcoming week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to begin. Thompson started 3 video games as a novice in 2022, including a playoff reduction when traveling at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their practice team. There are freelance choices readily available should Miami make a decision to produce another quarterback, especially the group's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not devote to the probability of participating in without Tagovailoa yet conveyed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It's unexpected Miami would instantly produce an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, however it could incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is pushed to miss out on time.