.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter covering the Buffalo Costs, prior to switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat article writer for the Charlotte nc Viewer succeeded the APSE honor for beating news and also the South Carolina Media Organization award for business creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd detected concussion of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the game in the third fourth after a play through which he scurried up the middle for a first down as well as reduced his shoulder to initiate exchange Costs protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet helped make tough exchange Hamlin's body system, the quarterback quickly entered a securing feedback, a condition utilized to explain a person's arms going into a strange setting. Dolphins clinical trainers addressed him for many minutes as gamers knelt around him. He was inevitably able to walk off the area and also right into the crew's locker space under his personal electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times till their next game versus the Seat Seahawks but can eliminate Tagovailoa, regardless of just how he progresses with the game's blast process. A job on the injured reserve can be one more opportunity considering his personal injury past history." Today, [it] is even more regarding obtaining an appropriate step-by-step evaluation as well as taking it someday at once," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel mentioned after the video game. "The furthest thing from my mind is what is the timeline. Our company only need to evaluate as well as merely think about my colleague. ... Our team'll receive additional information [Friday] and afterwards take it day by day coming from there certainly." Listed here are actually four vital questions following Tagovailoa's most recent blast. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury past history? Tagovailoa was actually a prospect to become chosen as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his ultimate season at Alabama yet endured a hip misplacement as well as fracture of the rear end wall surface of his hip socket midway through the season. He was actually also identified with a concussion and defective nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped in time to bet the Dolphins as a rookie yet missed out on 5 activities during the course of his first 2 times because of a variety of minor traumas. In 2022, he was actually detected along with two traumas and also took a third hit to his scalp that eventually led to the NFL changing its own concussion method. He failed to miss out on a game in the course of the 2023 season, having said that, as well as made a four-year, $212.1 million deal extension in July. What alternatives did Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa accepted to quickly taking into consideration retirement after conversations along with his household. Throughout an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he clarified that it was predominantly his mother that inquired him to reassess his playing career. Inevitably, he decided versus it and devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall program to learn just how to fall without striking his head on the ground. The instruction seemed to assist as he played with all of Miami's games last time, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he dropped 14 extra pounds in an effort to be extra mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was talking with colleagues in the closet space and also remains in really good spirits after experiencing a blast. If Tagovailoa would like to go back to the field, what obstacles will he must very clear in blast process? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will definitely undertake comprehensive screening as well as analysis before they decide exactly how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is a five-step procedure that finishes in a group's doctor accepting a private nerve consultant that a gamer may carefully participate in again. The first step of the procedure is rest and rehabilitation "until his symptoms and signs and neurologic exam" come back to "baseline status." The following step is light aerobic exercise, adhered to through continued cardio physical exercise as well as introduction of durability instruction. A player may come back to regulation football tasks in the fourth action of the protocol, every one of which are actually noncontact. The last step is complete clearance, once the doctor and also nerve consultant agree the player is ready. What are the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa can not play in following full week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in product line to begin. Thompson began 3 activities as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction when driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is signed to their method squad. There are free agent alternatives on call ought to Miami make a decision to introduce one more quarterback, especially the crew's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not devote to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa however expressed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually unexpected Miami would instantly generate yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it could include intensity if Tagovailoa is pushed to overlook opportunity.