.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter covering the Buffalo grass Expenses, prior to switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Viewer won the APSE award for breaking updates and also the South Carolina Press Organization honor for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the third detected blast of his NFL occupation on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the video game in the third quarter after a play in which he scurried up the middle for a first down and lowered his shoulder to start contact with Costs security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear made tough exposure to Hamlin's body system, the quarterback quickly entered into a securing action, a phrase made use of to define an individual's upper arms entering into a strange setting. Dolphins medical coaches took care of him for many minutes as players stoop around him. He was inevitably capable to walk off the field and into the team's locker room under his personal power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times up until their upcoming video game against the Seattle Seahawks yet might rule out Tagovailoa, regardless of exactly how he progresses through the league's concussion protocol. A job on the damaged reserve can be yet another possibility considering his trauma background." Now, [it] is more about acquiring a proper step-by-step evaluation as well as taking it eventually at a time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel stated after the activity. "The furthest point from my mind is what is actually the timetable. We merely need to have to analyze and also simply fret about my teammate. ... Our experts'll acquire additional details [Friday] and afterwards take it day by day coming from certainly there." Here are four vital questions complying with Tagovailoa's most current concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury past history? Tagovailoa was an applicant to be decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft throughout his ultimate period at Alabama but went through a hip dislocation and crack of the posterior wall of his hip outlet midway via the period. He was actually additionally detected along with a blast and also busted nose that year. Tagovailoa recuperated on time to bet the Dolphins as a novice yet missed out on five activities during the course of his first 2 times as a result of different minor injuries. In 2022, he was actually detected with two concussions and also took a third smash hit to his head that essentially triggered the NFL modifying its concussion protocol. He failed to overlook an activity during the course of the 2023 season, nevertheless, as well as got a four-year, $212.1 million deal extension in July. What options carried out Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa admitted to quickly thinking about retired life after discussions along with his household. During the course of a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he made clear that it was actually mainly his mom who asked him to reexamine his playing job. Essentially, he decided versus it as well as devoted the 2023 offseason expanding as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to discover how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The training seemed to be to assist as he played in each of Miami's games last period, featuring a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he dropped 14 extra pounds in an attempt to become much more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking to allies in the locker space and also remains in excellent feelings after suffering a blast. If Tagovailoa wants to come back to the industry, what hurdles will he have to crystal clear in concussion process? McDaniel said Tagovailoa is going to undertake in depth screening and examination prior to they decide exactly how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step method that culminates in a crew's physician accepting an independent neurological specialist that a gamer may securely play again. The 1st step of the process is rest and healing "until his symptoms and neurologic exam" return to "baseline status." The following action is actually light cardio physical exercise, adhered to through continued aerobic exercise and also overview of stamina training. A gamer can easily come back to regulation football activities in the 4th action of the process, each one of which are actually noncontact. The last step is complete clearance, as soon as the physician as well as nerve professional agree the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign another gamer? If Tagovailoa can easily not play in next week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in line to begin. Thompson began 3 video games as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their strategy team. There are freelance choices available need to Miami make a decision to generate another quarterback, especially the team's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not commit to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa yet revealed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami will right away generate an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, but it could possibly incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is pushed to miss time.