.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Costs, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte Viewer gained the APSE honor for breaking news and also the South Carolina Media Affiliation award for business creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the third detected concussion of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Bills. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the game in the 3rd one-fourth after a play in which he scrambled up the middle for an initially down and decreased his shoulder to trigger contact with Bills safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet produced challenging exchange Hamlin's body system, the quarterback instantly entered into a securing action, a phrase used to describe an individual's arms entering a strange posture. Dolphins clinical personal trainers addressed him for many minutes as gamers knelt around him. He was inevitably able to walk off the industry as well as right into the team's closet area under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days up until their next game against the Seattle Seahawks yet can rule out Tagovailoa, irrespective of exactly how he progresses by means of the league's concussion process. A job on the damaged reserve can be yet another possibility considering his trauma history." At the moment, [it] is actually more concerning acquiring a proper step-by-step assessment as well as taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel claimed after the game. "The furthest thing coming from my mind is what is actually the timetable. Our team just need to have to examine as well as simply fret about my teammate. ... Our company'll receive even more details [Friday] and afterwards take it daily from certainly there." Listed below are actually 4 vital questions following Tagovailoa's most recent blast. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury history? Tagovailoa was an applicant to become picked as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft throughout his final season at Alabama however experienced a hip dislocation and crack of the rear end wall of his hip socket midway by means of the period. He was actually also detected along with a blast as well as broken nose that year. Tagovailoa recuperated in time to play for the Dolphins as a newbie but missed five games during his initial pair of times because of different small personal injuries. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed along with 2 concussions and also took a 3rd hit to his scalp that ultimately brought about the NFL modifying its concussion method. He didn't overlook a video game during the course of the 2023 time, having said that, as well as got a four-year, $212.1 thousand deal extension in July. What alternatives performed Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa admitted to quickly taking into consideration retired life after chats with his family members. Throughout an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he made clear that it was actually mainly his mother that inquired him to reexamine his participating in occupation. Inevitably, he decided against it and also spent the 2023 offseason expanding and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to learn just how to drop without attacking his directly the ground. The training seemed to be to help as he played in all of Miami's activities last period, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Sports he lost 14 pounds in an effort to be extra mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with allies in the locker room as well as remains in good sens after suffering a trauma. If Tagovailoa wants to go back to the industry, what hurdles will he have to clear in trauma protocol? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will certainly undergo in depth screening as well as examination prior to they determine how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is actually a five-step procedure that finishes in a crew's doctor concurring with a private neurological specialist that a gamer may safely and securely participate in again. The very first step of the procedure is actually remainder and also recovery "till his symptoms as well as neurologic assessment" go back to "baseline standing." The upcoming action is sunny aerobic workout, complied with through continuous cardiovascular physical exercise as well as intro of toughness training. A gamer can return to soccer activities in the 4th step of the method, each of which are noncontact. The final action is actually full authorization, as soon as the medical professional as well as neurological consultant concede the gamer is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign an additional player? If Tagovailoa can not play in next full week's activity versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in collection to start. Thompson began 3 activities as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss on the road at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their strategy squad. There are free agent alternatives readily available should Miami choose to bring in another quarterback, significantly the group's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not dedicate to the option of playing without Tagovailoa yet revealed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It's not likely Miami would immediately bring in another quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it might add depth if Tagovailoa is required to overlook opportunity.