.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter covering the Buffalo grass Expenses, before switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Viewer won the APSE honor for beating updates as well as the South Carolina Media Organization award for venture writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd identified concussion of his NFL occupation on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the game in the 3rd quarter after a play in which he scurried up the center for a first down and also reduced his shoulder to trigger contact with Bills safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear produced difficult exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback quickly entered into a fencing response, a term utilized to explain an individual's upper arms going into an abnormal posture. Dolphins health care trainers took care of him for numerous mins as gamers stoop around him. He was inevitably capable to walk off the field as well as in to the group's locker room under his own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times until their upcoming video game against the Seat Seahawks however can eliminate Tagovailoa, irrespective of exactly how he proceeds via the organization's concussion protocol. An assignment on the damaged reservoir may be yet another possibility considering his injury background." At this moment, [it] is actually even more regarding acquiring a proper procedural examination and taking it one day at once," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel stated after the activity. "The farthest point coming from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our company merely require to review and also merely think about my colleague. ... Our company'll get even more information [Friday] and afterwards take it each day from certainly there." Right here are actually 4 essential concerns adhering to Tagovailoa's most recent concussion. What is Tagovailoa's accident background? Tagovailoa was actually a candidate to be decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his final time at Alabama but suffered a hip misplacement as well as bone fracture of the back wall of his hip outlet midway with the season. He was additionally diagnosed with a blast and also broken nostrils that year. Tagovailoa bounced back eventually to bet the Dolphins as a newbie but overlooked five games during his very first two periods due to different slight traumas. In 2022, he was diagnosed along with 2 concussions and also took a third smash hit to his scalp that essentially triggered the NFL changing its blast protocol. He failed to miss a video game during the course of the 2023 season, having said that, and also gained a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement extension in July. What options performed Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa accepted to for a while taking into consideration retired life after talks with his family members. During an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he made clear that it was actually mostly his mom that asked him to reconsider his playing career. Inevitably, he chose against it and devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up and training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to find out how to fall without reaching his head on the ground. The training appeared to assist as he played with all of Miami's video games final time, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he shed 14 extra pounds in an initiative to become extra mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was talking to teammates in the closet room as well as resides in great sens after going through a concussion. If Tagovailoa desires to go back to the field, what difficulties will he have to clear in trauma process? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will undergo complete testing and also assessment before they decide exactly how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step process that culminates in a staff's physician accepting a private neurological consultant that a gamer may properly play again. The very first step of the method is remainder and healing "up until his symptoms and signs and also neurologic examination" come back to "baseline condition." The following measure is light cardiovascular workout, observed through continuing aerobic exercise and intro of toughness training. A player can easily return to soccer activities in the 4th action of the process, each one of which are actually noncontact. The last step is actually full clearance, once the medical professional and also neurological consultant acknowledge the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional player? If Tagovailoa can not play in upcoming full week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to begin. Thompson started three games as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is actually signed to their method team. There are free agent alternatives readily available need to Miami choose to bring in yet another quarterback, notably the group's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed not dedicate to the option of participating in without Tagovailoa but revealed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami would quickly generate one more quarterback to begin again Thompson, however it could possibly incorporate deepness if Tagovailoa is actually compelled to miss opportunity.