.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter covering the Buffalo grass Expenses, before switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte Viewer succeeded the APSE award for beating news and the South Carolina Press Association honor for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the third identified blast of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Expenses. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the activity in the third fourth after a play in which he scrambled up the middle for a to begin with down and reduced his shoulder to launch exchange Expenses protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet created challenging exposure to Hamlin's body system, the quarterback right away entered into a fencing feedback, a phrase used to illustrate an individual's arms entering an unnatural posture. Dolphins medical instructors took care of him for many moments as players knelt around him. He was actually essentially capable to walk off the field and also into the group's storage locker space under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days up until their upcoming activity against the Seattle Seahawks yet can dismiss Tagovailoa, irrespective of exactly how he progresses through the game's blast protocol. An assignment on the damaged reservoir might be another possibility considering his personal injury past." Right now, [it] is more about obtaining a proper step-by-step analysis and taking it eventually at once," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The farthest point coming from my thoughts is what is the timetable. We merely need to examine and just stress over my colleague. ... Our company'll receive more relevant information [Friday] and then take it day after day from certainly there." Listed here are actually four crucial inquiries following Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's trauma background? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be picked as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his last season at Alabama but suffered a hip misplacement and crack of the rear end wall structure of his hip socket midway through the period. He was actually likewise detected with a concussion and also faulty nose that year. Tagovailoa bounced back on time to play for the Dolphins as a novice however overlooked 5 activities during the course of his initial two times as a result of numerous minor personal injuries. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed along with pair of blasts and also took a third favorite to his scalp that essentially resulted in the NFL modifying its concussion method. He really did not miss a video game in the course of the 2023 period, nonetheless, as well as made a four-year, $212.1 million contract extension in July. What possibilities carried out Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to temporarily considering retired life after talks along with his loved ones. In the course of an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he clarified that it was primarily his mama that asked him to rethink his playing profession. Ultimately, he made a decision against it and spent the 2023 offseason expanding and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to know how to drop without reaching his head on the ground. The training seemed to help as he played in all of Miami's video games last season, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Athletics he dropped 14 pounds in an effort to be more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with teammates in the locker area as well as is in great feelings after enduring a blast. If Tagovailoa wants to come back to the industry, what obstacles will he must crystal clear in blast method? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa is going to undertake complete testing and examination just before they make a decision just how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is a five-step process that culminates in a team's medical doctor accepting a private nerve expert that a gamer can carefully play once again. The primary step of the method is rest and rehabilitation "up until his symptoms and neurologic exam" come back to "baseline standing." The upcoming measure is actually sunny aerobic exercise, observed by continued cardio workout as well as introduction of durability training. A gamer may come back to football tasks in the fourth action of the protocol, each of which are noncontact. The final action is complete clearance, as soon as the medical doctor and nerve professional concur the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign an additional player? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in next full week's activity versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to start. Thompson started three video games as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their practice squad. There are actually freelance options accessible should Miami decide to bring in one more quarterback, notably the group's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not commit to the opportunity of participating in without Tagovailoa yet expressed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It's improbable Miami will right away produce an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it can incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is pushed to overlook time.