.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Expenses, prior to switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for beating news as well as the South Carolina Media Affiliation honor for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the 3rd identified concussion of his NFL career on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was actually ruled out of the activity in the 3rd quarter after a play in which he scurried up the middle for an initially down and also decreased his shoulder to start contact with Bills protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet helped make tough contact with Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback instantly went into a securing reaction, a term made use of to define a person's arms going into a strange setting. Dolphins medical personal trainers attended to him for many moments as players knelt around him. He was eventually capable to stroll off the area as well as into the team's storage locker room under his very own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days till their next game versus the Seattle Seahawks however can rule out Tagovailoa, no matter how he proceeds by means of the organization's blast procedure. A job on the harmed reserve might be one more option considering his injury past." Immediately, [it] is actually even more concerning obtaining a proper step-by-step examination and taking it eventually at once," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel claimed after the activity. "The furthest trait coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. Our company just need to have to examine and only stress over my ally. ... Our experts'll obtain even more relevant information [Friday] and after that take it day by day from there certainly." Here are four crucial concerns complying with Tagovailoa's newest concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury past history? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be chosen as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his ultimate period at Alabama however suffered a hip dislocation and bone fracture of the back wall structure of his hip socket midway by means of the period. He was actually also diagnosed with a trauma and also damaged nostrils that year. Tagovailoa bounced back in time to play for the Dolphins as a novice yet missed 5 video games throughout his first pair of times due to different minor accidents. In 2022, he was detected with 2 traumas and also took a third smash hit to his head that inevitably brought about the NFL altering its own concussion method. He didn't overlook an activity during the course of the 2023 season, having said that, and also earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement expansion in July. What options performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa accepted to quickly looking at retirement after chats along with his family members. Throughout a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he clarified that it was actually primarily his mommy who inquired him to reevaluate his playing occupation. Eventually, he determined against it as well as devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to find out just how to fall without reaching his directly the ground. The training seemed to assist as he played in all of Miami's activities last season, featuring a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he dropped 14 extra pounds in an effort to be even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was talking to colleagues in the storage locker area as well as resides in good sens after enduring a blast. If Tagovailoa desires to come back to the area, what hurdles will he must very clear in concussion method? McDaniel stated Tagovailoa will certainly go through detailed testing and also evaluation before they decide how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation method is a five-step procedure that finishes in a crew's medical professional accepting an independent nerve expert that a gamer may properly participate in once more. The initial step of the method is actually remainder and recovery "until his symptoms as well as neurologic evaluation" return to "baseline status." The upcoming action is sunny cardiovascular workout, followed through ongoing aerobic exercise as well as intro of toughness instruction. A player can easily return to soccer activities in the 4th measure of the procedure, every one of which are noncontact. The final measure is full approval, the moment the medical professional as well as neurological expert acknowledge the player prepares. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize yet another player? If Tagovailoa may not play in next full week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in line to start. Thompson began three games as a newbie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction when driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is signed to their technique team. There are actually free agent options on call must Miami make a decision to introduce an additional quarterback, significantly the team's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not commit to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa yet shared the "utmost peace of mind" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami will right away bring in yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it can include intensity if Tagovailoa is actually compelled to miss opportunity.