.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Costs, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte nc Viewer won the APSE award for breaking updates as well as the South Carolina Media Affiliation honor for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd detected blast of his NFL job on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the video game in the third one-fourth after a play in which he scrambled up the middle for a to begin with down as well as lowered his shoulder to initiate contact with Bills protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet produced hard exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback immediately entered into a fencing feedback, a term used to explain an individual's upper arms going into a strange position. Dolphins clinical fitness instructors addressed him for many mins as gamers knelt around him. He was ultimately capable to walk off the industry and right into the team's storage locker area under his own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times until their following activity against the Seat Seahawks but might eliminate Tagovailoa, despite just how he progresses via the league's blast process. A job on the wounded reserve might be an additional option considering his trauma record." At the moment, [it] is actually extra concerning obtaining a suitable step-by-step analysis and also taking it one day each time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel mentioned after the video game. "The outermost thing coming from my mind is what is actually the timeline. Our company only need to evaluate and also only worry about my ally. ... Our experts'll acquire additional relevant information [Friday] and after that take it day after day from certainly there." Listed here are 4 essential concerns observing Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is Tagovailoa's injury past? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to become chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his final season at Alabama but experienced a hip disconnection and crack of the rear end wall structure of his hip outlet midway through the period. He was additionally diagnosed along with a concussion and defective nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped eventually to bet the Dolphins as a novice however missed out on 5 activities in the course of his initial two seasons due to numerous minor traumas. In 2022, he was diagnosed with 2 traumas and took a 3rd smash hit to his scalp that inevitably caused the NFL altering its own blast procedure. He failed to overlook a video game during the 2023 season, nevertheless, and gained a four-year, $212.1 million contract extension in July. What possibilities carried out Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa accepted to temporarily thinking about retired life after discussions along with his family members. During a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he cleared up that it was actually mostly his mom who inquired him to reconsider his participating in career. Essentially, he decided versus it and also devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to learn exactly how to drop without hitting his directly the ground. The training appeared to aid as he played in all of Miami's games final period, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he shed 14 pounds in an initiative to become more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was speaking with teammates in the locker room as well as remains in good feelings after suffering a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to come back to the industry, what difficulties will he must clear in trauma process? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will definitely undergo extensive testing and also assessment before they make a decision exactly how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation method is a five-step method that winds up in a staff's medical doctor concurring with a private nerve professional that a gamer can properly play once again. The initial step of the procedure is rest and also recuperation "up until his signs and symptoms and also neurologic evaluation" return to "baseline condition." The following step is actually light cardio workout, complied with by continued cardio workout and also overview of stamina training. A gamer can easily return to football tasks in the 4th action of the procedure, each one of which are actually noncontact. The ultimate action is total authorization, the moment the physician as well as nerve specialist agree the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign yet another player? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in upcoming week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in product line to start. Thompson started three video games as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, who is actually signed to their practice team. There are actually freelance choices accessible should Miami decide to bring in an additional quarterback, significantly the crew's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed not devote to the option of participating in without Tagovailoa yet revealed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It's improbable Miami would promptly produce another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could possibly include deepness if Tagovailoa is required to skip opportunity.