.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammered article writer for the Charlotte nc Observer gained the APSE award for beating updates as well as the South Carolina Media Association honor for business 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 grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was ruled out of the activity in the third quarter after a play in which he rushed up the middle for an initially down and also lowered his shoulder to start contact with Bills security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet made challenging contact with Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback right away entered into a fencing response, a term used to illustrate an individual's arms going into an abnormal placement. Dolphins health care fitness instructors attended to him for many mins as players stoop around him. He was essentially able to walk off the area and also right into the group's locker area under his very own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times up until their following activity versus the Seattle Seahawks however could possibly dismiss Tagovailoa, regardless of how he progresses via the game's concussion procedure. A stint on the injured reservoir can be yet another option considering his trauma past." At the moment, [it] is actually much more regarding getting an effective step-by-step evaluation and taking it someday each time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel mentioned after the game. "The farthest thing from my mind is what is the timeline. Our team merely require to assess and only bother with my teammate. ... Our team'll acquire even more info [Friday] and afterwards take it each day from there certainly." Below are actually 4 vital questions observing Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is Tagovailoa's injury record? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to be chosen as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his final period at Alabama however went through a hip dislocation and bone fracture of the back wall surface of his hip socket midway with the time. He was actually additionally diagnosed along with a concussion and damaged nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recouped in time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie yet skipped five activities during the course of his 1st pair of times because of several slight injuries. In 2022, he was actually identified with two blasts as well as took a third favorite to his head that essentially led to the NFL changing its blast method. He didn't overlook a video game during the course of the 2023 time, having said that, and gained a four-year, $212.1 million deal expansion in July. What choices did Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa confessed to temporarily looking at retired life after chats along with his household. During the course of a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he made clear that it was actually mainly his mom who inquired him to rethink his participating in occupation. Eventually, he chose versus it and invested the 2023 offseason expanding and training in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to know just how to fall without attacking his head on the ground. The training seemed to assist as he played in every of Miami's activities last time, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Sports he shed 14 pounds in an effort to become much more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was speaking to teammates in the closet area and also is in great sens after experiencing a concussion. If Tagovailoa would like to return to the industry, what difficulties will he have to very clear in blast process? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will certainly go through detailed testing and analysis prior to they determine how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is actually a five-step process that finishes in a crew's doctor concurring with a private nerve consultant that a player can carefully play once again. The first step of the process is remainder and healing "till his symptoms as well as neurologic examination" return to "baseline condition." The upcoming action is actually light aerobic exercise, observed through continuing aerobic physical exercise and also introduction of toughness instruction. A gamer can easily return to regulation football activities in the fourth action of the method, each of which are actually noncontact. The last measure is actually full approval, when the physician and nerve professional acknowledge the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize one more player? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in next full week's game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in line to start. Thompson began 3 games as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff loss on the road at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their method squad. There are freelance choices readily available should Miami determine to introduce one more quarterback, particularly the crew's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not dedicate to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa however showed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It's unlikely Miami would promptly generate one more quarterback to start over Thompson, but it might incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is required to miss out on time.