.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Costs, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for beating updates as well as the South Carolina Media Organization award for enterprise 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 ruled out of the game in the third quarter after a play through which he scrambled up the middle for a to begin with down and reduced his shoulder to trigger contact with Bills security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet created difficult exchange Hamlin's body, the quarterback instantly entered a securing feedback, a phrase made use of to explain a person's arms entering a strange position. Dolphins clinical fitness instructors addressed him for numerous mins as players knelt around him. He was actually essentially able to stroll off the industry as well as right into the crew's storage locker area under his personal energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days until their next game against the Seattle Seahawks yet might eliminate Tagovailoa, regardless of how he progresses with the league's trauma protocol. An assignment on the harmed reservoir may be an additional option considering his accident history." At this moment, [it] is actually extra concerning obtaining a proper procedural assessment as well as taking it eventually at a time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel stated after the video game. "The farthest point coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timeline. We just need to analyze and simply stress over my teammate. ... Our experts'll receive even more information [Friday] and then take it daily from there." Here are actually 4 essential concerns complying with Tagovailoa's newest trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury past history? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during his last period at Alabama but experienced a hip misplacement and also crack of the posterior wall surface of his hip socket midway by means of the time. He was actually also diagnosed along with a concussion and also faulty nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped over time to play for the Dolphins as a novice but missed five activities during his very first 2 times because of a variety of slight injuries. In 2022, he was actually identified with 2 traumas and took a 3rd smash hit to his head that inevitably brought about the NFL changing its own blast method. He failed to miss out on a video game during the 2023 time, having said that, as well as earned a four-year, $212.1 million agreement extension in July. What alternatives carried out Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to temporarily looking at retired life after talks with his household. During the course of a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he made clear that it was primarily his mama that asked him to reassess his participating in career. Eventually, he chose versus it and also devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall system to discover exactly how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to aid as he played with all of Miami's activities last season, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he shed 14 extra pounds in an initiative to be even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking to colleagues in the closet room and resides in great feelings after enduring a concussion. If Tagovailoa wants to return to the field, what obstacles will he must very clear in trauma protocol? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will definitely undertake thorough testing and evaluation just before they decide how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is a five-step method that winds up in a group's medical professional concurring with a private neurological expert that a player may carefully participate in once more. The 1st step of the protocol is remainder and recovery "up until his signs and symptoms as well as neurologic exam" return to "baseline standing." The upcoming action is actually light aerobic exercise, followed through continuing aerobic physical exercise and intro of stamina instruction. A gamer can return to soccer tasks in the fourth step of the process, each one of which are noncontact. The last action is actually complete authorization, once the medical doctor and nerve consultant concede the player is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they sign one more gamer? If Tagovailoa can easily not play in upcoming full week's video game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in product line to begin. Thompson started 3 games as a rookie in 2022, including a playoff reduction when traveling at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is actually authorized to their strategy team. There are freelance options accessible ought to Miami make a decision to generate an additional quarterback, particularly the team's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did not devote to the possibility of participating in without Tagovailoa yet showed the "utmost peace of mind" in Thompson. It is actually unlikely Miami will instantly generate one more quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it can incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is actually required to skip time.