.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Costs, just before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte Observer gained the APSE honor for beating news as well as the South Carolina Media Association honor for business creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the third diagnosed blast of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Bills. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the game in the third quarter after a play in which he scurried up the center for an initially down and reduced his shoulder to start exchange Expenses safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet helped make challenging exposure to Hamlin's body system, the quarterback instantly entered a fencing response, a phrase utilized to describe a person's upper arms entering into a strange position. Dolphins health care personal trainers took care of him for several minutes as players knelt around him. He was eventually able to walk off the area as well as into the group's locker room under his personal power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days until their following video game against the Seat Seahawks but could possibly dismiss Tagovailoa, regardless of how he progresses via the game's blast protocol. A stint on the hurt reservoir can be an additional opportunity considering his accident background." Right now, [it] is actually extra concerning acquiring a proper procedural examination as well as taking it one day at once," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel stated after the video game. "The outermost thing coming from my mind is what is actually the timeline. We merely require to evaluate and simply fret about my colleague. ... Our team'll obtain even more details [Friday] and then take it day by day from certainly there." Here are four crucial questions following Tagovailoa's most current concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury past history? Tagovailoa was actually a prospect to be chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his ultimate season at Alabama yet suffered a hip misplacement and also crack of the rear end wall structure of his hip outlet midway through the time. He was additionally detected along with a blast as well as defective nose that year. Tagovailoa recuperated on time to bet the Dolphins as a rookie but overlooked 5 video games in the course of his 1st 2 seasons because of a variety of slight personal injuries. In 2022, he was identified with pair of blasts and took a 3rd hit to his scalp that essentially caused the NFL changing its trauma protocol. He failed to miss an activity throughout the 2023 time, however, as well as got a four-year, $212.1 million contract extension in July. What possibilities carried out Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to temporarily looking at retirement life after conversations with his loved ones. In the course of a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he clarified that it was actually primarily his mama that inquired him to reexamine his participating in occupation. Essentially, he decided versus it as well as invested the 2023 offseason bulking up and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall program to learn just how to drop without attacking his head on 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 City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 extra pounds in an attempt to be more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with teammates in the storage locker space and also resides in great feelings after experiencing a blast. If Tagovailoa wishes to go back to the area, what obstacles will he have to clear in blast process? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will definitely go through comprehensive testing and also assessment prior to they choose exactly how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation process is actually a five-step procedure that finishes in a group's physician accepting a private neurological specialist that a player can securely play once again. The primary step of the process is actually rest and also recuperation "till his signs and symptoms as well as neurologic evaluation" come back to "baseline condition." The following step is actually light aerobic workout, adhered to by continued cardio physical exercise and also overview of strength training. A player can go back to regulation football tasks in the 4th measure of the protocol, every one of which are noncontact. The ultimate action is actually total clearance, as soon as the medical doctor as well as neurological consultant concede the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign yet another gamer? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in upcoming week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in collection to begin. Thompson started 3 video games as a novice in 2022, featuring a playoff loss when driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, that is actually authorized to their practice squad. There are actually free agent options available ought to Miami decide to generate one more quarterback, especially the group's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did not dedicate to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa however showed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually unexpected Miami will quickly introduce another quarterback to begin again Thompson, however it might include intensity if Tagovailoa is compelled to miss out on opportunity.