.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Expenses, before switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat article writer for the Charlotte Onlooker gained the APSE award for beating news and also the South Carolina Press Organization honor for enterprise writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the third identified concussion of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was eliminated of the game in the 3rd one-fourth after a play through which he rushed up the middle for a to begin with down and also decreased his shoulder to trigger exposure to Costs safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet made challenging exchange Hamlin's body system, the quarterback right away entered a fencing response, a term made use of to illustrate an individual's arms entering an unnatural placement. Dolphins medical instructors addressed him for numerous minutes as players stoop around him. He was eventually capable to walk off the area and in to the team's locker room under his own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days till their following video game versus the Seat Seahawks but can dismiss Tagovailoa, despite just how he advances via the game's concussion protocol. An assignment on the damaged reserve may be an additional possibility considering his accident past." At this moment, [it] is much more regarding acquiring a suitable step-by-step assessment and taking it one day each time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel stated after the video game. "The furthest point coming from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our company simply need to assess as well as only bother with my teammate. ... Our team'll acquire more details [Friday] and afterwards take it everyday from there certainly." Listed below are 4 crucial concerns following Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's trauma past history? Tagovailoa was a candidate to become picked as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft throughout his last period at Alabama yet endured a hip misplacement as well as bone fracture of the posterior wall structure of his hip socket midway via the period. He was likewise diagnosed with a concussion and busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to play for the Dolphins as a newbie but overlooked five video games during the course of his very first 2 periods because of different small accidents. In 2022, he was actually detected along with two traumas and took a third hit to his head that essentially triggered the NFL affecting its own blast procedure. He didn't overlook a video game during the course of the 2023 time, having said that, and also earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract extension in July. What options did Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to for a while taking into consideration retirement after conversations along with his household. During a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he clarified that it was largely his mama who inquired him to reexamine his participating in career. Ultimately, he decided against it as well as invested the 2023 offseason expanding and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to know exactly how to fall without hitting his head on the ground. The instruction seemed to be to help as he played in each of Miami's games final period, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 extra pounds in an attempt to become more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was consulting with colleagues in the locker room as well as is in excellent feelings after experiencing a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to go back to the area, what difficulties will he must clear in concussion process? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will certainly undertake in depth screening and examination just before they choose just how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is a five-step procedure that culminates in a group's medical doctor accepting an individual nerve consultant that a player may safely participate in once more. The first step of the process is actually rest and also rehabilitation "up until his signs and symptoms as well as neurologic examination" come back to "baseline standing." The upcoming measure is light cardiovascular workout, observed through continuing aerobic exercise and also intro of durability instruction. A player can easily return to regulation football tasks in the 4th action of the process, every one of which are actually noncontact. The final measure is full approval, as soon as the medical doctor and nerve expert acknowledge the player is ready. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional 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 start. Thompson started 3 video games as a newbie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction when driving at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their method team. There are free agent alternatives on call must Miami determine to introduce yet another quarterback, especially the team's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not devote to the probability of participating in without Tagovailoa but revealed the "utmost peace of mind" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami would right away generate an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it might add deepness if Tagovailoa is actually compelled to miss out on time.