.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Onlooker won the APSE award for breaking headlines as well as the South Carolina Press Affiliation award for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the 3rd identified blast of his NFL profession on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the game in the third quarter after a play in which he scurried up the middle for a to begin with down and also decreased his shoulder to start contact with Costs safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet made challenging exposure to Hamlin's body system, the quarterback immediately entered a fencing response, a term made use of to explain an individual's upper arms entering into a strange position. Dolphins medical instructors took care of him for numerous minutes as gamers knelt around him. He was eventually capable to stroll off the field and into the crew's storage locker space under his own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times till their upcoming activity against the Seattle Seahawks but could dismiss Tagovailoa, irrespective of exactly how he proceeds with the league's blast protocol. A stint on the damaged reservoir may be another option considering his personal injury record." At the moment, [it] is actually a lot more about obtaining an appropriate step-by-step analysis and also taking it one day each time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel said after the video game. "The farthest factor from my mind is what is the timeline. Our experts simply need to evaluate as well as only fret about my teammate. ... Our company'll receive additional details [Friday] and after that take it daily from there." Below are actually 4 essential inquiries following Tagovailoa's most current concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury past history? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be chosen as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft throughout his last season at Alabama but suffered a hip misplacement and crack of the posterior wall structure of his hip outlet midway by means of the period. He was actually additionally diagnosed with a blast and damaged nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered in time to play for the Dolphins as a newbie however missed 5 activities throughout his very first two times due to a variety of minor personal injuries. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed with two traumas as well as took a third favorite to his scalp that essentially triggered the NFL modifying its own blast protocol. He didn't miss an activity during the 2023 season, nevertheless, and made a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement extension in July. What possibilities did Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa accepted to quickly thinking about retirement after discussions with his family members. During the course of an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he cleared up that it was primarily his mother that asked him to reconsider his participating in occupation. Ultimately, he made a decision versus it and invested the 2023 offseason expanding and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to discover just how to drop without reaching his directly the ground. The training seemed to assist as he played in each of Miami's video games last time, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he dropped 14 extra pounds in an initiative to be much more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking with colleagues in the closet space as well as remains in good sens after enduring a blast. If Tagovailoa intends to return to the area, what difficulties will he have to very clear in concussion procedure? McDaniel stated Tagovailoa will certainly undertake extensive screening and also assessment just before they choose how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step procedure that culminates in a group's doctor accepting an independent nerve consultant that a player can securely play again. The primary step of the method is actually remainder and also healing "up until his symptoms as well as neurologic exam" return to "baseline standing." The upcoming action is actually light cardio physical exercise, observed through ongoing cardio workout and also introduction of stamina training. A gamer may return to regulation football activities in the 4th step of the protocol, every one of which are actually noncontact. The last measure is actually full approval, as soon as the physician and also neurological expert acknowledge the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they sign one more gamer? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in following week's video game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to start. Thompson began 3 video games as a novice in 2022, including a playoff loss when driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is actually authorized to their strategy squad. There are free agent alternatives on call need to Miami make a decision to bring in another quarterback, notably the group's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did not commit to the opportunity of participating in without Tagovailoa yet revealed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually unexpected Miami will immediately introduce another quarterback to start over Thompson, but it could incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is compelled to miss out on opportunity.