.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter covering the Buffalo grass Bills, just before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer succeeded the APSE award for breaking news and also the South Carolina Media Organization award for organization creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd identified concussion of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Expenses. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the game in the third quarter after a play through which he scurried up the middle for an initially down and also reduced his shoulder to trigger contact with Costs safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet helped make difficult contact with Hamlin's body, the quarterback instantly went into a securing feedback, a term made use of to explain a person's arms entering into an abnormal posture. Dolphins health care coaches took care of him for several minutes as gamers stoop around him. He was actually essentially capable to stroll off the field and also right into the group's storage locker area under his very own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days until their next activity against the Seattle Seahawks however might dismiss Tagovailoa, despite exactly how he proceeds with the league's concussion protocol. An assignment on the damaged reservoir might be one more possibility considering his trauma past history." Now, [it] is a lot more about acquiring an appropriate procedural examination and also taking it someday at a time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel pointed out after the activity. "The outermost point coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. Our team just need to have to evaluate and just think about my ally. ... Our experts'll get more details [Friday] and then take it day by day from certainly there." Below are four key concerns complying with Tagovailoa's most up-to-date trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's trauma past? Tagovailoa was actually a prospect to be selected as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft in the course of his final time at Alabama yet suffered a hip misplacement as well as fracture of the posterior wall structure of his hip socket midway by means of the season. He was likewise identified along with a trauma and damaged nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped on time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie but skipped 5 activities during his first pair of times due to numerous small personal injuries. In 2022, he was diagnosed with pair of blasts and also took a third hit to his head that eventually triggered the NFL altering its blast method. He really did not skip a video game in the course of the 2023 season, nonetheless, and also got a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement expansion in July. What possibilities performed Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to quickly taking into consideration retirement after conversations with his family members. Throughout a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he clarified that it was mostly his mom that asked him to reconsider his playing job. Inevitably, he made a decision against it and invested the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to find out just how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The training seemed to aid as he played in each of Miami's games final time, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Sports he lost 14 extra pounds in an initiative to be extra mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking with allies in the storage locker area and also is in excellent feelings after suffering a trauma. If Tagovailoa would like to go back to the field, what difficulties will he need to very clear in trauma protocol? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will definitely go through in depth testing and also analysis before they choose how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is actually a five-step process that winds up in a team's medical professional accepting an individual neurological specialist that a gamer may safely participate in again. The first step of the protocol is rest and recovery "until his symptoms and signs and also neurologic assessment" come back to "baseline status." The following step is actually light cardiovascular workout, complied with by ongoing aerobic workout as well as introduction of toughness training. A gamer can easily come back to soccer tasks in the fourth measure of the method, every one of which are actually noncontact. The last action is actually total approval, when the medical doctor and also neurological professional concur the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize yet another player? If Tagovailoa can easily not play in following week's video game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to begin. Thompson began 3 video games as a novice in 2022, including a playoff reduction when traveling at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is actually signed to their method squad. There are freelance options offered need to Miami decide to bring in yet another quarterback, notably the staff's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not devote to the option of participating in without Tagovailoa yet shared the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami would quickly bring in yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it could possibly include intensity if Tagovailoa is actually obliged to overlook time.