.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, just before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte nc Viewer succeeded the APSE honor for breaking headlines and also the South Carolina Media Association award for organization writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the third identified blast of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the game in the 3rd one-fourth after a play through which he clambered up the middle for a to begin with down as well as decreased his shoulder to initiate contact with Expenses protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet helped make challenging exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback immediately entered into a securing feedback, a term made use of to illustrate an individual's arms entering an abnormal placement. Dolphins medical instructors attended to him for a number of moments as players knelt around him. He was actually essentially able to walk off the area and also right into the group's storage locker space under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times until their upcoming video game versus the Seat Seahawks however could possibly dismiss Tagovailoa, irrespective of just how he advances with the league's concussion procedure. A stint on the hurt reservoir can be one more possibility considering his personal injury past history." Today, [it] is more about acquiring a proper procedural assessment and taking it one day at a time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The furthest point coming from my mind is what is actually the timetable. Our experts merely require to evaluate and also simply think about my colleague. ... Our company'll acquire more information [Friday] and then take it day by day from there." Below are four essential concerns following Tagovailoa's latest blast. What is actually Tagovailoa's accident past history? Tagovailoa was an applicant to be chosen as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his ultimate season at Alabama however endured a hip disconnection and also bone fracture of the posterior wall of his hip socket midway via the time. He was actually also diagnosed along with a trauma as well as defective nose that year. Tagovailoa bounced back in time to play for the Dolphins as a novice but overlooked five games throughout his initial two seasons as a result of a variety of minor accidents. In 2022, he was detected with pair of concussions and also took a 3rd favorite to his head that inevitably brought about the NFL altering its own trauma procedure. He failed to overlook a video game during the course of the 2023 season, nonetheless, and also earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract extension in July. What alternatives performed Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa accepted to for a while looking at retired life after conversations along with his loved ones. In the course of a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he clarified that it was predominantly his mama that inquired him to rethink his participating in job. Ultimately, he made a decision against it as well as invested the 2023 offseason bulking up and training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to learn just how to fall without attacking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to help as he played in each of Miami's video games final time, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he dropped 14 pounds in an attempt to be extra mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking to colleagues in the storage locker room as well as resides in really good spirits after going through a blast. If Tagovailoa wishes to return to the industry, what obstacles will he need to crystal clear in concussion protocol? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will certainly go through comprehensive testing as well as evaluation prior to they choose how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation method is a five-step process that culminates in a staff's medical professional concurring with a private neurological professional that a gamer can carefully participate in once more. The 1st step of the protocol is remainder as well as healing "till his signs and symptoms and neurologic assessment" return to "baseline condition." The next action is actually light aerobic exercise, adhered to by ongoing cardio exercise and also overview of durability training. A gamer may come back to regulation football tasks in the fourth step of the procedure, each of which are noncontact. The final action is complete approval, the moment the physician as well as nerve professional acknowledge the player is ready. What are the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they authorize one more player? If Tagovailoa may certainly not play in upcoming full week's game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in line to start. Thompson began three games as a newbie in 2022, featuring a playoff loss on the road at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is actually authorized to their method team. There are actually free agent options readily available ought to Miami make a decision to introduce an additional quarterback, significantly the team's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not commit to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa but showed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami will right away produce yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it can incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is obliged to miss out on opportunity.