.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, prior to switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte Observer gained the APSE award for breaking information as well as the South Carolina Press Association honor for business creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the third identified concussion of his NFL profession on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the video game in the third one-fourth after a play through which he rushed up the middle for a to begin with down as well as decreased his shoulder to initiate exchange Bills safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet helped make difficult contact with Hamlin's body, the quarterback immediately entered into a securing action, a term utilized to define a person's upper arms entering an unnatural setting. Dolphins health care coaches addressed him for many mins as gamers knelt around him. He was ultimately capable to walk off the industry as well as right into the team's closet space under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days till their upcoming game versus the Seattle Seahawks however could dismiss Tagovailoa, irrespective of just how he progresses via the league's trauma method. An assignment on the wounded reservoir may be another possibility considering his personal injury past." Right now, [it] is a lot more regarding getting a proper step-by-step analysis and taking it someday at a time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel mentioned after the game. "The furthest trait from my mind is what is actually the timetable. We just need to assess and also simply worry about my teammate. ... We'll obtain additional relevant information [Friday] and afterwards take it day after day coming from certainly there." Right here are actually 4 crucial inquiries observing Tagovailoa's most recent concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's injury past history? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become chosen as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during the course of his last time at Alabama however went through a hip dislocation as well as crack of the posterior wall of his hip outlet midway with the time. He was actually additionally identified with a concussion and damaged nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recuperated in time to play for the Dolphins as a newbie but missed out on five video games in the course of his first pair of times as a result of several slight accidents. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed with pair of blasts as well as took a third smash hit to his head that essentially led to the NFL modifying its own blast protocol. He failed to overlook an activity during the 2023 time, however, as well as gained a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement expansion in July. What options carried out Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa acknowledged to temporarily taking into consideration retired life after discussions along with his family members. During a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he clarified that it was predominantly his mom who inquired him to reexamine his playing occupation. Inevitably, he decided versus it and devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall system to discover how to fall without reaching his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to be to aid as he played in all of Miami's games last period, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Sports he lost 14 pounds in an effort to be more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking to teammates in the storage locker room and also is in really good sens after suffering a blast. If Tagovailoa desires to return to the industry, what hurdles will he have to very clear in concussion protocol? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa is going to go through extensive screening and analysis just before they decide exactly how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is actually a five-step procedure that finishes in a team's physician accepting a private nerve professional that a gamer can securely participate in once more. The 1st step of the process is remainder as well as healing "until his symptoms and signs and neurologic exam" come back to "baseline standing." The upcoming measure is sunny cardio exercise, adhered to through continuous aerobic workout as well as overview of strength instruction. A player may come back to football tasks in the fourth measure of the protocol, each one of which are noncontact. The final action is complete clearance, once the doctor and also neurological expert concur the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign an additional player? If Tagovailoa can easily not play in following full week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in line to start. Thompson started 3 games as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss when driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, who is authorized to their practice team. There are free agent alternatives available must Miami choose to bring in an additional quarterback, significantly the group's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did not commit to the opportunity of participating in without Tagovailoa yet showed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami will promptly produce yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could possibly add intensity if Tagovailoa is required to miss opportunity.