.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter dealing with the Buffalo Bills, just before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte Viewer gained the APSE honor for beating headlines and the South Carolina Press Affiliation honor for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the 3rd identified concussion of his NFL career on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was ruled out of the game in the third quarter after a play through which he scurried up the middle for an initially down and decreased his shoulder to start exposure to Bills safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear created challenging exchange Hamlin's body system, the quarterback quickly entered a fencing reaction, a phrase utilized to define an individual's upper arms entering into an unnatural placement. Dolphins clinical trainers addressed him for several minutes as gamers knelt around him. He was ultimately capable to walk off the area as well as in to the crew's locker area under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times until their next game against the Seattle Seahawks yet might dismiss Tagovailoa, no matter just how he advances through the league's concussion procedure. A job on the damaged reserve could be yet another probability considering his injury past." Today, [it] is much more regarding getting a correct procedural examination and also taking it 1 day at once," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel mentioned after the activity. "The outermost trait coming from my mind is what is the timetable. We just require to review and merely bother with my ally. ... We'll receive additional information [Friday] and after that take it each day coming from there certainly." Below are actually four vital questions following Tagovailoa's most current blast. What is Tagovailoa's injury background? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be selected as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft throughout his last time at Alabama but experienced a hip dislocation and crack of the posterior wall of his hip outlet midway through the period. He was actually also detected with a concussion as well as faulty nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered eventually to play for the Dolphins as a novice but overlooked five games during his initial 2 times due to a variety of small accidents. In 2022, he was detected along with pair of concussions as well as took a 3rd favorite to his head that eventually triggered the NFL affecting its blast method. He didn't miss out on an activity during the course of the 2023 season, however, as well as gained a four-year, $212.1 million deal extension in July. What possibilities performed Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to temporarily thinking about retirement after talks along with his loved ones. In the course of a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he made clear that it was actually largely his mama that inquired him to reassess his participating in career. Eventually, he made a decision against it and invested the 2023 offseason expanding and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to discover just how to fall without striking his directly the ground. The instruction appeared to assist as he played in every of Miami's video games last period, including a playoff loss to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he dropped 14 pounds in an initiative to become even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with allies in the closet area and resides in great feelings after going through a trauma. If Tagovailoa wishes to go back to the area, what hurdles will he have to very clear in blast procedure? McDaniel stated Tagovailoa will undertake in depth screening and also examination just before they determine just how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step procedure that winds up in a staff's physician concurring with an individual nerve expert that a player can carefully participate in once again. The 1st step of the protocol is rest as well as rehabilitation "up until his symptoms and also neurologic evaluation" come back to "baseline standing." The next measure is actually sunny cardiovascular exercise, observed through continuing cardiovascular workout and also overview of stamina instruction. A player can easily go back to football tasks in the 4th measure of the process, every one of which are actually noncontact. The last step is full approval, when the physician as well as neurological consultant acknowledge the gamer is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional player? If Tagovailoa can not play in next week's activity versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in collection to start. Thompson began 3 video games as a rookie in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss on the road at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their strategy squad. There are freelance options accessible must Miami decide to produce another quarterback, notably the group's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not commit to the option of participating in without Tagovailoa but expressed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami will quickly bring in another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could possibly incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is forced to overlook opportunity.