.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter covering the Buffalo grass Costs, just before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers hammered article writer for the Charlotte Onlooker won the APSE award for beating updates as well as the South Carolina Press Affiliation honor for enterprise creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the 3rd detected blast of his NFL profession on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the activity in the third one-fourth after a play in which he scurried up the center for a first down and also decreased his shoulder to launch exposure to Bills protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet made hard exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback promptly entered a securing feedback, a phrase made use of to describe a person's upper arms going into an unnatural position. Dolphins medical personal trainers took care of him for a number of moments as gamers knelt around him. He was eventually able to stroll off the industry and in to the staff's storage locker area under his own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days till their upcoming video game versus the Seat Seahawks however can dismiss Tagovailoa, despite exactly how he progresses with the league's concussion procedure. An assignment on the damaged reservoir might be another possibility considering his accident record." Today, [it] is actually a lot more about obtaining an effective step-by-step assessment and also taking it 1 day at a time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel mentioned after the game. "The outermost factor coming from my mind is what is actually the timeline. Our team simply need to analyze and simply think about my colleague. ... Our team'll acquire more relevant information [Friday] and afterwards take it each day coming from certainly there." Listed below are actually four crucial questions adhering to Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's accident background? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to become chosen as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his ultimate period at Alabama however experienced a hip disconnection as well as bone fracture of the posterior wall structure of his hip socket midway with the season. He was also detected along with a trauma as well as defective nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recouped over time to play for the Dolphins as a novice however missed out on 5 activities throughout his first pair of seasons due to numerous minor injuries. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed along with two blasts and also took a 3rd favorite to his scalp that inevitably resulted in the NFL affecting its own blast protocol. He really did not skip a game during the 2023 season, having said that, and also gained a four-year, $212.1 million agreement expansion in July. What choices performed Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to quickly taking into consideration retirement after talks with his household. Throughout a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he cleared up that it was actually largely his mommy that asked him to reexamine his playing profession. Essentially, he decided versus it and also invested the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to learn just how to fall without attacking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to be to help as he played with all of Miami's activities final time, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he shed 14 pounds in an initiative to be even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was talking with teammates in the closet space and also remains in excellent spirits after experiencing a trauma. If Tagovailoa would like to go back to the industry, what obstacles will he need to clear in trauma protocol? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will go through thorough testing as well as examination just before they make a decision how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation process is actually a five-step process that finishes in a team's medical doctor accepting a private neurological professional that a player may properly participate in again. The very first step of the method is remainder as well as healing "till his signs and symptoms and also neurologic exam" go back to "baseline condition." The next step is actually sunny cardio exercise, observed by continuous aerobic physical exercise as well as introduction of toughness instruction. A player can come back to soccer activities in the fourth measure of the method, each one of which are actually noncontact. The last action is total authorization, once the physician as well as neurological consultant agree the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize another player? If Tagovailoa can not play in next week's video game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to begin. Thompson started 3 activities as a rookie in 2022, including a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their strategy team. There are free agent alternatives on call ought to Miami determine to bring in yet another quarterback, notably the crew's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not devote to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa but expressed the "utmost peace of mind" in Thompson. It's unlikely Miami will right away generate yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it might incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is obliged to overlook time.