.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter dealing with the Buffalo Expenses, just before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte Observer gained the APSE award for beating updates and also the South Carolina Press Organization award for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the 3rd detected concussion of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the game in the third one-fourth after a play through which he rushed up the middle for a to begin with down and also reduced his shoulder to launch exposure to Costs security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet helped make difficult exchange Hamlin's body, the quarterback quickly entered a fencing response, a condition used to illustrate a person's arms entering into an unnatural setting. Dolphins health care instructors attended to him for a number of moments as gamers stoop around him. He was actually ultimately able to walk off the area and also in to the crew's storage locker room under his personal energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times until their upcoming game against the Seat Seahawks yet can rule out Tagovailoa, despite just how he advances via the organization's blast process. A stint on the damaged reserve can be an additional probability considering his accident history." At this moment, [it] is even more concerning getting an effective step-by-step examination and taking it one day at once," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel mentioned after the game. "The furthest thing coming from my mind is what is actually the timetable. Our company just need to have to review and also merely stress over my colleague. ... Our company'll acquire even more information [Friday] and then take it everyday coming from there certainly." Right here are actually four key concerns observing Tagovailoa's most up-to-date trauma. What is Tagovailoa's accident past? Tagovailoa was actually a candidate to be chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his final period at Alabama but went through a hip misplacement and fracture of the rear end wall surface of his hip socket midway with the time. He was actually additionally detected along with a trauma and also defective nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped on time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie but overlooked five video games during his initial two times because of a variety of minor injuries. In 2022, he was diagnosed with pair of blasts as well as took a third hit to his scalp that eventually triggered the NFL modifying its blast protocol. He didn't miss a game during the course of the 2023 season, nonetheless, and also made a four-year, $212.1 million agreement extension in July. What choices performed Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa admitted to quickly taking into consideration retired life after discussions with his household. During the course of an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he made clear that it was actually largely his mommy that asked him to reconsider his playing occupation. Essentially, he determined versus it and spent the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to know how to fall without striking his directly the ground. The training seemed to be to assist as he played in all of Miami's activities final time, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he shed 14 pounds in an initiative to be even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was talking with teammates in the closet space and also remains in great sens after going through a blast. If Tagovailoa wants to go back to the field, what obstacles will he have to crystal clear in blast method? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa is going to undertake detailed screening and examination just before they decide how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step method that finishes in a crew's medical doctor concurring with an individual neurological expert that a player can safely and securely participate in once more. The initial step of the process is remainder as well as rehabilitation "till his symptoms and signs as well as neurologic exam" come back to "baseline condition." The upcoming action is actually sunny aerobic exercise, observed through continued aerobic physical exercise and also intro of durability instruction. A player can easily return to soccer activities in the 4th measure of the procedure, every one of which are noncontact. The ultimate step is actually complete approval, once the doctor and also neurological consultant concede the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in upcoming week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in product line to start. Thompson started 3 games as a newbie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, who is actually signed to their strategy squad. There are free agent possibilities accessible should Miami make a decision to generate another quarterback, particularly the team's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did not dedicate to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa yet shared the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami would promptly generate one more quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could include depth if Tagovailoa is compelled to overlook opportunity.