.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, just before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte nc Onlooker won the APSE honor for beating headlines and also the South Carolina Media Association honor for business writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the 3rd diagnosed concussion of his NFL job on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was actually ruled out of the game in the 3rd quarter after a play through which he scrambled up the center for a first down and reduced his shoulder to initiate exchange Costs protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear created hard contact with Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback immediately went into a securing response, a term utilized to explain an individual's upper arms entering into a strange placement. Dolphins health care coaches took care of him for many moments as players stoop around him. He was actually eventually capable to stroll off the field as well as in to the team's storage locker room under his own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every video game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days until their following game against the Seat Seahawks but could possibly rule out Tagovailoa, regardless of just how he progresses by means of the league's trauma method. An assignment on the hurt reserve could be another option considering his accident record." At this moment, [it] is a lot more concerning acquiring an appropriate step-by-step analysis and also taking it 1 day at once," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel pointed out after the activity. "The furthest point coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. Our team simply need to have to evaluate and just worry about my colleague. ... We'll receive even more information [Friday] and after that take it daily from there certainly." Here are actually 4 crucial questions adhering to Tagovailoa's most up-to-date blast. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury record? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to become decided on as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft in the course of his ultimate season at Alabama yet suffered a hip misplacement and bone fracture of the posterior wall surface of his hip outlet midway through the period. He was actually additionally identified with a blast as well as busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recuperated on time to play for the Dolphins as a newbie yet missed five video games during his first pair of times as a result of numerous slight accidents. In 2022, he was actually detected with two traumas as well as took a 3rd smash hit to his head that eventually triggered the NFL changing its own trauma procedure. He didn't miss out on a game during the 2023 time, having said that, and also earned a four-year, $212.1 million arrangement extension in July. What alternatives did Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to briefly looking at retired life after conversations along with his family. During a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he clarified that it was predominantly his mommy who asked him to reexamine his playing profession. Eventually, he decided versus it as well as invested the 2023 offseason bulking up and training in a jiujitsu breakfall program to find out exactly how to fall without hitting his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to aid as he played in all of Miami's games final time, including a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he shed 14 extra pounds in an attempt to become more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with allies in the locker space and also remains in great feelings after enduring a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to return to the field, what hurdles will he have to crystal clear in trauma procedure? McDaniel said Tagovailoa is going to go through comprehensive screening and assessment just before they decide exactly how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is actually a five-step procedure that finishes in a staff's physician accepting a private neurological expert that a player can carefully play once more. The first step of the protocol is remainder and recovery "up until his signs and symptoms and also neurologic assessment" come back to "baseline status." The next measure is actually light aerobic physical exercise, observed by continuous cardio workout and intro of strength training. A gamer can easily come back to soccer tasks in the 4th action of the process, all of which are noncontact. The final measure is actually complete clearance, as soon as the doctor as well as nerve specialist concur the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they sign an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in upcoming full week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in product line to begin. Thompson began three games as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff loss while driving at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, who is authorized to their method team. There are actually free agent possibilities offered must Miami determine to produce another quarterback, significantly the staff's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed not commit to the option of participating in without Tagovailoa but showed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It's unlikely Miami will immediately produce yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, however it might include deepness if Tagovailoa is pushed to miss opportunity.