.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter dealing with the Buffalo Bills, before switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers hammered article writer for the Charlotte Onlooker gained the APSE award for breaking headlines and the South Carolina Media Association award for organization writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the third detected blast of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Bills. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the game in the 3rd quarter after a play in which he scrambled up the center for an initially down and also reduced his shoulder to trigger contact with Bills security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet created hard exposure to Hamlin's body, the quarterback quickly entered into a securing reaction, a term made use of to explain an individual's upper arms going into a strange position. Dolphins clinical instructors addressed him for numerous minutes as players knelt around him. He was essentially capable to stroll off the field and in to the crew's closet space under his very own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days till their following game against the Seat Seahawks yet could possibly dismiss Tagovailoa, no matter how he progresses via the league's trauma process. An assignment on the harmed reserve could be yet another opportunity considering his trauma past history." Today, [it] is much more about getting a proper step-by-step assessment and also taking it one day at a time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel said after the game. "The farthest point coming from my thoughts is what is the timeline. Our company just need to examine as well as simply think about my ally. ... Our company'll receive additional details [Friday] and then take it everyday coming from there." Here are four crucial concerns complying with Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's accident record? Tagovailoa was an applicant to become selected as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his last time at Alabama but endured a hip dislocation as well as bone fracture of the back wall of his hip outlet midway by means of the season. He was also identified with a blast and broken nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recouped in time to play for the Dolphins as a newbie however skipped 5 games in the course of his 1st 2 times as a result of various slight traumas. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed along with 2 traumas as well as took a 3rd smash hit to his scalp that eventually resulted in the NFL affecting its own trauma procedure. He really did not skip an activity during the course of the 2023 season, nevertheless, and got a four-year, $212.1 million arrangement extension in July. What alternatives did Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa admitted to for a while thinking about retired life after talks with his family. Throughout an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he cleared up that it was actually mainly his mom who inquired him to reevaluate his participating in job. Inevitably, he determined versus it and also invested the 2023 offseason bulking up and training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to find out exactly how to drop without reaching his head on the ground. The training seemed to aid as he played in each of Miami's activities last time, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 extra pounds in an effort to become a lot more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was speaking to colleagues in the closet area and also resides in good sens after experiencing a blast. If Tagovailoa intends to go back to the industry, what difficulties will he have to clear in concussion protocol? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will undertake complete testing and evaluation before they determine just how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation method is a five-step method that winds up in a group's medical professional concurring with an independent neurological consultant that a gamer can properly participate in again. The primary step of the protocol is actually rest as well as rehabilitation "until his symptoms and also neurologic assessment" go back to "baseline condition." The next action is actually light cardio exercise, adhered to through ongoing cardiovascular exercise and also introduction of durability instruction. A player may come back to regulation football activities in the fourth measure of the protocol, each one of which are actually noncontact. The last step is actually full clearance, as soon as the medical doctor and also nerve expert concur the gamer is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign yet another player? If Tagovailoa may certainly not play in following full week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in product line to begin. Thompson began 3 activities as a rookie in 2022, including a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their strategy squad. There are actually free agent alternatives on call should Miami make a decision to bring in another quarterback, notably the team's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not dedicate to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa but conveyed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami would immediately produce yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, however it could include depth if Tagovailoa is compelled to miss out on time.