.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Bills, just before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat article writer for the Charlotte Viewer won the APSE award for beating headlines and also the South Carolina Press Affiliation award for enterprise writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the 3rd identified trauma of his NFL job on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Expenses. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the video game in the 3rd one-fourth after a play in which he rushed up the center for an initially down as well as lowered his shoulder to start exchange Costs protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear created challenging contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback instantly entered a securing reaction, a term utilized to illustrate a person's arms entering into an abnormal setting. Dolphins health care trainers attended to him for many mins as players stoop around him. He was eventually able to stroll off the area and also in to the team's closet space under his own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times till their upcoming game versus the Seattle Seahawks yet can dismiss Tagovailoa, no matter how he progresses with the league's blast protocol. A job on the injured reservoir can be an additional opportunity considering his personal injury background." Today, [it] is a lot more regarding receiving a suitable procedural assessment and also taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel claimed after the game. "The outermost trait from my mind is what is the timetable. We just require to examine and only fret about my colleague. ... Our experts'll acquire more relevant information [Friday] and after that take it day by day coming from certainly there." Right here are 4 essential questions adhering to Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury background? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become chosen as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his ultimate time at Alabama however went through a hip disconnection and also fracture of the back wall surface of his hip socket midway via the period. He was actually additionally diagnosed along with a concussion and also faulty nose that year. Tagovailoa recovered over time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie however missed five activities during the course of his initial two times due to different slight personal injuries. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed along with 2 blasts as well as took a 3rd favorite to his head that essentially brought about the NFL altering its trauma protocol. He didn't overlook a video game in the course of the 2023 period, nevertheless, and got a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract extension in July. What options performed Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa acknowledged to quickly taking into consideration retirement life after chats along with his household. During the course of an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he cleared up that it was actually primarily his mama that asked him to reconsider his participating in occupation. Eventually, he chose against it and spent the 2023 offseason expanding and training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to learn just how to drop without attacking his directly the ground. The training seemed to aid as he played with all of Miami's games last time, including a playoff loss to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he lost 14 pounds in an attempt to be extra mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking to colleagues in the locker space and remains in great sens after suffering a concussion. If Tagovailoa intends to go back to the industry, what obstacles will he need to very clear in blast method? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa is going to undergo thorough screening as well as assessment just before they determine just how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is a five-step process that finishes in a team's medical professional accepting an independent neurological consultant that a player may carefully play once again. The primary step of the procedure is rest as well as recovery "until his symptoms as well as neurologic assessment" go back to "baseline standing." The following action is actually sunny aerobic exercise, adhered to by continuous aerobic workout as well as intro of stamina training. A player can return to football tasks in the fourth measure of the method, each one of which are noncontact. The last step is actually full clearance, when the medical professional and nerve professional concur the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they authorize yet another gamer? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in following week's activity versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in collection to start. Thompson started three games as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction when driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is actually authorized to their strategy team. There are free agent alternatives available should Miami choose to produce one more quarterback, particularly the group's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not devote to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa however conveyed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami would promptly produce one more quarterback to start over Thompson, however it could possibly include depth if Tagovailoa is compelled to miss out on time.