.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo grass Expenses, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte nc Onlooker gained the APSE honor for beating headlines as well as the South Carolina Press Organization honor for organization creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the 3rd detected concussion of his NFL profession on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the activity in the 3rd quarter after a play in which he clambered up the middle for an initially down and also decreased his shoulder to launch exchange Costs security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear created challenging exchange Hamlin's body, the quarterback quickly entered into a fencing feedback, a phrase made use of to describe an individual's arms entering into a strange posture. Dolphins clinical fitness instructors addressed him for several mins as gamers knelt around him. He was actually inevitably able to stroll off the area and also in to the group's storage locker area under his own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times up until their following game against the Seattle Seahawks however can dismiss Tagovailoa, irrespective of exactly how he proceeds through the organization's blast process. A stint on the hurt reservoir might be an additional opportunity considering his trauma past history." Now, [it] is more concerning acquiring an appropriate procedural analysis and taking it eventually at once," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel mentioned after the video game. "The farthest factor coming from my mind is what is actually the timeline. Our company only need to have to analyze and also only stress over my colleague. ... Our company'll obtain even more information [Friday] and afterwards take it day after day from there." Listed here are 4 key concerns adhering to Tagovailoa's newest trauma. What is Tagovailoa's trauma past? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft in the course of his last season at Alabama yet suffered a hip disconnection as well as bone fracture of the back wall surface of his hip socket midway by means of the period. He was likewise detected with a trauma and also damaged nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recouped in time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie but missed 5 activities during the course of his 1st pair of seasons due to a variety of minor personal injuries. In 2022, he was actually identified along with pair of concussions and also took a 3rd favorite to his head that inevitably triggered the NFL altering its trauma process. He didn't skip a video game during the course of the 2023 time, nonetheless, as well as made a four-year, $212.1 million agreement expansion in July. What options performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa accepted to temporarily thinking about retirement life after discussions with his family. During an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he cleared up that it was actually predominantly his mom who asked him to reassess his playing career. Essentially, he determined versus it and also spent the 2023 offseason expanding and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall program to discover just how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The instruction appeared to aid as he played in all of Miami's video games final period, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he shed 14 pounds in an attempt to be extra mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking to allies in the locker room and remains in really good sens after experiencing a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to come back to the industry, what obstacles will he have to crystal clear in blast procedure? McDaniel stated Tagovailoa will definitely go through comprehensive screening and examination before they decide exactly how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step method that winds up in a staff's physician accepting an individual neurological specialist that a gamer may carefully participate in again. The primary step of the method is remainder and also recuperation "till his symptoms as well as neurologic assessment" come back to "baseline condition." The upcoming action is light aerobic physical exercise, complied with by ongoing cardiovascular workout and also introduction of strength instruction. A player may go back to soccer tasks in the fourth step of the procedure, each of which are actually noncontact. The ultimate action is complete authorization, once the physician as well as neurological expert concede the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign yet another gamer? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in next week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to begin. Thompson began three activities as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff loss when driving at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is signed to their strategy team. There are freelance options available should Miami make a decision to bring in another quarterback, significantly the staff's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did not devote to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa however expressed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It's unlikely Miami would promptly introduce yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it could add intensity if Tagovailoa is required to miss time.