.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, prior to changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers hammered article writer for the Charlotte Observer succeeded the APSE honor for breaking information as well as the South Carolina Media Association honor for organization creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the 3rd diagnosed blast of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the video game in the third one-fourth after a play in which he scrambled up the center for an initially down as well as decreased his shoulder to initiate contact with Expenses safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet helped make hard contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback immediately entered a securing feedback, a condition utilized to illustrate an individual's arms entering a strange setting. Dolphins health care coaches took care of him for many minutes as players knelt around him. He was actually ultimately capable to stroll off the industry and also right into the staff's locker room under his personal energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every video game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days till their next activity against the Seat Seahawks yet can eliminate Tagovailoa, regardless of how he proceeds through the organization's trauma procedure. A stint on the harmed reservoir may be one more possibility considering his accident past history." Today, [it] is actually a lot more regarding receiving a suitable step-by-step examination and also taking it 1 day at a time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel claimed after the game. "The farthest factor coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timeline. Our team simply need to examine and simply worry about my colleague. ... We'll acquire more details [Friday] and then take it each day from there." Right here are four essential inquiries complying with Tagovailoa's most recent concussion. What is Tagovailoa's trauma record? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to become decided on as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his final time at Alabama but endured a hip disconnection and crack of the posterior wall of his hip outlet midway via the season. He was also identified with a concussion and broken nose that year. Tagovailoa recovered eventually to play for the Dolphins as a newbie but skipped 5 activities in the course of his first 2 periods due to a variety of slight traumas. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed with pair of traumas as well as took a 3rd favorite to his head that inevitably brought about the NFL altering its concussion procedure. He didn't skip a video game throughout the 2023 time, however, and also made a four-year, $212.1 million contract extension in July. What choices carried out Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to quickly looking at retirement after conversations along with his loved ones. During a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he clarified that it was mostly his mom that asked him to reevaluate his playing occupation. Essentially, he decided versus it and also devoted the 2023 offseason expanding and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to learn just how to fall without striking his directly the ground. The training seemed to aid as he played in every of Miami's video games last period, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 pounds in an initiative to become more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with allies in the closet area and also is in excellent spirits after enduring a blast. If Tagovailoa would like to come back to the field, what hurdles will he need to crystal clear in trauma method? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa will undergo comprehensive testing and examination before they make a decision just how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is a five-step process that finishes in a team's medical doctor accepting a private nerve professional that a gamer may securely play again. The initial step of the method is actually rest as well as rehabilitation "until his symptoms and also neurologic examination" return to "baseline condition." The following action is actually light cardiovascular workout, followed through continuous aerobic exercise as well as overview of durability instruction. A gamer can easily come back to football tasks in the 4th action of the method, each one of which are noncontact. The ultimate step is actually total approval, once the physician as well as neurological professional concede the player is ready. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize yet another player? If Tagovailoa may not play in next week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in line to begin. Thompson started three games as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, who is actually authorized to their strategy team. There are actually freelance options on call ought to Miami choose to generate an additional quarterback, notably the staff's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not commit to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa however expressed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually unexpected Miami would quickly bring in another quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it might incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is actually forced to miss time.