.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Bills, prior to changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer succeeded the APSE award for beating news as well as the South Carolina Media Organization award for business creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the 3rd diagnosed concussion of his NFL occupation on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was eliminated of the game in the 3rd quarter after a play in which he rushed up the center for an initially down and lowered his shoulder to trigger contact with Expenses protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet helped make difficult exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback right away entered into a securing action, a condition made use of to illustrate a person's upper arms entering into an abnormal posture. Dolphins health care coaches took care of him for numerous minutes as gamers knelt around him. He was actually essentially capable to stroll off the area and in to the group's locker room under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days until their following game versus the Seattle Seahawks yet can dismiss Tagovailoa, no matter just how he proceeds through the organization's blast protocol. An assignment on the wounded reservoir can be one more option considering his injury background." Right now, [it] is a lot more about obtaining an effective procedural examination as well as taking it someday at once," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel claimed after the game. "The furthest point coming from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our company merely need to have to assess and also only stress over my teammate. ... Our company'll get even more info [Friday] and afterwards take it daily from there." Right here are 4 crucial concerns observing Tagovailoa's latest trauma. What is Tagovailoa's accident record? Tagovailoa was actually a candidate to be picked as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his final season at Alabama but suffered a hip disconnection and fracture of the back wall surface of his hip outlet midway via the period. He was actually also detected along with a trauma and faulty nose that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie yet missed five video games during the course of his initial 2 times as a result of numerous small accidents. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed with 2 concussions as well as took a third smash hit to his scalp that inevitably caused the NFL affecting its own concussion protocol. He didn't miss out on a game during the course of the 2023 season, nonetheless, as well as earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement expansion in July. What choices performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa admitted to briefly thinking about retirement life after chats with his loved ones. During the course of a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he cleared up that it was actually mainly his mama that inquired him to reconsider his playing profession. Eventually, he made a decision against it and also spent the 2023 offseason expanding and training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to know how to fall without reaching his head on the ground. The training seemed to assist as he played in all of Miami's video games final season, including a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he lost 14 pounds in an attempt to become a lot more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was talking to allies in the locker space as well as remains in great spirits after going through a trauma. If Tagovailoa wants to go back to the industry, what hurdles will he must clear in concussion process? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will undertake extensive testing and also assessment just before they decide exactly how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation method is a five-step method that finishes in a staff's medical doctor concurring with an individual nerve consultant that a player can properly play once more. The primary step of the procedure is actually rest as well as recovery "up until his symptoms as well as neurologic examination" come back to "baseline condition." The following step is actually light aerobic physical exercise, observed by continuing aerobic physical exercise and also introduction of stamina training. A player can easily go back to soccer tasks in the 4th step of the process, each one of which are actually noncontact. The last action is total clearance, once the medical doctor as well as neurological specialist concur the gamer is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they authorize yet another player? If Tagovailoa can not play in upcoming full week's activity versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to begin. Thompson began 3 games as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction when driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is actually authorized to their practice team. There are actually free agent options on call should Miami make a decision to produce yet another quarterback, significantly the group's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed not dedicate to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa yet conveyed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It's improbable Miami will immediately produce an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, but it might include deepness if Tagovailoa is obliged to miss out on opportunity.