.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte Observer gained the APSE honor for beating updates and the South Carolina Media Association award for business writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the third identified blast of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was ruled out of the game in the 3rd quarter after a play through which he rushed up the middle for an initially down as well as reduced his shoulder to start contact with Bills safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet produced hard contact with Hamlin's body, the quarterback quickly entered into a securing feedback, a condition utilized to explain an individual's upper arms entering into an abnormal setting. Dolphins health care instructors addressed him for numerous minutes as gamers knelt around him. He was actually inevitably able to walk off the area and also right into the staff's closet room under his very own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days until their next activity against the Seat Seahawks however could dismiss Tagovailoa, irrespective of just how he advances with the league's trauma method. A job on the wounded reserve might be an additional possibility considering his injury past." Right now, [it] is actually a lot more about receiving an appropriate procedural assessment and taking it 1 day at a time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel pointed out after the activity. "The outermost point from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our experts merely need to have to assess as well as merely think about my teammate. ... We'll acquire even more relevant information [Friday] and afterwards take it daily from certainly there." Right here are actually 4 key concerns following Tagovailoa's most up-to-date concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury past history? Tagovailoa was an applicant to become selected as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during his ultimate season at Alabama however went through a hip misplacement and fracture of the rear end wall of his hip socket midway with the time. He was additionally diagnosed along with a blast and busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa bounced back over time to play for the Dolphins as a novice however missed 5 games during the course of his very first two periods as a result of different slight injuries. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed along with 2 blasts and took a 3rd favorite to his head that inevitably brought about the NFL modifying its own blast procedure. He failed to skip a game during the 2023 season, nevertheless, as well as earned a four-year, $212.1 million agreement expansion in July. What alternatives performed Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa acknowledged to quickly taking into consideration retirement life after talks along with his loved ones. During the course of a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he made clear that it was mainly his mommy who inquired him to reexamine his playing occupation. Inevitably, he determined against it as well as devoted the 2023 offseason expanding as well as instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to discover just how to fall without attacking his directly the ground. The instruction appeared to aid as he played with all of Miami's video games final period, including a playoff loss to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he shed 14 pounds in an effort to be extra mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great sens' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was speaking with teammates in the closet space and resides in great sens after suffering a concussion. If Tagovailoa desires to come back to the field, what difficulties will he have to crystal clear in blast protocol? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa is going to undergo extensive screening and analysis just before they decide exactly how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is actually a five-step method that culminates in a group's physician concurring with a private nerve specialist that a player may securely play once more. The first step of the procedure is actually rest as well as recuperation "up until his symptoms and also neurologic assessment" come back to "baseline condition." The next step is light cardiovascular workout, complied with through continued aerobic exercise as well as intro of durability instruction. A gamer can easily return to regulation football tasks in the 4th action of the process, all of which are actually noncontact. The ultimate action is complete authorization, as soon as the physician as well as neurological professional agree the gamer is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize another player? If Tagovailoa may not play in next full week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in line to start. Thompson began 3 games as a rookie in 2022, including a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their strategy team. There are actually free agent possibilities available need to Miami make a decision to introduce an additional quarterback, particularly the crew's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not devote to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa yet conveyed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It's unexpected Miami would quickly introduce an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, but it could possibly add deepness if Tagovailoa is forced to overlook time.