.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter covering the Buffalo Costs, before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte Onlooker gained the APSE award for beating news as well as the South Carolina Media Affiliation honor for business writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd identified concussion of his NFL profession on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the game in the third quarter after a play in which he scurried up the center for an initially down and reduced his shoulder to launch exposure to Bills protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear helped make challenging exchange Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback quickly entered a fencing response, a term made use of to explain a person's arms entering into an abnormal position. Dolphins clinical trainers took care of him for numerous moments as gamers knelt around him. He was actually eventually able to walk off the area as well as into the team's storage locker space under his own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times till their upcoming activity against the Seat Seahawks however could possibly eliminate Tagovailoa, no matter how he proceeds through the league's blast process. A stint on the injured reserve could be one more opportunity considering his personal injury record." Immediately, [it] is extra regarding receiving a proper procedural examination and taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel pointed out after the video game. "The furthest factor coming from my thoughts is what is the timetable. We just need to have to analyze as well as just think about my ally. ... Our company'll acquire more relevant information [Friday] and afterwards take it day by day coming from certainly there." Listed here are actually 4 key questions complying with Tagovailoa's most current blast. What is Tagovailoa's injury record? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be selected as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his final season at Alabama but experienced a hip disconnection and also bone fracture of the posterior wall surface of his hip socket midway with the period. He was likewise identified with a trauma and also defective nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to play for the Dolphins as a novice but missed five video games during the course of his very first two times as a result of several slight injuries. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed with pair of blasts and also took a third smash hit to his head that inevitably caused the NFL modifying its own blast protocol. He didn't miss an activity throughout the 2023 season, nonetheless, as well as got a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract extension in July. What options carried out Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa confessed to quickly taking into consideration retirement after conversations with his family. During the course of a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Series" last month, he made clear that it was primarily his mom that inquired him to reconsider his participating in profession. Inevitably, he determined against it and spent the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to find out exactly how to drop without reaching his head on the ground. The training appeared to help as he played in each of Miami's video games final time, including a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he lost 14 pounds in an initiative to be more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was speaking with colleagues in the storage locker area as well as remains in excellent spirits after suffering a concussion. If Tagovailoa would like to come back to the industry, what obstacles will he have to crystal clear in concussion protocol? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will go through detailed screening and also examination before they choose just how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step process that finishes in a staff's physician concurring with a private neurological professional that a gamer can carefully participate in once more. The first step of the protocol is actually remainder and also recovery "until his symptoms and signs and also neurologic exam" return to "baseline status." The upcoming action is sunny cardio workout, observed by continued cardiovascular exercise and also overview of toughness instruction. A gamer may return to regulation football tasks in the 4th action of the method, all of which are actually noncontact. The final action is actually full approval, the moment the doctor and nerve specialist concede the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they authorize another gamer? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in upcoming full week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in collection to start. Thompson began three games as a rookie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their method team. There are actually freelance choices available should Miami decide to produce one more quarterback, significantly the team's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not commit to the probability of participating in without Tagovailoa however expressed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami will immediately produce an additional quarterback to begin again Thompson, however it might add deepness if Tagovailoa is actually pushed to miss opportunity.