.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter covering the Buffalo grass Costs, before switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte nc Viewer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Media Organization award for organization writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the 3rd identified concussion of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was eliminated of the video game in the third quarter after a play in which he scrambled up the middle for a first down and also lowered his shoulder to trigger exposure to Expenses safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet made challenging contact with Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback quickly entered into a securing action, a phrase utilized to define a person's arms going into an abnormal posture. Dolphins medical personal trainers attended to him for many mins as gamers stoop around him. He was actually essentially able to stroll off the area as well as in to the crew's closet space under his personal energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times until their following video game against the Seattle Seahawks yet could possibly dismiss Tagovailoa, irrespective of how he advances through the game's trauma method. A stint on the injured reserve may be one more opportunity considering his trauma past." Now, [it] is much more about getting an appropriate step-by-step analysis as well as taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel claimed after the activity. "The farthest trait coming from my mind is what is actually the timeline. Our company just require to review and also just think about my teammate. ... We'll obtain more relevant information [Friday] and afterwards take it everyday coming from there certainly." Listed here are four key questions following Tagovailoa's most current concussion. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury past? Tagovailoa was an applicant to be picked as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during the course of his last time at Alabama however experienced a hip dislocation and also fracture of the posterior wall surface of his hip socket midway with the season. He was likewise identified along with a blast and damaged nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped on time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie but skipped 5 video games during his initial two times due to numerous small accidents. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed along with two blasts and also took a third hit to his head that inevitably led to the NFL affecting its trauma process. He didn't miss out on an activity during the course of the 2023 time, nevertheless, and got a four-year, $212.1 million deal extension in July. What alternatives performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa accepted to for a while looking at retirement life after chats along with his family. In the course of an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he cleared up that it was mainly his mama that asked him to reassess his participating in career. Ultimately, he chose against it and also invested the 2023 offseason expanding as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall program to know exactly how to fall without reaching his directly the ground. The training seemed to be to help as he played with all of Miami's games final period, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he lost 14 extra pounds in an initiative to be more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great sens' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking to colleagues in the closet space and is in really good spirits after suffering a concussion. If Tagovailoa wants to go back to the area, what obstacles will he need to very clear in concussion method? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will undergo complete testing as well as assessment prior to they choose exactly how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is actually a five-step method that culminates in a team's medical professional concurring with a private neurological specialist that a player may safely and securely play once more. The first step of the method is actually remainder as well as healing "up until his symptoms and signs and also neurologic assessment" go back to "baseline status." The upcoming step is actually light cardiovascular physical exercise, complied with by continuing cardio physical exercise and overview of toughness instruction. A player may return to soccer activities in the fourth step of the protocol, every one of which are noncontact. The last measure is actually total approval, the moment the physician as well as neurological consultant concede the player prepares. What are the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa can not play in following full week's video game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in collection to start. Thompson started 3 activities as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss while driving at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is actually authorized to their method squad. There are free agent possibilities on call must Miami determine to generate another quarterback, notably the crew's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not devote to the possibility of participating in without Tagovailoa but expressed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It's unlikely Miami would immediately introduce an additional quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it could incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is compelled to overlook opportunity.