.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Expenses, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammered article writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE honor for breaking news as well as the South Carolina Press Association honor for enterprise writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the third diagnosed blast of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Bills. Tagovailoa was ruled out of the video game in the third fourth after a play through which he scurried up the center for a to begin with down and reduced his shoulder to initiate contact with Expenses security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet produced hard contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback quickly went into a fencing feedback, a term made use of to describe a person's arms entering a strange setting. Dolphins clinical fitness instructors took care of him for numerous mins as gamers stoop around him. He was actually eventually able to walk off the area and in to the crew's storage locker space under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every video game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days till their following activity against the Seat Seahawks but could dismiss Tagovailoa, irrespective of just how he progresses via the organization's trauma procedure. A stint on the hurt reserve can be one more probability considering his trauma background." At this moment, [it] is actually much more regarding receiving a proper step-by-step analysis as well as taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel pointed out after the activity. "The furthest trait from my thoughts is what is the timeline. We simply need to have to analyze and also merely bother with my colleague. ... Our company'll receive even more information [Friday] and then take it daily coming from there." Here are four essential questions adhering to Tagovailoa's most current concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's trauma background? Tagovailoa was an applicant to be chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during the course of his ultimate season at Alabama yet suffered a hip misplacement and also fracture of the posterior wall structure of his hip socket midway through the season. He was additionally detected along with a trauma and also busted nose that year. Tagovailoa bounced back in time to bet the Dolphins as a novice yet missed out on five games throughout his very first two times due to several slight injuries. In 2022, he was detected with two blasts and also took a 3rd smash hit to his scalp that inevitably brought about the NFL altering its blast procedure. He didn't miss out on an activity during the course of the 2023 period, nevertheless, and also earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement expansion in July. What choices did Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa confessed to quickly looking at retired life after discussions with his family. During an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he cleared up that it was actually mainly his mommy that asked him to reexamine his participating in career. Eventually, he determined versus it as well as devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall program to learn how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The training seemed to help as he played in all of Miami's video games final season, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 pounds in an effort to be even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was speaking to allies in the locker area and also is in really good feelings after going through a trauma. If Tagovailoa intends to come back to the field, what hurdles will he have to crystal clear in blast process? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa is going to undertake in depth screening and assessment prior to they determine exactly how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step procedure that winds up in a group's doctor concurring with an individual nerve professional that a gamer can properly participate in once more. The primary step of the process is actually remainder and also rehabilitation "until his symptoms and signs as well as neurologic assessment" return to "baseline condition." The upcoming measure is sunny aerobic exercise, adhered to through ongoing cardiovascular physical exercise as well as overview of durability instruction. A player may come back to soccer tasks in the 4th action of the procedure, every one of which are noncontact. The final action is actually complete clearance, the moment the medical doctor and also nerve consultant acknowledge the player prepares. What are the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign one more player? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in next full week's activity versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in collection to start. Thompson began three games as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is signed to their method team. There are freelance alternatives on call ought to Miami choose to generate another quarterback, notably the staff's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not dedicate to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa but revealed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It's unlikely Miami will right away generate another quarterback to start over Thompson, but it could incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is actually forced to overlook time.