.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 12, 2024, 10:31 PM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter dealing with the Buffalo Costs, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammer author for the Charlotte Observer succeeded the APSE award for breaking headlines and also the South Carolina Press Association award for venture writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa left Thursday night's 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs after enduring a trauma in the 3rd fourth, the 3rd detected concussion of his NFL career.Late in the third quarter, Tagovailoa scurried up the middle for a first down as well as reduced his shoulder to trigger exposure to Costs protection Damar Hamlin. Tagovailoa's headgear created challenging exposure to Hamlin's physical body, as well as the quarterback right away went into a secure fencing feedback with his arms in an unnatural position.Dolphins clinical instructors attended to him for several minutes as gamers knelt around him. He was essentially able to stroll off the industry under his very own power and also into the group's storage locker space. He was promptly dismissed for the game.Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will obtain "proper step-by-step assessment" and also "appropriate care" on Friday.Editor's Picks2 Related" The farthest thing coming from my mind is, 'What is actually the timeline?' Our experts just require to examine and merely fret about my teammate, like the rest of the people are actually," McDaniel stated. "Our team'll acquire additional information tomorrow as well as take it daily from here." Some players viewed Tagovailoa in the locker space after the video game and also said they were promoted. Tagovailoa consulted with some players and then went home after the activity, McDaniel stated." I possess a ton of affection for Tua, built a wonderful partnership along with him," pointed out quarterback Skylar Thompson, that substituted Tagovailoa after the injury. "You appreciate the person greater than the player and also everyone in the organization would claim the exact same factor. Only truly wishing Tua as well as perhaps everything will certainly come out okay." Tagovailoa was the target of wide-spread interest in 2022, when he reached the rear of his directly the ground in a game versus the Bills. He located his back to the Dolphins' huddle and briefly left behind the activity prior to returning coming from what was actually called a back injury.The NFL and also NFLPA opened up a joint examination right into exactly how Tagovailoa was actually taken care of, resulting in the NFLPA exercising its own right to fire the unaffiliated neurological expert who got rid of Tagovailoa to go back to the game. The NFL additionally altered its own blast plan to include an ataxia clause-- allowing a lookout to have gamers taken out from the activity if they show particular trauma symptoms.Four days later, Tagovailoa reached the back of his head on the ground in comparable manner throughout an activity versus the Cincinnati Bengals as well as was actually temporarily delivered unconscious. He was actually taken to a regional hospital and also detected with a blast. Afterward, McDaniel and the Dolphins attracted hefty criticism for enabling him to play.Tagovailoa sat out two activities prior to going back to the area yet suffered another blast in the course of a Dec. 25 game versus the Veggie Bay Packers. This time around, the Dolphins shut him down for the remainder of the season.Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa left Thursday night's video game after going through the third detected concussion of his NFL career. AP Photo/Lynne SladkyTagovailoa stated he briefly thought about retirement life after the 2022 season after talks with his family members. Throughout an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Series," he clarified that his mother inquired him to take into consideration resigning. He chose against it as well as devoted the offseason bulking up as well as training in jiu-jitsu to find out just how to drop without striking his directly the ground.The training functioned he participated in all 17 regular-season games in 2023 and the Dolphins' playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, he signed a four-year, $212.1 million contract extension, creating him the highest-paid player in franchise history.McDaniel stated it is actually not his place to mention if Tagovailoa should go back to football. "He'll be actually examined as well as we'll possess chats and also improvement as suitable," McDaniel mentioned." If you understand Tua beyond football, you can not help however sample of him," Bills quarterback Josh Allen said on Amazon.com complying with the activity. "He is actually a terrific soccer gamer yet he's an even greater person. He's one of the best human beings in the world. I have actually obtained a bunch of affection for him as well as I'm just wishing him as well as his loved ones, hoping every thing's OK. However it's tough, man. This game of soccer that our experts play, it's acquired its own highs as well as it is actually received its own lows-- and this is one of the lows." The Associated Push resulted in this report.