.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Bills, just before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte nc Onlooker won the APSE honor for breaking headlines as well as the South Carolina Media Association award for company creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the 3rd detected trauma of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Expenses. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the game in the third fourth after a play in which he rushed up the center for an initially down and also lowered his shoulder to start contact with Costs security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet made challenging exchange Hamlin's body, the quarterback right away entered a securing action, a phrase made use of to define a person's upper arms entering an abnormal posture. Dolphins clinical instructors took care of him for numerous mins as players knelt around him. He was essentially capable to walk off the field and in to the staff's closet room under his personal power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times up until their next video game against the Seattle Seahawks however could rule out Tagovailoa, regardless of just how he advances with the game's trauma procedure. A job on the hurt reserve may be one more opportunity considering his trauma history." Today, [it] is much more concerning obtaining a correct procedural assessment and taking it someday each time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel said after the video game. "The farthest trait from my mind is what is actually the timetable. We just need to have to review as well as just stress over my colleague. ... Our company'll get more relevant information [Friday] and afterwards take it daily coming from there certainly." Below are four crucial inquiries complying with Tagovailoa's latest blast. What is Tagovailoa's trauma history? Tagovailoa was actually a candidate to become picked as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his last time at Alabama but experienced a hip disconnection and bone fracture of the back wall surface of his hip outlet midway through the period. He was actually also identified along with a concussion and faulty nostrils that year. Tagovailoa bounced back on time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie but missed 5 video games during his initial two seasons because of numerous slight accidents. In 2022, he was detected with pair of traumas and took a 3rd hit to his head that inevitably led to the NFL modifying its own blast method. He failed to skip a game during the course of the 2023 time, having said that, and got a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract extension in July. What options performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa acknowledged to briefly looking at retired life after conversations along with his family members. In the course of an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he clarified that it was largely his mama who inquired him to reexamine his playing career. Inevitably, he chose versus it as well as spent the 2023 offseason expanding and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to find out just how to fall without striking his head on the ground. The instruction appeared to aid as he played with all of Miami's games final time, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he lost 14 extra pounds in an effort to become even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking with allies in the closet room and remains in good sens after enduring a trauma. If Tagovailoa wishes to come back to the area, what difficulties will he have to crystal clear in concussion process? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa will definitely undergo detailed screening and evaluation before they choose just how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is a five-step method that culminates in a crew's medical professional accepting a private nerve expert that a gamer can properly play once again. The initial step of the protocol is actually remainder as well as rehabilitation "until his symptoms and neurologic examination" return to "baseline standing." The upcoming action is actually sunny aerobic physical exercise, followed by continued aerobic workout as well as overview of strength instruction. A gamer can come back to regulation football activities in the fourth step of the method, each one of which are noncontact. The final action is total clearance, as soon as the medical professional as well as nerve expert concede the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional player? If Tagovailoa may not play in next full week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in product line to start. Thompson started 3 games as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their method team. There are freelance alternatives available need to Miami decide to generate one more quarterback, especially the staff's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not commit to the probability of participating in without Tagovailoa but revealed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami will immediately bring in another quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it could possibly include depth if Tagovailoa is compelled to miss out on opportunity.