.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter covering the Buffalo grass Bills, prior to changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered article writer for the Charlotte nc Observer succeeded the APSE honor for beating updates and also the South Carolina Press Organization award for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the 3rd diagnosed trauma of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was ruled out of the video game in the 3rd quarter after a play in which he clambered up the middle for an initially down as well as reduced his shoulder to launch exposure to Costs security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet created difficult exchange Hamlin's body system, the quarterback promptly entered into a securing feedback, a phrase utilized to define a person's upper arms entering a strange placement. Dolphins medical coaches attended to him for many moments as gamers knelt around him. He was essentially able to stroll off the industry and also into the group's storage locker space under his personal electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days till their next game against the Seattle Seahawks but could eliminate Tagovailoa, despite exactly how he progresses via the organization's concussion procedure. A stint on the wounded reserve might be one more probability considering his personal injury past." At this moment, [it] is actually even more regarding acquiring an effective step-by-step assessment as well as taking it eventually at once," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The farthest point from my thoughts is what is the timeline. We merely require to review and also just stress over my colleague. ... Our team'll acquire more info [Friday] and after that take it day by day coming from certainly there." Right here are actually four essential questions adhering to Tagovailoa's newest blast. What is Tagovailoa's injury past history? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to become decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft in the course of his last time at Alabama yet suffered a hip misplacement and fracture of the posterior wall structure of his hip socket midway through the season. He was actually also diagnosed along with a blast as well as broken nose that year. Tagovailoa bounced back over time to play for the Dolphins as a novice yet missed out on five video games in the course of his very first 2 periods as a result of several small accidents. In 2022, he was detected along with pair of concussions and also took a 3rd favorite to his head that ultimately triggered the NFL changing its trauma method. He failed to miss a video game in the course of the 2023 time, nonetheless, and got a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement extension in July. What options did Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa acknowledged to temporarily considering retirement after discussions along with his household. During the course of a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he made clear that it was primarily his mommy that inquired him to reexamine his participating in career. Ultimately, he determined against it and also devoted the 2023 offseason expanding and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to discover how to drop without reaching his head on the ground. The instruction seemed to be to aid as he played in every of Miami's video games last time, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he lost 14 pounds in an attempt to be more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking to teammates in the storage locker space and remains in good spirits after going through a concussion. If Tagovailoa intends to return to the field, what obstacles will he must crystal clear in blast protocol? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa will certainly undergo in depth testing and assessment prior to they make a decision just how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step method that culminates in a staff's physician concurring with an independent nerve expert that a player may safely participate in once more. The primary step of the method is actually rest and recovery "until his symptoms and signs as well as neurologic exam" go back to "baseline status." The following step is actually sunny cardio exercise, observed by continued aerobic workout and introduction of stamina training. A gamer can go back to football tasks in the 4th action of the procedure, every one of which are noncontact. The final action is full clearance, when the doctor and also neurological specialist acknowledge the player prepares. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional player? If Tagovailoa may certainly not play in following full week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in line to begin. Thompson started 3 games as a rookie in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss while driving at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is actually authorized to their practice squad. There are actually free agent options on call ought to Miami choose to generate yet another quarterback, especially the team's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not devote to the probability of participating in without Tagovailoa however shared the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami will quickly bring in an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, but it might incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is obliged to overlook time.