.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter dealing with the Buffalo Expenses, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Onlooker succeeded the APSE award for beating news and also the South Carolina Press Organization honor for enterprise writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the 3rd detected blast of his NFL profession on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was eliminated of the game in the third fourth after a play in which he clambered up the center for a first down and also decreased his shoulder to start contact with Costs security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear produced hard exposure to Hamlin's body, the quarterback immediately entered into a fencing action, a term utilized to illustrate a person's upper arms entering into a strange position. Dolphins health care personal trainers addressed him for several mins as gamers knelt around him. He was actually essentially capable to walk off the industry and also in to the staff's storage locker room under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times till their next game versus the Seat Seahawks but could eliminate Tagovailoa, irrespective of exactly how he progresses through the game's concussion procedure. A job on the harmed reservoir may be yet another possibility considering his injury record." Right now, [it] is actually more concerning receiving an effective procedural examination and also taking it one day at once," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel pointed out after the video game. "The furthest point coming from my thoughts is what is the timetable. We just need to assess as well as only bother with my colleague. ... Our team'll acquire even more details [Friday] and then take it each day coming from there certainly." Below are actually 4 essential concerns adhering to Tagovailoa's latest trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's injury history? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become selected as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft throughout his final period at Alabama yet endured a hip dislocation and also bone fracture of the back wall of his hip socket midway via the time. He was likewise diagnosed along with a trauma as well as busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa bounced back over time to bet the Dolphins as a novice but missed out on 5 video games in the course of his first two seasons as a result of several slight injuries. In 2022, he was actually identified with pair of traumas and also took a third smash hit to his scalp that inevitably resulted in the NFL changing its own trauma protocol. He didn't miss a video game during the 2023 period, nevertheless, and made a four-year, $212.1 million arrangement extension in July. What choices carried out Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa acknowledged to quickly considering retirement life after chats along with his family members. During an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he cleared up that it was largely his mama that inquired him to reexamine his participating in occupation. Ultimately, he chose against it as well as invested the 2023 offseason expanding and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to learn how to fall without striking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to be to help as he played in each of Miami's games last time, including a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he dropped 14 extra pounds in an initiative to be much more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking with teammates in the locker space and also resides in really good feelings after experiencing a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to return to the area, what difficulties will he must clear in concussion protocol? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa is going to undergo extensive screening and also analysis just before they decide how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is a five-step method that culminates in a crew's medical doctor accepting an independent neurological specialist that a player may securely participate in once again. The first step of the procedure is actually rest and recuperation "up until his symptoms and neurologic examination" return to "baseline status." The next step is sunny cardiovascular workout, complied with by continuing cardio exercise as well as overview of strength training. A gamer can easily come back to regulation football activities in the fourth step of the procedure, every one of which are actually noncontact. The last measure is actually complete clearance, as soon as the medical professional as well as neurological specialist acknowledge the gamer is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional player? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in upcoming week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in line to begin. Thompson started 3 video games as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction when driving at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their strategy team. There are free agent choices on call should Miami choose to introduce one more quarterback, especially the team's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not devote to the possibility of participating in without Tagovailoa yet revealed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually unexpected Miami would immediately produce yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could possibly incorporate deepness if Tagovailoa is actually compelled to overlook time.