.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter covering the Buffalo Costs, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat article writer for the Charlotte nc Viewer succeeded the APSE award for beating updates and also the South Carolina Press Association award for organization creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd detected trauma of his NFL profession on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the video game in the third fourth after a play in which he rushed up the center for an initially down as well as reduced his shoulder to trigger exchange Expenses security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet made tough exposure to Hamlin's body, the quarterback quickly entered into a fencing response, a term utilized to describe a person's arms entering into a strange placement. Dolphins health care instructors attended to him for many moments as players knelt around him. He was essentially able to stroll off the area as well as right into the staff's locker area under his own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days until their next video game versus the Seattle Seahawks yet might eliminate Tagovailoa, despite how he proceeds through the game's concussion process. An assignment on the hurt reserve may be one more opportunity considering his trauma record." At the moment, [it] is actually even more about receiving an appropriate procedural assessment as well as taking it someday each time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel mentioned after the game. "The furthest trait coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. Our company just need to review as well as only think about my ally. ... Our company'll receive more details [Friday] and after that take it each day coming from certainly there." Listed below are actually four vital inquiries adhering to Tagovailoa's latest trauma. What is Tagovailoa's accident history? Tagovailoa was an applicant to become picked as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft throughout his last season at Alabama however went through a hip misplacement and also fracture of the posterior wall surface of his hip socket midway by means of the time. He was actually also diagnosed with a blast and broken nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped eventually to bet the Dolphins as a rookie however missed out on five games during the course of his initial pair of seasons as a result of a variety of small traumas. In 2022, he was actually detected along with two traumas as well as took a third hit to his head that essentially triggered the NFL modifying its concussion process. He really did not miss an activity in the course of the 2023 period, having said that, and also earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract expansion in July. What possibilities performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa accepted to quickly thinking about retirement after conversations along with his loved ones. During the course of a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he made clear that it was mainly his mom that asked him to reevaluate his playing job. Essentially, he determined versus it and devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to discover how to drop without attacking his head on the ground. The training seemed to assist as he played in every of Miami's activities last time, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Athletics he shed 14 pounds in an initiative to become a lot more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was speaking with allies in the closet room and also resides in good sens after suffering a concussion. If Tagovailoa would like to come back to the industry, what hurdles will he must crystal clear in concussion method? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will undertake in depth screening and also examination prior to they determine how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is a five-step procedure that finishes in a staff's doctor accepting an individual nerve specialist that a gamer can safely and securely play once more. The 1st step of the procedure is rest as well as recovery "up until his signs and symptoms and neurologic examination" come back to "baseline status." The upcoming action is light cardiovascular workout, observed through continuous aerobic exercise and also introduction of strength instruction. A player may go back to soccer activities in the fourth action of the process, each of which are actually noncontact. The last action is full clearance, the moment the physician as well as nerve specialist agree the player prepares. What are the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they sign one more gamer? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in next full week's game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in series to start. Thompson started 3 video games as a rookie in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss while driving at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, who is actually authorized to their practice squad. There are freelance possibilities accessible should Miami determine to introduce an additional quarterback, significantly the team's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not devote to the option of playing without Tagovailoa yet revealed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually unlikely Miami would immediately produce yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, but it can incorporate deepness if Tagovailoa is obliged to overlook time.