.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Expenses, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte Observer gained the APSE honor for beating information and the South Carolina Press Affiliation award for company writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the third diagnosed blast of his NFL profession on Thursday evening in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Bills. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the activity in the third one-fourth after a play through which he clambered up the center for a first down and also decreased his shoulder to trigger exposure to Costs protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear created hard contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback promptly entered into a securing feedback, a phrase utilized to describe a person's upper arms entering into an unnatural position. Dolphins health care personal trainers attended to him for several mins as gamers knelt around him. He was eventually able to walk off the field and also into the group's storage locker area under his personal electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times till their upcoming video game against the Seattle Seahawks yet could eliminate Tagovailoa, despite exactly how he proceeds with the league's trauma protocol. A stint on the damaged reserve may be another option considering his trauma past." Right now, [it] is actually a lot more about acquiring an appropriate procedural analysis and also taking it someday at a time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel claimed after the game. "The farthest trait from my thoughts is what is actually the timeline. We just need to have to analyze and simply fret about my colleague. ... We'll acquire additional relevant information [Friday] and then take it everyday from there." Below are actually four vital inquiries following Tagovailoa's most recent blast. What is actually Tagovailoa's trauma background? Tagovailoa was actually a candidate to be chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his last period at Alabama however experienced a hip disconnection and crack of the back wall surface of his hip outlet midway with the time. He was actually likewise identified with a concussion and damaged nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recuperated on time to play for the Dolphins as a newbie yet skipped 5 video games during his initial pair of seasons as a result of various slight traumas. In 2022, he was detected along with pair of blasts and took a third favorite to his head that inevitably resulted in the NFL modifying its trauma process. He failed to skip a video game during the 2023 time, however, as well as made a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement expansion in July. What options performed Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa acknowledged to quickly taking into consideration retirement life after talks along with his household. During a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" last month, he cleared up that it was actually primarily his mama who asked him to reassess his participating in profession. Ultimately, he made a decision versus it and also invested the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall system to know exactly how to drop without hitting his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to be to aid as he played with all of Miami's video games last season, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he shed 14 extra pounds in an attempt to become extra mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking with colleagues in the locker space as well as is in excellent sens after going through a concussion. If Tagovailoa wants to come back to the field, what difficulties will he must clear in trauma protocol? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa will undergo complete testing and assessment prior to they make a decision just how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is a five-step procedure that winds up in a staff's medical doctor accepting an independent nerve expert that a gamer may safely participate in again. The very first step of the procedure is remainder as well as recovery "until his signs and symptoms and neurologic examination" return to "baseline standing." The next measure is actually sunny cardiovascular workout, complied with by continuing aerobic workout and overview of toughness instruction. A player can come back to football tasks in the 4th action of the protocol, each one of which are noncontact. The ultimate step is actually total authorization, once the medical professional as well as nerve specialist agree the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign another player? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in upcoming week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in product line to begin. Thompson began 3 activities as a novice in 2022, including a playoff loss when driving at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, that is actually authorized to their technique team. There are free agent alternatives readily available must Miami decide to generate one more quarterback, significantly the staff's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did not dedicate to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa yet conveyed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It's unexpected Miami will promptly generate yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, however it might incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is pushed to overlook time.