.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter covering the Buffalo Expenses, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte Viewer won the APSE honor for breaking information and also the South Carolina Press Organization award for company creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the 3rd detected blast of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the activity in the third quarter after a play in which he scurried up the center for an initially down as well as decreased his shoulder to trigger contact with Expenses safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet created difficult exposure to Hamlin's body, the quarterback quickly entered a securing feedback, a condition utilized to explain a person's arms entering an unnatural position. Dolphins medical personal trainers addressed him for numerous minutes as gamers stoop around him. He was actually inevitably able to stroll off the area as well as in to the team's closet area under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days till their following video game against the Seat Seahawks but might rule out Tagovailoa, irrespective of exactly how he progresses by means of the league's blast method. A stint on the hurt reservoir could be one more option considering his personal injury history." At this moment, [it] is actually more regarding acquiring an appropriate procedural analysis as well as taking it someday each time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel stated after the game. "The furthest trait from my thoughts is what is the timeline. Our experts just need to have to assess and also merely think about my colleague. ... We'll receive even more relevant information [Friday] and afterwards take it each day from there." Right here are actually 4 crucial concerns complying with Tagovailoa's most current trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's injury history? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to be decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his final period at Alabama yet endured a hip misplacement and also fracture of the posterior wall surface of his hip socket midway with the period. He was additionally detected along with a trauma and defective nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped in time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie however missed out on five games throughout his initial pair of times because of numerous slight traumas. In 2022, he was identified along with 2 concussions and took a 3rd hit to his scalp that essentially caused the NFL affecting its own blast process. He didn't miss out on an activity throughout the 2023 time, having said that, and got a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement expansion in July. What alternatives performed Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa acknowledged to for a while taking into consideration retirement life after conversations along with his family. During the course of a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he clarified that it was largely his mama who asked him to reassess his playing career. Eventually, he determined versus it and invested the 2023 offseason bulking up and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall program to learn how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to be to assist as he played in each of Miami's activities final season, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he shed 14 extra pounds in an effort to be much more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great sens' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was talking with colleagues in the storage locker room and also resides in great sens after enduring a concussion. If Tagovailoa intends to return to the industry, what difficulties will he need to very clear in trauma procedure? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa will certainly undertake in depth testing as well as examination before they make a decision exactly how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is actually a five-step procedure that culminates in a team's medical doctor accepting an individual neurological professional that a player may carefully participate in once again. The first step of the process is actually rest and also recuperation "till his symptoms as well as neurologic assessment" return to "baseline condition." The next measure is light cardio workout, followed by continuing cardio workout and intro of stamina training. A gamer can go back to football tasks in the 4th action of the process, every one of which are actually noncontact. The final action is actually total approval, as soon as the doctor as well as neurological specialist concede the gamer is ready. What are the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they sign another player? If Tagovailoa may not play in next week's activity versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in product line to begin. Thompson started three video games as a rookie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their method squad. There are actually free agent alternatives readily available should Miami determine to generate one more quarterback, particularly the staff's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not dedicate to the opportunity of participating in without Tagovailoa yet revealed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It's extremely unlikely Miami will immediately bring in yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could possibly incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is actually forced to miss out on time.