.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter dealing with the Buffalo Expenses, prior to shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered article writer for the Charlotte Viewer succeeded the APSE award for breaking updates as well as the South Carolina Press Organization award for company creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the 3rd identified trauma of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the game in the 3rd quarter after a play through which he scrambled up the center for a first down as well as lowered his shoulder to start exposure to Costs safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear produced tough exchange Hamlin's body, the quarterback instantly entered into a fencing reaction, a phrase made use of to describe a person's upper arms entering into a strange placement. Dolphins health care instructors addressed him for many mins as players stoop around him. He was actually essentially able to walk off the area and in to the team's storage locker area under his own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times until their following video game against the Seattle Seahawks however can eliminate Tagovailoa, regardless of how he progresses via the organization's trauma process. A stint on the wounded reservoir may be an additional possibility considering his trauma past history." Now, [it] is more about obtaining a proper step-by-step analysis as well as taking it 1 day at once," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel pointed out after the video game. "The furthest thing from my mind is what is the timeline. Our experts merely need to review and also only bother with my ally. ... We'll receive even more information [Friday] and after that take it everyday coming from there certainly." Here are 4 key inquiries following Tagovailoa's newest trauma. What is Tagovailoa's injury past? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be picked as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his ultimate period at Alabama however suffered a hip dislocation and fracture of the rear end wall surface of his hip socket midway through the period. He was also diagnosed along with a blast as well as broken nose that year. Tagovailoa bounced back over time to bet the Dolphins as a novice but missed out on 5 games during his very first pair of seasons due to various small personal injuries. In 2022, he was actually identified along with 2 traumas and also took a third favorite to his head that inevitably caused the NFL modifying its own concussion procedure. He failed to skip a game during the 2023 season, nevertheless, and got a four-year, $212.1 million contract expansion in July. What alternatives carried out Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa accepted to temporarily thinking about retirement life after talks along with his household. Throughout an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" last month, he made clear that it was largely his mother that inquired him to reexamine his participating in profession. Ultimately, he determined against it and invested the 2023 offseason bulking up and training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to find out how to fall without striking his directly the ground. The training seemed to be to aid as he played in all of Miami's video games last time, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he shed 14 pounds in an attempt to become even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with teammates in the closet room and also resides in excellent sens after experiencing a blast. If Tagovailoa wishes to return to the field, what difficulties will he need to clear in concussion procedure? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will certainly go through detailed testing as well as examination just before they choose how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is actually a five-step method that culminates in a team's medical professional concurring with an independent nerve consultant that a gamer may safely play once more. The initial step of the protocol is actually remainder and also recuperation "up until his symptoms and signs as well as neurologic assessment" return to "baseline standing." The next step is sunny aerobic exercise, observed through continuing aerobic workout and also overview of strength instruction. A gamer can return to soccer activities in the 4th measure of the process, all of which are actually noncontact. The last step is actually full clearance, the moment the medical professional and also neurological professional acknowledge the player prepares. What are the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they authorize one more gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in following week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in line to start. Thompson began 3 activities as a newbie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, that is actually authorized to their strategy squad. There are actually freelance options accessible ought to Miami make a decision to bring in one more quarterback, especially the staff's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not commit to the option of participating in without Tagovailoa however shared the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami will instantly generate yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, however it can incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is actually required to skip opportunity.