.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter dealing with the Buffalo Expenses, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte nc Onlooker succeeded the APSE honor for beating news and also the South Carolina Media Organization award for business creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the third identified blast of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the activity in the third quarter after a play through which he scrambled up the middle for an initially down and decreased his shoulder to start exchange Bills safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet produced hard contact with Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback quickly entered into a fencing feedback, a phrase used to describe an individual's arms entering into a strange setting. Dolphins clinical fitness instructors attended to him for numerous moments as players stoop around him. He was eventually able to stroll off the area and into the team's closet area under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days until their following game versus the Seattle Seahawks but can eliminate Tagovailoa, irrespective of how he advances with the game's trauma procedure. A stint on the hurt reserve could be an additional probability considering his trauma background." Today, [it] is actually more regarding acquiring a correct procedural assessment and also taking it someday at once," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel mentioned after the video game. "The outermost thing coming from my mind is what is actually the timeline. Our company simply require to review and only worry about my teammate. ... Our company'll receive additional info [Friday] and then take it day by day coming from there certainly." Listed here are 4 vital concerns complying with Tagovailoa's newest trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury background? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be decided on as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his final period at Alabama yet suffered a hip dislocation as well as fracture of the rear end wall of his hip outlet midway through the season. He was actually likewise identified along with a concussion as well as damaged nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recouped in time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie yet missed five video games throughout his very first pair of periods due to different small injuries. In 2022, he was actually identified with pair of traumas as well as took a 3rd hit to his head that ultimately triggered the NFL modifying its own trauma process. He didn't skip a video game during the course of the 2023 time, nevertheless, and also got a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract extension in July. What options performed Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa confessed to briefly taking into consideration retirement after talks with his family. Throughout a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he clarified that it was predominantly his mom that asked him to reevaluate his playing occupation. Inevitably, he decided versus it as well as spent the 2023 offseason bulking up and training in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to learn how to fall without striking his head on the ground. The training seemed to be to help as he played in each of Miami's games final time, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Sports he lost 14 extra pounds in an effort to be much more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking with colleagues in the locker area and also resides in really good spirits after enduring a trauma. If Tagovailoa would like to come back to the field, what obstacles will he have to crystal clear in blast protocol? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa is going to undergo in depth testing and also analysis before they determine exactly how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step procedure that finishes in a group's medical doctor concurring with an individual neurological professional that a gamer can securely participate in again. The initial step of the protocol is remainder as well as healing "until his symptoms and signs and also neurologic assessment" go back to "baseline condition." The upcoming step is actually light cardio exercise, adhered to by continued cardio exercise as well as intro of toughness instruction. A player can go back to football tasks in the fourth measure of the protocol, each one of which are actually noncontact. The ultimate action is actually complete authorization, when the medical professional and also neurological consultant concur the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign yet another gamer? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in following full week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in line to begin. Thompson began 3 activities as a newbie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, who is signed to their method team. There are freelance choices offered ought to Miami decide to produce another quarterback, particularly the staff's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not dedicate to the possibility of participating in without Tagovailoa but expressed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually unlikely Miami would immediately introduce another quarterback to start over Thompson, but it could possibly incorporate deepness if Tagovailoa is actually forced to skip opportunity.