.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo grass Expenses, just before switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte nc Viewer gained the APSE award for beating headlines and the South Carolina Press Organization honor for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd identified blast of his NFL career on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Expenses. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the activity in the 3rd fourth after a play in which he scrambled up the middle for a first down and also lowered his shoulder to start exposure to Expenses safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear produced difficult exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback immediately entered into a fencing feedback, a phrase made use of to explain a person's arms entering into an abnormal placement. Dolphins health care fitness instructors took care of him for many mins as players stoop around him. He was actually inevitably capable to stroll off the area and in to the team's closet area under his personal energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days till their following activity against the Seat Seahawks yet can eliminate Tagovailoa, irrespective of how he progresses through the organization's concussion process. An assignment on the injured reserve could be yet another possibility considering his trauma past history." Now, [it] is actually more concerning receiving an effective procedural examination and also taking it one day at a time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel pointed out after the game. "The furthest trait coming from my thoughts is what is the timeline. Our experts simply need to have to evaluate as well as only stress over my colleague. ... Our team'll obtain additional relevant information [Friday] and then take it everyday from certainly there." Right here are actually four essential questions complying with Tagovailoa's latest trauma. What is Tagovailoa's injury past? Tagovailoa was an applicant to be selected as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his ultimate period at Alabama however went through a hip disconnection and also fracture of the back wall of his hip socket midway through the season. He was additionally identified with a concussion and also broken nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered eventually to play for the Dolphins as a newbie yet missed 5 video games in the course of his initial two times as a result of different small traumas. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed with two concussions and took a third favorite to his head that inevitably triggered the NFL modifying its own blast process. He failed to miss out on an activity throughout the 2023 time, however, as well as got a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement extension in July. What possibilities did Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa acknowledged to quickly thinking about retirement life after chats along with his household. In the course of an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he clarified that it was actually primarily his mama that asked him to reexamine his participating in career. Essentially, he made a decision against it and devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to learn just how to drop without hitting his directly the ground. The training seemed to be to assist as he played in all of Miami's activities last period, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 pounds in an attempt to be much more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent sens' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was talking with colleagues in the storage locker room as well as is in great spirits after suffering a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to come back to the area, what difficulties will he must crystal clear in trauma procedure? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will undertake in depth testing as well as analysis just before they decide just how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step method that finishes in a group's medical doctor accepting an independent neurological specialist that a player may securely participate in once more. The 1st step of the method is remainder as well as recovery "until his symptoms as well as neurologic evaluation" go back to "baseline condition." The upcoming measure is light cardio exercise, followed by continued cardiovascular exercise and also intro of stamina training. A gamer can easily come back to football activities in the 4th step of the protocol, each of which are noncontact. The final step is total authorization, when the medical doctor and also nerve professional concede the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize another player? If Tagovailoa can not play in next full week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in line to start. Thompson began 3 video games as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss when traveling at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, who is authorized to their technique squad. There are free agent possibilities readily available should Miami decide to bring in an additional quarterback, significantly the crew's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not dedicate to the option of participating in without Tagovailoa but showed the "utmost peace of mind" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami would immediately generate yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it could include intensity if Tagovailoa is actually forced to miss out on time.