.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, just before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers hammered article writer for the Charlotte Observer gained the APSE award for breaking headlines and the South Carolina Media Association award for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the third detected blast of his NFL occupation on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the video game in the third one-fourth after a play through which he scrambled up the center for a to begin with down and decreased his shoulder to trigger contact with Costs protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet made difficult contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback instantly entered a securing action, a phrase made use of to explain a person's arms entering a strange setting. Dolphins medical instructors addressed him for several mins as gamers knelt around him. He was actually inevitably able to stroll off the area as well as in to the staff's locker space under his very own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days until their upcoming activity versus the Seat Seahawks however could eliminate Tagovailoa, irrespective of how he advances with the game's trauma procedure. A stint on the harmed reserve can be yet another probability considering his accident past." Now, [it] is actually even more regarding getting a correct step-by-step examination as well as taking it eventually each time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel claimed after the activity. "The furthest point coming from my thoughts is what is the timeline. We only need to have to assess and also only think about my ally. ... Our company'll obtain more information [Friday] and then take it everyday coming from certainly there." Listed here are 4 vital questions following Tagovailoa's most up-to-date trauma. What is Tagovailoa's trauma record? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become decided on as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during the course of his last period at Alabama yet experienced a hip dislocation and crack of the back wall surface of his hip outlet midway with the season. He was additionally identified along with a trauma as well as busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to bet the Dolphins as a rookie yet missed five video games during his 1st two times due to a variety of slight traumas. In 2022, he was detected with 2 concussions and took a third smash hit to his scalp that inevitably brought about the NFL modifying its trauma protocol. He didn't miss out on a game in the course of the 2023 period, nevertheless, and made a four-year, $212.1 thousand deal expansion in July. What options performed Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa admitted to briefly taking into consideration retirement life after conversations with his family members. During the course of a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he clarified that it was actually primarily his mother that asked him to reassess his participating in career. Ultimately, he decided versus it and also devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up and training in a jiujitsu breakfall program to find out just how to fall without hitting his head on the ground. The training seemed to be to help as he played in every of Miami's video games last season, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Athletics he lost 14 pounds in an effort to become a lot more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking with allies in the locker space and is in really good feelings after going through a concussion. If Tagovailoa would like to go back to the area, what hurdles will he have to clear in blast method? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will certainly undergo comprehensive testing as well as analysis just before they determine how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is a five-step process that culminates in a team's doctor accepting a private nerve professional that a gamer can properly play again. The 1st step of the method is remainder as well as recovery "up until his signs and symptoms and also neurologic examination" go back to "baseline standing." The upcoming step is light cardio physical exercise, complied with through continuous aerobic physical exercise and intro of durability training. A gamer can easily go back to regulation football tasks in the 4th action of the method, all of which are actually noncontact. The last action is full approval, the moment the medical professional as well as neurological professional concede the player is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they sign one more player? If Tagovailoa can not play in next week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in collection to start. Thompson started three activities as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, that is signed to their practice team. There are actually free agent options on call must Miami choose to introduce yet another quarterback, notably the team's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed not devote to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa but shared the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It's not likely Miami will immediately bring in another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could add deepness if Tagovailoa is actually pushed to skip time.