.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter dealing with the Buffalo Expenses, prior to shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte nc Onlooker succeeded the APSE honor for beating updates as well as the South Carolina Press Organization award for venture writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the third identified trauma of his NFL career on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the game in the 3rd fourth after a play through which he rushed up the middle for an initially down as well as reduced his shoulder to trigger contact with Costs safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet made difficult exposure to Hamlin's body system, the quarterback promptly entered a securing reaction, a phrase used to define a person's upper arms going into an abnormal position. Dolphins health care instructors took care of him for numerous mins as gamers stoop around him. He was actually inevitably capable to stroll off the area and also into the staff's locker space under his own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days till their following video game against the Seattle Seahawks yet could dismiss Tagovailoa, no matter how he proceeds with the game's trauma procedure. A stint on the damaged reservoir can be yet another probability considering his accident record." Today, [it] is more regarding getting a proper step-by-step analysis as well as taking it someday at a time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel mentioned after the activity. "The furthest point coming from my mind is what is the timetable. We just need to have to evaluate and also simply stress over my ally. ... We'll receive additional information [Friday] and afterwards take it day after day from there certainly." Listed below are 4 crucial questions following Tagovailoa's most up-to-date blast. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury record? Tagovailoa was a candidate to be picked as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his final time at Alabama yet endured a hip misplacement as well as crack of the posterior wall surface of his hip socket midway with the time. He was additionally identified along with a concussion as well as damaged nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie however skipped 5 games throughout his initial pair of seasons as a result of various small personal injuries. In 2022, he was actually detected with pair of blasts and took a 3rd hit to his head that ultimately resulted in the NFL changing its blast process. He didn't skip a game during the 2023 season, nonetheless, and also earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement extension in July. What choices performed Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa acknowledged to temporarily considering retirement after talks along with his family members. During a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he cleared up that it was actually primarily his mama that asked him to reexamine his participating in career. Eventually, he determined versus it and devoted the 2023 offseason expanding as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to discover just how to drop without hitting his head on the ground. The training seemed to aid as he played with all of Miami's activities last period, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Sports he dropped 14 pounds in an effort to be even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with allies in the closet area and also remains in excellent spirits after going through a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to go back to the industry, what obstacles will he need to clear in blast protocol? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa is going to go through detailed testing as well as assessment before they determine just how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation process is actually a five-step procedure that winds up in a crew's physician accepting a private neurological professional that a gamer may securely play once more. The 1st step of the protocol is actually rest as well as recuperation "up until his signs and symptoms as well as neurologic examination" come back to "baseline standing." The following step is light cardiovascular workout, observed through ongoing aerobic workout and also introduction of stamina training. A gamer may go back to regulation football activities in the fourth measure of the procedure, all of which are noncontact. The final step is full authorization, as soon as the doctor as well as nerve consultant agree the player is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign another player? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in upcoming full week's activity versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in series to begin. Thompson began 3 games as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their strategy squad. There are actually freelance alternatives offered ought to Miami make a decision to introduce yet another quarterback, especially the staff's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not devote to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa however shared the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami will immediately produce yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it might incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is actually obliged to overlook time.