.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Bills, just before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte nc Viewer gained the APSE award for beating headlines as well as the South Carolina Press Association honor for company writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd identified blast of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Bills. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the video game in the 3rd one-fourth after a play in which he scrambled up the middle for a first down and decreased his shoulder to trigger contact with Bills safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet created tough exposure to Hamlin's body system, the quarterback right away went into a securing feedback, a phrase used to define a person's arms going into a strange setting. Dolphins health care personal trainers addressed him for many mins as players stoop around him. He was actually ultimately capable to stroll off the field and also into the group's closet space under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days up until their following game against the Seattle Seahawks yet can eliminate Tagovailoa, despite how he proceeds by means of the league's trauma protocol. An assignment on the wounded reserve could be an additional opportunity considering his trauma past." Immediately, [it] is actually a lot more regarding acquiring a correct procedural examination and also taking it one day at a time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel pointed out after the activity. "The farthest thing from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. We simply need to examine and also only fret about my colleague. ... Our experts'll obtain even more details [Friday] and after that take it each day coming from certainly there." Listed here are 4 vital inquiries complying with Tagovailoa's most recent trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury history? Tagovailoa was actually a prospect to be picked as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft in the course of his last season at Alabama but endured a hip misplacement as well as crack of the back wall surface of his hip socket midway with the period. He was also detected with a concussion and also faulty nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recuperated on time to play for the Dolphins as a novice however skipped five activities throughout his very first 2 times as a result of several slight traumas. In 2022, he was detected along with pair of concussions and took a third favorite to his scalp that essentially led to the NFL modifying its own concussion method. He failed to skip a video game during the 2023 period, nonetheless, as well as got a four-year, $212.1 million arrangement expansion in July. What alternatives did Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa confessed to quickly thinking about retirement after chats with his loved ones. In the course of an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he clarified that it was primarily his mommy that inquired him to reevaluate his playing job. Essentially, he chose against it as well as spent the 2023 offseason expanding and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall program to discover how to drop without hitting his head on the ground. The instruction seemed to help as he played in each of Miami's games final time, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Sports he lost 14 pounds in an attempt to be a lot more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with colleagues in the locker space and also remains in really good spirits after enduring a blast. If Tagovailoa would like to come back to the area, what hurdles will he need to clear in blast procedure? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa will definitely undergo detailed testing and also evaluation prior to they make a decision exactly how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is a five-step method that winds up in a staff's medical doctor accepting an individual nerve expert that a gamer can securely play once more. The first step of the process is rest and also rehabilitation "up until his signs and symptoms and also neurologic evaluation" return to "baseline standing." The upcoming measure is actually light cardiovascular exercise, adhered to by continuing cardio physical exercise as well as introduction of toughness training. A gamer can easily come back to football tasks in the fourth step of the method, each of which are actually noncontact. The final action is total clearance, when the physician and nerve expert acknowledge the player is ready. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in following full week's activity versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in collection to begin. Thompson began three video games as a novice in 2022, including a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their practice squad. There are actually free agent choices offered ought to Miami choose to introduce one more quarterback, notably the team's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not dedicate to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa however revealed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami will instantly bring in an additional quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it might add intensity if Tagovailoa is actually pushed to miss out on time.