.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte nc Viewer won the APSE award for breaking information and also the South Carolina Press Affiliation honor for company creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the 3rd identified trauma of his NFL profession on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Bills. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the activity in the third one-fourth after a play in which he rushed up the center for an initially down and also lowered his shoulder to trigger contact with Bills safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet produced challenging exposure to Hamlin's body, the quarterback quickly went into a securing action, a condition used to explain a person's arms entering into a strange position. Dolphins medical trainers addressed him for many minutes as gamers knelt around him. He was actually eventually able to stroll off the area and in to the staff's locker room under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every video game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days up until their upcoming activity against the Seat Seahawks however could eliminate Tagovailoa, irrespective of just how he advances via the game's concussion protocol. An assignment on the hurt reservoir might be another option considering his injury history." At this moment, [it] is even more concerning acquiring a suitable step-by-step assessment as well as taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel pointed out after the game. "The furthest trait from my mind is what is the timeline. Our team just need to have to evaluate and also just fret about my teammate. ... Our experts'll acquire even more information [Friday] and afterwards take it everyday coming from certainly there." Below are four essential inquiries following Tagovailoa's most current trauma. What is Tagovailoa's accident history? Tagovailoa was an applicant to become picked as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his last period at Alabama but endured a hip disconnection and fracture of the back wall of his hip outlet midway with the season. He was actually also diagnosed with a concussion and also busted nose that year. Tagovailoa recuperated eventually to play for the Dolphins as a newbie yet overlooked 5 games during his 1st 2 seasons because of various small injuries. In 2022, he was actually identified with 2 concussions and took a 3rd favorite to his scalp that inevitably brought about the NFL modifying its own trauma protocol. He failed to miss an activity during the 2023 period, nonetheless, and gained a four-year, $212.1 million contract expansion in July. What options did Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa accepted to quickly considering retirement life after talks with his loved ones. In the course of a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he made clear that it was actually primarily his mama who asked him to reassess his participating in job. Ultimately, he determined against it and invested the 2023 offseason expanding and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall program to find out how to fall without reaching his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to aid as he played in all of Miami's video games last season, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Athletics he shed 14 pounds in an effort to be a lot more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was consulting with teammates in the locker space and also is in great sens after enduring a concussion. If Tagovailoa would like to come back to the industry, what obstacles will he have to crystal clear in trauma process? McDaniel stated Tagovailoa will undertake detailed testing as well as examination prior to they make a decision exactly how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step method that culminates in a group's physician concurring with an individual nerve consultant that a gamer may safely and securely play again. The 1st step of the method is actually rest and also recuperation "up until his symptoms and neurologic examination" return to "baseline standing." The following action is actually light aerobic workout, observed through continued cardio exercise and introduction of stamina instruction. A player can easily return to regulation football tasks in the fourth measure of the protocol, each one of which are noncontact. The ultimate action is complete approval, once the medical doctor and also nerve specialist concur the player prepares. What are the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they sign yet another gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in following week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in series to begin. Thompson began three games as a novice in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, that is signed to their method team. There are actually freelance options readily available must Miami choose to generate one more quarterback, particularly the crew's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not devote to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa yet conveyed the "utmost peace of mind" in Thompson. It's extremely unlikely Miami will immediately bring in one more quarterback to start over Thompson, but it can include intensity if Tagovailoa is compelled to overlook opportunity.