.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter covering the Buffalo grass Costs, prior to switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Onlooker won the APSE award for breaking headlines and also the South Carolina Media Affiliation award for venture writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd detected trauma of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Expenses. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the video game in the 3rd quarter after a play through which he clambered up the middle for a to begin with down as well as reduced his shoulder to start exposure to Expenses safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear made tough contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback right away entered into a securing reaction, a phrase made use of to describe a person's arms entering an unnatural position. Dolphins clinical trainers took care of him for several mins as gamers stoop around him. He was actually ultimately capable to stroll off the area and also in to the team's closet area under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times till their upcoming activity against the Seattle Seahawks yet can eliminate Tagovailoa, irrespective of just how he proceeds through the game's concussion protocol. A job on the damaged reserve could be one more opportunity considering his personal injury background." Now, [it] is even more about acquiring a proper step-by-step evaluation as well as taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The outermost thing coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timeline. Our experts only need to have to analyze as well as merely think about my colleague. ... Our team'll get more information [Friday] and afterwards take it day by day from certainly there." Here are 4 key questions adhering to Tagovailoa's most up-to-date blast. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury record? Tagovailoa was actually a prospect to become decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his last period at Alabama but went through a hip misplacement as well as bone fracture of the back wall surface of his hip socket midway with the time. He was actually also diagnosed along with a blast as well as busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa bounced back on time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie however missed 5 games in the course of his very first pair of periods as a result of numerous small traumas. In 2022, he was detected along with pair of concussions and took a 3rd favorite to his head that essentially triggered the NFL altering its trauma method. He didn't overlook a game during the course of the 2023 period, nonetheless, and earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement extension in July. What alternatives carried out Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa acknowledged to temporarily thinking about retired life after discussions along with his family members. Throughout an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he clarified that it was predominantly his mom that inquired him to reassess his playing profession. Eventually, he chose versus it as well as invested the 2023 offseason expanding as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to discover just how to fall without hitting his directly the ground. The instruction appeared to assist as he played in every of Miami's video games last season, featuring a playoff loss to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Athletics he shed 14 extra pounds in an initiative to be a lot more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was speaking with colleagues in the closet area and also remains in great spirits after enduring a concussion. If Tagovailoa would like to return to the industry, what obstacles will he must crystal clear in trauma procedure? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa will certainly undergo in depth screening as well as analysis prior to they choose just how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is a five-step method that finishes in a team's medical doctor accepting an individual nerve specialist that a player can carefully participate in again. The 1st step of the protocol is remainder and healing "until his symptoms and neurologic assessment" come back to "baseline status." The following measure is actually light cardio exercise, followed by continuous cardiovascular workout as well as intro of durability instruction. A gamer may return to regulation football activities in the 4th action of the procedure, each one of which are actually noncontact. The last step is actually total clearance, when the medical professional and neurological consultant acknowledge the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign one more player? If Tagovailoa may not play in upcoming full week's game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in product line to start. Thompson started 3 activities as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their practice team. There are freelance alternatives accessible need to Miami determine to introduce one more quarterback, especially the team's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not devote to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa but showed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It's unlikely Miami would immediately produce one more quarterback to begin again Thompson, however it could possibly add depth if Tagovailoa is actually obliged to miss out on opportunity.