.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter covering the Buffalo grass Expenses, prior to shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte Viewer succeeded the APSE award for beating updates and the South Carolina Media Association honor for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the third diagnosed trauma of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the game in the third one-fourth after a play in which he scurried up the center for a to begin with down and decreased his shoulder to launch exposure to Bills safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear produced difficult exchange Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback immediately entered a securing response, a term utilized to define a person's upper arms going into a strange placement. Dolphins clinical fitness instructors attended to him for several mins as gamers stoop around him. He was essentially able to stroll off the field and in to the group's closet space under his own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times up until their following game versus the Seattle Seahawks but can rule out Tagovailoa, regardless of how he proceeds by means of the game's concussion protocol. An assignment on the damaged reserve may be one more opportunity considering his injury past history." At this moment, [it] is actually a lot more concerning obtaining a proper procedural evaluation as well as taking it eventually at once," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The outermost factor from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our company merely require to review and also only think about my teammate. ... Our experts'll acquire additional info [Friday] and then take it day after day coming from there certainly." Below are four vital concerns adhering to Tagovailoa's newest blast. What is actually Tagovailoa's accident background? Tagovailoa was an applicant to be selected as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during his last season at Alabama but endured a hip disconnection and bone fracture of the rear end wall of his hip outlet midway with the period. He was actually likewise diagnosed with a blast and also damaged nose that year. Tagovailoa recovered in time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie yet overlooked five video games during his first two seasons because of a variety of slight accidents. In 2022, he was actually identified with 2 blasts and took a third hit to his head that essentially caused the NFL modifying its own trauma protocol. He failed to miss a game in the course of the 2023 season, nonetheless, and also gained a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement extension in July. What alternatives carried out Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa acknowledged to for a while thinking about retired life after conversations along with his family members. Throughout an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he cleared up that it was actually mainly his mommy that asked him to reexamine his participating in job. Essentially, he decided against it as well as invested the 2023 offseason expanding and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to discover how to drop without hitting his directly the ground. The training seemed to be to aid as he played in all of Miami's games last period, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he shed 14 pounds in an initiative to become even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great sens' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was talking with colleagues in the locker area and is in excellent sens after going through a blast. If Tagovailoa wishes to go back to the area, what obstacles will he must crystal clear in trauma procedure? McDaniel stated Tagovailoa will undergo detailed screening as well as analysis just before they determine how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is actually a five-step method that winds up in a staff's physician accepting a private neurological expert that a gamer may safely and securely play once again. The initial step of the process is remainder and also rehabilitation "till his symptoms and signs as well as neurologic examination" return to "baseline condition." The upcoming action is sunny aerobic exercise, complied with by continuous aerobic exercise as well as introduction of toughness training. A player can easily return to football activities in the fourth measure of the process, each of which are noncontact. The ultimate measure is full clearance, once the doctor as well as neurological professional acknowledge the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize one more gamer? If Tagovailoa can not play in following week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in series to begin. Thompson began three activities as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss on the road at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, who is actually authorized to their strategy team. There are actually free agent alternatives accessible ought to Miami determine to generate an additional quarterback, especially the staff's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed not devote to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa yet conveyed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami will quickly introduce another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it might add depth if Tagovailoa is compelled to miss out on opportunity.