.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter covering the Buffalo Expenses, just before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte nc Viewer succeeded the APSE honor for breaking updates and the South Carolina Media Organization honor for enterprise creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the third identified trauma of his NFL job on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was eliminated of the video game in the third quarter after a play through which he scurried up the middle for a first down and also decreased his shoulder to launch contact with Expenses safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet helped make hard contact with Hamlin's body, the quarterback quickly entered into a securing response, a condition utilized to define an individual's upper arms entering an abnormal setting. Dolphins clinical trainers attended to him for several minutes as players knelt around him. He was actually essentially capable to walk off the area and also in to the team's storage locker space under his very own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times till their next activity against the Seat Seahawks yet might rule out Tagovailoa, regardless of how he proceeds by means of the league's concussion procedure. A stint on the harmed reserve could be an additional option considering his personal injury past." At the moment, [it] is actually more about receiving a correct step-by-step assessment and taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel mentioned after the game. "The outermost point coming from my mind is what is actually the timeline. Our experts only need to evaluate and also just stress over my colleague. ... We'll obtain more info [Friday] and afterwards take it day by day coming from there." Below are actually four key questions complying with Tagovailoa's latest blast. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury background? Tagovailoa was actually a candidate to become chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught throughout his final period at Alabama however endured a hip disconnection and also bone fracture of the rear end wall of his hip outlet midway with the time. He was also detected with a trauma and also defective nostrils that year. Tagovailoa bounced back eventually to play for the Dolphins as a rookie however skipped five games during his first pair of times due to various slight injuries. In 2022, he was identified with two blasts and also took a third hit to his head that ultimately caused the NFL affecting its own blast method. He really did not overlook an activity during the 2023 time, nonetheless, and got a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract expansion in July. What alternatives carried out Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa acknowledged to for a while thinking about retired life after chats along with his loved ones. Throughout a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he made clear that it was predominantly his mother who asked him to reconsider his playing profession. Eventually, he determined against it and invested the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall program to know how to fall without striking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to help as he played in every of Miami's video games last season, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he shed 14 extra pounds in an initiative to become more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking to allies in the storage locker room as well as remains in really good feelings after going through a concussion. If Tagovailoa wants to come back to the field, what difficulties will he must crystal clear in concussion process? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa will go through in depth screening and examination prior to they determine just how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation method is a five-step process that finishes in a staff's doctor accepting an independent neurological expert that a gamer may safely play once more. The 1st step of the procedure is remainder and also recovery "till his signs and symptoms as well as neurologic exam" come back to "baseline condition." The upcoming action is sunny aerobic physical exercise, observed by continuing cardio exercise and introduction of toughness instruction. A player may come back to regulation football activities in the 4th step of the process, each of which are actually noncontact. The final measure is total approval, when the physician and also nerve expert concur the player prepares. What are the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa may certainly not play in upcoming week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in series to start. Thompson began three video games as a novice in 2022, including a playoff loss when driving at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their practice team. There are actually freelance alternatives available ought to Miami make a decision to bring in an additional quarterback, significantly the staff's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not dedicate to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa yet shared the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It's improbable Miami would quickly introduce yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could include intensity if Tagovailoa is actually pushed to miss out on time.