.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter covering the Buffalo Expenses, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte nc Viewer succeeded the APSE award for beating headlines and the South Carolina Media Association honor for enterprise creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the third identified blast of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Expenses. Tagovailoa was ruled out of the activity in the third fourth after a play in which he scrambled up the center for a first down and also lowered his shoulder to trigger exposure to Bills security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear helped make challenging exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback right away entered into a fencing response, a condition utilized to explain an individual's arms entering into an unnatural setting. Dolphins clinical coaches attended to him for a number of moments as gamers stoop around him. He was essentially capable to stroll off the industry as well as in to the crew's closet area under his personal energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times up until their following game versus the Seat Seahawks but could possibly eliminate Tagovailoa, no matter exactly how he progresses with the game's trauma process. An assignment on the damaged reserve can be one more probability considering his injury background." At this moment, [it] is much more regarding obtaining an effective step-by-step examination and also taking it 1 day at a time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel said after the game. "The farthest thing from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. Our experts simply need to review and also merely stress over my teammate. ... We'll get more relevant information [Friday] and then take it day after day from there." Here are four crucial concerns adhering to Tagovailoa's latest trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury background? Tagovailoa was a candidate to become selected as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his last season at Alabama but experienced a hip misplacement as well as fracture of the posterior wall of his hip socket midway via the season. He was also detected along with a blast as well as defective nose that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to bet the Dolphins as a novice yet overlooked five video games in the course of his first pair of seasons because of several minor accidents. In 2022, he was actually identified along with pair of concussions and took a third favorite to his scalp that eventually resulted in the NFL altering its trauma method. He really did not miss an activity during the course of the 2023 period, however, and made a four-year, $212.1 million contract extension in July. What options carried out Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa accepted to briefly taking into consideration retirement life after chats along with his household. During the course of a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he made clear that it was primarily his mommy that asked him to reevaluate his playing job. Essentially, he determined against it and spent the 2023 offseason expanding and training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to find out how to drop without striking his head on the ground. The instruction seemed to assist as he played with all of Miami's video games final time, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 extra pounds in an effort to be even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was talking to teammates in the locker area and also is in good sens after enduring a concussion. If Tagovailoa wants to come back to the industry, what obstacles will he have to clear in trauma protocol? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will definitely undertake in depth screening as well as analysis before they decide just how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation process is actually a five-step process that finishes in a staff's medical professional accepting an independent neurological expert that a player can carefully play once more. The 1st step of the process is actually rest and healing "up until his symptoms and signs and also neurologic assessment" return to "baseline standing." The following step is actually light cardio exercise, followed through ongoing cardiovascular physical exercise and intro of strength instruction. A gamer can easily return to regulation football tasks in the fourth action of the procedure, each of which are noncontact. The last action is actually full approval, once the medical professional and nerve consultant acknowledge the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they sign one more player? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in next full week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in product line to begin. Thompson started three games as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss while driving at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is authorized to their method squad. There are actually freelance options offered ought to Miami make a decision to produce yet another quarterback, particularly the team's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed not dedicate to the probability of participating in without Tagovailoa yet revealed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami would quickly produce an additional quarterback to begin again Thompson, however it might add intensity if Tagovailoa is actually compelled to skip time.