.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, prior to shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte nc Viewer won the APSE award for breaking headlines and the South Carolina Media Affiliation honor for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd detected blast of his NFL career on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was ruled out of the activity in the third one-fourth after a play in which he rushed up the center for a first down as well as reduced his shoulder to initiate exchange Expenses safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet created hard contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback right away entered into a securing action, a term made use of to explain an individual's arms going into an unnatural posture. Dolphins health care instructors attended to him for several minutes as players knelt around him. He was actually eventually capable to walk off the industry and also right into the staff's closet area under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times until their upcoming video game versus the Seat Seahawks however could dismiss Tagovailoa, despite how he proceeds through the game's concussion process. An assignment on the harmed reservoir could be an additional option considering his personal injury past history." At the moment, [it] is actually more regarding acquiring an appropriate step-by-step assessment and taking it someday at a time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel pointed out after the video game. "The furthest trait from my mind is what is the timeline. Our team just need to analyze as well as simply fret about my ally. ... We'll obtain additional info [Friday] and afterwards take it daily coming from certainly there." Right here are actually four key questions adhering to Tagovailoa's most recent trauma. What is Tagovailoa's injury record? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft throughout his final season at Alabama however suffered a hip disconnection and also crack of the back wall structure of his hip socket midway through the period. He was actually additionally identified with a concussion and busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recouped over time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie but missed 5 activities during his first pair of periods as a result of different small traumas. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed with two traumas as well as took a 3rd smash hit to his head that eventually led to the NFL changing its own blast procedure. He failed to miss out on a game throughout the 2023 period, nevertheless, and also made a four-year, $212.1 million contract extension in July. What options performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa accepted to briefly considering retirement life after conversations along with his loved ones. During an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he made clear that it was actually largely his mama that inquired him to reassess his participating in job. Eventually, he made a decision versus it and also devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall system to learn just how to fall without attacking his head on the ground. The instruction seemed to be to assist as he played with all of Miami's games final season, featuring a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he shed 14 pounds in an attempt to be even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was speaking with allies in the locker room and resides in good sens after enduring a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to come back to the area, what difficulties will he have to clear in concussion method? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will undergo in depth testing as well as examination just before they make a decision how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step process that culminates in a group's doctor accepting an independent nerve consultant that a gamer can safely participate in again. The primary step of the procedure is actually remainder and also recuperation "up until his symptoms and signs as well as neurologic assessment" go back to "baseline standing." The next step is light cardio workout, adhered to by continuing cardiovascular workout and also introduction of strength instruction. A player can go back to soccer tasks in the fourth measure of the method, each of which are actually noncontact. The last step is actually full authorization, when the physician as well as neurological consultant acknowledge the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign yet another player? If Tagovailoa may certainly not play in following full week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in collection to begin. Thompson started three video games as a newbie in 2022, including a playoff loss while driving at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their practice team. There are actually freelance possibilities on call ought to Miami choose to introduce yet another quarterback, significantly the crew's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not dedicate to the option of participating in without Tagovailoa but shared the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami would immediately introduce an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, but it might include intensity if Tagovailoa is actually forced to overlook opportunity.