.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter covering the Buffalo grass Bills, prior to switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte nc Viewer gained the APSE honor for beating news and also the South Carolina Media Association honor for enterprise creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the third identified trauma of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was eliminated of the video game in the 3rd quarter after a play through which he clambered up the center for a to begin with down as well as decreased his shoulder to launch exchange Bills protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear created challenging contact with Hamlin's body, the quarterback promptly entered a securing action, a phrase used to illustrate a person's arms going into a strange position. Dolphins medical trainers attended to him for several moments as players knelt around him. He was actually essentially capable to walk off the field and right into the staff's storage locker space under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days up until their following activity versus the Seat Seahawks but could rule out Tagovailoa, despite how he progresses via the game's trauma process. An assignment on the hurt reserve may be an additional opportunity considering his trauma background." At the moment, [it] is more regarding receiving an appropriate procedural analysis and also taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel pointed out after the game. "The outermost trait from my mind is what is actually the timeline. Our experts just need to have to examine as well as just stress over my ally. ... Our company'll acquire additional details [Friday] and afterwards take it daily coming from there." Right here are 4 crucial concerns following Tagovailoa's newest trauma. What is Tagovailoa's accident past history? Tagovailoa was actually a prospect to become chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft in the course of his last season at Alabama but experienced a hip misplacement as well as crack of the back wall structure of his hip outlet midway by means of the period. He was additionally diagnosed along with a concussion as well as broken nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recouped eventually to bet the Dolphins as a rookie but skipped five video games during the course of his initial pair of periods because of a variety of minor traumas. In 2022, he was actually detected along with two blasts and also took a third hit to his head that ultimately led to the NFL modifying its trauma procedure. He really did not overlook a game in the course of the 2023 season, nevertheless, and also got a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement expansion in July. What choices carried out Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa confessed to briefly thinking about retired life after talks with his family members. During the course of a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he cleared up that it was actually mainly his mother who asked him to reexamine his playing profession. Inevitably, he determined versus it as well as invested the 2023 offseason bulking up and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to learn how to fall without reaching his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to assist as he played in all of Miami's activities final period, featuring a playoff loss to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Athletics he lost 14 extra pounds in an attempt to be more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was speaking to colleagues in the locker space as well as is in really good spirits after suffering a concussion. If Tagovailoa wishes to come back to the area, what difficulties will he have to very clear in trauma protocol? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will certainly go through detailed testing as well as evaluation prior to they choose just how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is a five-step process that winds up in a group's doctor accepting an individual neurological professional that a player may carefully play once again. The initial step of the process is remainder and also healing "till his symptoms and also neurologic exam" return to "baseline condition." The upcoming action is sunny cardiovascular workout, observed through continuing cardio physical exercise and also introduction of stamina training. A player may come back to football tasks in the fourth action of the method, all of which are noncontact. The final measure is total approval, when the medical doctor and also nerve specialist agree the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign another player? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in upcoming week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in product line to begin. Thompson started three activities as a rookie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction when driving at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their strategy squad. There are actually freelance possibilities on call should Miami decide to produce yet another quarterback, particularly the team's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not dedicate to the possibility of participating in without Tagovailoa but shared the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It's extremely unlikely Miami would right away produce yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, but it can add deepness if Tagovailoa is actually pushed to overlook opportunity.