.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Viewer won the APSE award for breaking updates as well as the South Carolina Press Organization award for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the third identified trauma of his NFL career on Thursday evening in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the video game in the 3rd fourth after a play in which he scurried up the middle for an initially down and also decreased his shoulder to start exposure to Expenses safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet produced hard contact with Hamlin's body, the quarterback right away went into a securing reaction, a term made use of to define an individual's arms entering an unnatural position. Dolphins health care instructors took care of him for many mins as players knelt around him. He was eventually capable to stroll off the field as well as into the group's locker space under his personal power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days until their upcoming video game against the Seattle Seahawks yet can eliminate Tagovailoa, despite exactly how he progresses via the game's trauma process. A job on the damaged reservoir might be one more possibility considering his injury past history." Immediately, [it] is more concerning obtaining an appropriate procedural evaluation as well as taking it 1 day at a time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel stated after the video game. "The farthest factor from my thoughts is what is the timeline. Our company merely require to assess as well as only fret about my ally. ... Our company'll acquire additional relevant information [Friday] and after that take it day after day from there certainly." Listed below are actually four vital inquiries observing Tagovailoa's most current trauma. What is Tagovailoa's accident background? Tagovailoa was actually a prospect to become selected as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught throughout his ultimate time at Alabama however endured a hip disconnection and crack of the back wall of his hip outlet midway by means of the time. He was actually also detected with a trauma and busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recuperated on time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie however skipped five video games during his first two seasons as a result of a variety of slight traumas. In 2022, he was detected along with 2 concussions and took a 3rd favorite to his scalp that eventually triggered the NFL modifying its own blast method. He failed to miss out on a video game in the course of the 2023 time, nonetheless, as well as got a four-year, $212.1 million deal expansion in July. What options carried out Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa acknowledged to quickly thinking about retirement after talks with his family. In the course of a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he made clear that it was actually mostly his mom that inquired him to rethink his playing profession. Ultimately, he decided versus it as well as invested the 2023 offseason expanding and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to find out exactly how to fall without reaching his head on the ground. The training seemed to assist as he played with all of Miami's activities last period, featuring a playoff loss to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 pounds in an attempt to become even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was speaking to teammates in the locker space as well as resides in really good spirits after going through a trauma. If Tagovailoa would like to go back to the industry, what hurdles will he have to clear in blast process? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will go through extensive screening and also assessment just before they choose exactly how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation process is actually a five-step process that finishes in a crew's doctor accepting an independent neurological specialist that a gamer may carefully participate in once more. The initial step of the protocol is remainder and healing "up until his symptoms and signs and also neurologic examination" return to "baseline standing." The next measure is actually sunny cardio exercise, complied with through continuous cardiovascular workout and also intro of strength instruction. A player can come back to football tasks in the fourth measure of the procedure, all of which are noncontact. The last measure is actually full approval, once the physician as well as neurological specialist agree the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they sign an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in upcoming full week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in line to begin. Thompson began three activities as a rookie in 2022, including a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, who is signed to their practice team. There are free agent choices available should Miami choose to generate one more quarterback, especially the group's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not dedicate to the option of playing without Tagovailoa however expressed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually unlikely Miami will right away bring in an additional quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it might add depth if Tagovailoa is obliged to miss out on opportunity.