.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter covering the Buffalo grass Costs, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte nc Viewer gained the APSE award for beating information as well as the South Carolina Media Organization award for venture writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd diagnosed trauma of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the game in the 3rd fourth after a play through which he scrambled up the middle for a first down as well as decreased his shoulder to initiate exposure to Bills protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet made tough exposure to Hamlin's body, the quarterback promptly entered a securing response, a term made use of to describe a person's arms entering a strange posture. Dolphins medical personal trainers addressed him for several moments as players stoop around him. He was ultimately able to walk off the area as well as into the team's storage locker area under his personal electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times up until their upcoming video game against the Seattle Seahawks but could possibly rule out Tagovailoa, regardless of just how he proceeds with the game's trauma protocol. An assignment on the damaged reservoir may be one more opportunity considering his injury record." Right now, [it] is actually a lot more about receiving an effective procedural assessment and taking it eventually at once," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel mentioned after the video game. "The furthest trait coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. Our team only require to assess and simply bother with my colleague. ... Our company'll acquire more information [Friday] and then take it day by day from certainly there." Below are actually 4 essential concerns following Tagovailoa's most current trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's injury background? Tagovailoa was a candidate to become decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his ultimate time at Alabama yet went through a hip disconnection and bone fracture of the rear end wall of his hip outlet midway through the period. He was actually likewise diagnosed along with a blast as well as faulty nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered eventually to play for the Dolphins as a newbie however overlooked 5 games during his 1st 2 periods because of a variety of slight personal injuries. In 2022, he was identified along with two traumas as well as took a 3rd hit to his scalp that essentially triggered the NFL changing its own concussion method. He didn't miss out on a video game throughout the 2023 period, nonetheless, and also made a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract extension in July. What choices did Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa admitted to for a while thinking about retirement life after talks with his loved ones. During an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Series" last month, he cleared up that it was largely his mother who inquired him to rethink his playing job. Inevitably, he decided against it and spent the 2023 offseason expanding as well as instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall program to know exactly how to drop without striking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to be to assist as he played in all of Miami's games last time, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he dropped 14 extra pounds in an attempt to become extra mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was consulting with colleagues in the locker room and resides in really good spirits after experiencing a concussion. If Tagovailoa wants to go back to the area, what difficulties will he need to clear in trauma process? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will certainly undergo extensive screening and analysis before they decide how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is actually a five-step method that culminates in a staff's medical professional accepting a private nerve expert that a gamer may safely and securely participate in again. The primary step of the protocol is remainder and also recovery "until his symptoms and signs and neurologic assessment" come back to "baseline condition." The next measure is sunny cardiovascular workout, observed through continued cardio exercise as well as overview of strength training. A gamer can come back to football activities in the fourth action of the procedure, every one of which are actually noncontact. The final step is actually total clearance, when the physician as well as neurological specialist concur the player is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they sign yet another gamer? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in following week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in line to start. Thompson started three activities as a novice in 2022, including a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their strategy team. There are free agent options offered must Miami determine to introduce another quarterback, significantly the crew's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not commit to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa yet conveyed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami will immediately generate another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is actually pushed to miss opportunity.