.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Costs, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte nc Onlooker succeeded the APSE honor for breaking information and the South Carolina Press Affiliation award for company writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the third identified trauma of his NFL occupation on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the game in the 3rd fourth after a play in which he scrambled up the center for a first down and also decreased his shoulder to start contact with Costs security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet made difficult exchange Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback immediately entered into a securing reaction, a phrase utilized to define an individual's arms going into an abnormal setting. Dolphins medical fitness instructors attended to him for several mins as gamers stoop around him. He was actually essentially able to walk off the field and also in to the crew's closet area under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every video game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times till their following activity versus the Seattle Seahawks yet could dismiss Tagovailoa, regardless of how he progresses via the game's blast procedure. An assignment on the hurt reservoir may be one more possibility considering his trauma record." Now, [it] is a lot more concerning acquiring a correct procedural examination and taking it eventually at a time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel mentioned after the activity. "The furthest thing coming from my thoughts is what is the timetable. We simply need to analyze as well as merely stress over my teammate. ... Our team'll acquire even more info [Friday] and then take it day after day from there certainly." Below are actually four key concerns complying with Tagovailoa's most recent trauma. What is Tagovailoa's trauma background? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to be selected as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during his final time at Alabama yet experienced a hip disconnection and also bone fracture of the back wall of his hip socket midway by means of the period. He was actually additionally identified along with a trauma as well as broken nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie but overlooked 5 games during his 1st two times due to a variety of small injuries. In 2022, he was actually detected along with two blasts and also took a 3rd hit to his scalp that inevitably brought about the NFL changing its blast method. He really did not miss a video game during the course of the 2023 season, however, as well as got a four-year, $212.1 thousand agreement expansion in July. What options did Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa accepted to quickly considering retirement after conversations with his household. In the course of a meeting with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he cleared up that it was predominantly his mom that asked him to reexamine his playing profession. Essentially, he made a decision against it as well as devoted the 2023 offseason expanding and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall program to learn just how to fall without attacking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to be to aid as he played in each of Miami's games final season, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he lost 14 pounds in an attempt to become even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with teammates in the closet room as well as resides in great feelings after experiencing a trauma. If Tagovailoa intends to return to the industry, what hurdles will he need to clear in concussion procedure? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa will undertake extensive testing as well as evaluation just before they choose how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is actually a five-step process that winds up in a team's medical doctor concurring with an independent nerve consultant that a player may carefully participate in again. The first step of the method is rest and also healing "up until his signs and symptoms and also neurologic examination" go back to "baseline status." The following step is actually light cardio physical exercise, complied with through ongoing aerobic exercise as well as introduction of durability instruction. A player can go back to regulation football tasks in the fourth measure of the protocol, every one of which are noncontact. The ultimate action is total clearance, once the doctor and neurological expert concede the gamer prepares. What are the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they sign an additional player? If Tagovailoa may not play in following week's video game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in series to start. Thompson started 3 video games as a rookie in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss when traveling at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their practice squad. There are actually freelance options offered should Miami choose to generate an additional quarterback, significantly the team's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not dedicate to the option of participating in without Tagovailoa but shared the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It's unexpected Miami would immediately generate an additional quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it might include depth if Tagovailoa is actually obliged to miss time.