.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, just before switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered article writer for the Charlotte Observer gained the APSE honor for beating information as well as the South Carolina Media Association award for enterprise writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the third diagnosed trauma of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the video game in the 3rd quarter after a play in which he scrambled up the center for a to begin with down as well as decreased his shoulder to trigger contact with Costs protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet produced challenging exchange Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback instantly entered into a securing reaction, a condition made use of to illustrate an individual's upper arms entering into an unnatural posture. Dolphins health care instructors attended to him for a number of moments as gamers knelt around him. He was actually ultimately capable to stroll off the field and into the group's locker area under his own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times up until their upcoming activity against the Seattle Seahawks but could possibly rule out Tagovailoa, regardless of exactly how he proceeds with the league's trauma protocol. A job on the injured reservoir might be another opportunity considering his trauma past." Today, [it] is a lot more concerning getting an effective procedural analysis and taking it eventually at a time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The furthest point coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. Our team just require to examine and only fret about my colleague. ... Our company'll acquire more information [Friday] and afterwards take it day after day from there certainly." Below are four key inquiries complying with Tagovailoa's newest trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's accident background? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to become chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught throughout his last time at Alabama but endured a hip misplacement and bone fracture of the posterior wall surface of his hip socket midway with the time. He was likewise detected with a blast and broken nose that year. Tagovailoa bounced back on time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie however missed five video games in the course of his 1st two periods because of different minor injuries. In 2022, he was identified along with two blasts and took a 3rd favorite to his scalp that inevitably led to the NFL modifying its own trauma process. He failed to overlook a game during the 2023 period, however, and gained a four-year, $212.1 thousand deal extension in July. What choices performed Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa confessed to temporarily considering retired life after chats along with his household. During the course of a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he cleared up that it was actually predominantly his mom who asked him to reexamine his participating in occupation. Essentially, he determined against it and also invested the 2023 offseason expanding as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to find out just how to fall without hitting his head on the ground. The instruction seemed to help as he played in each of Miami's activities last period, including a playoff loss to the Kansas Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he dropped 14 extra pounds in an attempt to become even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was actually talking with colleagues in the closet area and also remains in good feelings after enduring a concussion. If Tagovailoa wants to go back to the area, what hurdles will he must very clear in trauma method? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will definitely undergo extensive testing and examination before they decide exactly how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step procedure that finishes in a team's physician concurring with an independent nerve professional that a player may carefully participate in once more. The 1st step of the process is actually rest as well as healing "till his symptoms as well as neurologic evaluation" return to "baseline status." The upcoming action is actually light cardio exercise, adhered to through continuing cardiovascular workout and intro of strength instruction. A player can easily go back to soccer activities in the fourth step of the process, every one of which are noncontact. The last action is actually total approval, when the medical doctor and also nerve consultant acknowledge the gamer is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize yet another player? If Tagovailoa can not play in following full week's game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in collection to start. Thompson began 3 video games as a novice in 2022, including a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their method squad. There are actually free agent choices accessible ought to Miami decide to bring in one more quarterback, especially the staff's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did not commit to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa but expressed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami would immediately generate another quarterback to start over Thompson, however it could incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is compelled to overlook opportunity.