.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Costs, prior to switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte Observer gained the APSE honor for beating headlines and the South Carolina Press Organization honor for organization writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd identified trauma of his NFL profession on Thursday evening in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was actually ruled out of the activity in the third quarter after a play in which he scurried up the middle for a first down and also reduced his shoulder to start exchange Expenses safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear made hard exposure to Hamlin's body system, the quarterback quickly entered into a fencing reaction, a condition made use of to define an individual's upper arms entering an unnatural posture. Dolphins health care instructors attended to him for a number of mins as players stoop around him. He was essentially capable to stroll off the industry and right into the crew's locker space under his very own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times up until their next game versus the Seattle Seahawks yet could rule out Tagovailoa, no matter exactly how he progresses by means of the game's blast procedure. A job on the injured reservoir might be yet another opportunity considering his trauma past." Right now, [it] is actually more concerning getting an effective procedural assessment as well as taking it eventually at a time," Dolphins instructor Mike McDaniel pointed out after the activity. "The furthest thing coming from my mind is what is the timeline. Our team just require to analyze as well as only worry about my ally. ... Our company'll get even more info [Friday] and afterwards take it day by day coming from there certainly." Listed here are 4 key inquiries adhering to Tagovailoa's newest concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's personal injury background? Tagovailoa was actually a prospect to become selected as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during his final time at Alabama yet went through a hip dislocation and fracture of the posterior wall of his hip socket midway via the season. He was likewise detected with a concussion and damaged nostrils that year. Tagovailoa bounced back on time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie but missed out on five games during his first 2 seasons due to several small personal injuries. In 2022, he was actually identified with two blasts as well as took a third smash hit to his head that essentially led to the NFL modifying its trauma protocol. He failed to skip a video game during the course of the 2023 period, however, as well as gained a four-year, $212.1 million agreement expansion in July. What possibilities carried out Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa confessed to for a while taking into consideration retirement life after talks with his loved ones. During the course of a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he made clear that it was actually primarily his mommy that asked him to reassess his participating in profession. Essentially, he made a decision versus it as well as spent the 2023 offseason expanding and instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall system to learn just how to fall without attacking his head on the ground. The training seemed to be to assist as he played in all of Miami's video games final period, including a playoff loss to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he shed 14 pounds in an initiative to become much more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great sens' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking with allies in the storage locker space as well as resides in really good sens after going through a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to go back to the area, what obstacles will he must clear in trauma process? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will certainly undergo detailed screening as well as analysis just before they make a decision exactly how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is actually a five-step procedure that finishes in a group's physician concurring with a private nerve professional that a player may properly participate in once more. The initial step of the process is remainder and also rehabilitation "until his signs and symptoms and also neurologic assessment" return to "baseline status." The next measure is light cardio exercise, observed by ongoing cardio workout and also introduction of stamina training. A player may come back to football tasks in the 4th measure of the process, each of which are noncontact. The ultimate action is actually total authorization, when the medical doctor and also nerve professional concur the player is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they authorize another gamer? If Tagovailoa can not play in next week's game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in line to begin. Thompson began three games as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, that is signed to their practice squad. There are freelance alternatives offered must Miami make a decision to produce one more quarterback, especially the group's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not devote to the option of playing without Tagovailoa yet revealed the "utmost peace of mind" in Thompson. It's not likely Miami will instantly bring in another quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it might incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is required to overlook opportunity.