.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter covering the Buffalo Expenses, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte Viewer succeeded the APSE award for beating news and also the South Carolina Press Association honor for company creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd identified trauma of his NFL job on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Bills. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the video game in the third quarter after a play in which he scurried up the center for a first down and reduced his shoulder to launch contact with Bills safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet produced tough exposure to Hamlin's body system, the quarterback right away entered a securing action, a phrase used to explain a person's upper arms going into an unnatural position. Dolphins medical personal trainers took care of him for numerous moments as gamers knelt around him. He was inevitably able to stroll off the area and also in to the staff's locker area under his own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days till their upcoming video game against the Seat Seahawks however could possibly dismiss Tagovailoa, no matter how he progresses through the organization's blast process. A job on the injured reservoir can be another option considering his personal injury record." Right now, [it] is even more about obtaining a suitable procedural analysis and taking it someday at once," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel pointed out after the activity. "The farthest point from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our team merely need to examine and also just worry about my teammate. ... We'll acquire additional info [Friday] and afterwards take it daily from there certainly." Listed here are actually four vital inquiries observing Tagovailoa's most current trauma. What is Tagovailoa's injury record? Tagovailoa was a candidate to be selected as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his ultimate season at Alabama but went through a hip dislocation and crack of the rear end wall surface of his hip socket midway with the season. He was additionally identified along with a concussion and also busted nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped in time to bet the Dolphins as a novice but missed out on five video games during the course of his initial two periods as a result of numerous slight accidents. In 2022, he was identified with pair of blasts as well as took a third smash hit to his scalp that essentially caused the NFL modifying its own concussion method. He didn't miss a video game throughout the 2023 season, nevertheless, and gained a four-year, $212.1 thousand deal expansion in July. What possibilities carried out Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa admitted to for a while taking into consideration retired life after conversations with his family. During an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" last month, he cleared up that it was actually mostly his mom who inquired him to reexamine his participating in career. Ultimately, he determined against it and also devoted the 2023 offseason expanding as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to discover how to drop without hitting his head on the ground. The instruction seemed to be to help as he played with all of Miami's activities final time, including a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Sports he shed 14 extra pounds in an attempt to be even more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was consulting with teammates in the closet space and resides in good spirits after enduring a concussion. If Tagovailoa wishes to return to the area, what obstacles will he have to very clear in trauma protocol? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will definitely go through thorough screening and analysis prior to they decide how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation process is actually a five-step procedure that finishes in a team's medical professional accepting a private neurological consultant that a gamer may properly play again. The 1st step of the protocol is rest and also recovery "until his symptoms and signs and also neurologic exam" come back to "baseline condition." The upcoming action is light cardiovascular workout, adhered to by continued cardiovascular workout and intro of stamina instruction. A gamer may return to regulation football activities in the 4th action of the protocol, each one of which are noncontact. The last step is actually complete clearance, when the doctor and nerve specialist agree the player is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign one more gamer? If Tagovailoa can not play in upcoming full week's game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in collection to begin. Thompson began three video games as a rookie in 2022, including a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is actually authorized to their technique squad. There are actually free agent choices available need to Miami determine to introduce yet another quarterback, significantly the group's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not dedicate to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa however shared the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually unlikely Miami will promptly introduce yet another quarterback to begin again Thompson, but it might add intensity if Tagovailoa is pushed to overlook time.