.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter dealing with the Buffalo Expenses, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Onlooker gained the APSE award for breaking updates and also the South Carolina Press Affiliation award for business creating 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 grass Expenses. Tagovailoa was eliminated of the video game in the 3rd one-fourth after a play through which he scurried up the center for a first down as well as decreased his shoulder to initiate exchange Bills safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet helped make tough exchange Hamlin's body, the quarterback quickly entered a securing response, a phrase made use of to explain a person's upper arms entering a strange posture. Dolphins clinical coaches addressed him for numerous moments as players knelt around him. He was actually inevitably capable to walk off the area and right into the crew's storage locker room under his personal power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days until their next game versus the Seattle Seahawks however could possibly rule out Tagovailoa, regardless of just how he progresses by means of the league's blast procedure. A stint on the hurt reservoir might be an additional possibility considering his injury past history." Immediately, [it] is actually extra concerning obtaining a correct step-by-step examination as well as taking it one day at a time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel stated after the activity. "The furthest point coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timeline. We only require to evaluate and just fret about my colleague. ... Our company'll obtain more information [Friday] and afterwards take it each day from there." Here are actually four crucial concerns observing Tagovailoa's most current trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's trauma past? Tagovailoa was actually an applicant to be chosen as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft in the course of his final period at Alabama but suffered a hip dislocation and also crack of the rear end wall surface of his hip outlet midway by means of the time. He was actually additionally identified along with a concussion and also broken nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recuperated eventually to play for the Dolphins as a newbie but skipped five video games throughout his initial pair of seasons as a result of a variety of slight traumas. In 2022, he was actually identified with pair of traumas as well as took a third favorite to his head that inevitably triggered the NFL affecting its own blast method. He didn't miss out on an activity during the course of the 2023 season, however, and gained a four-year, $212.1 million deal expansion in July. What possibilities performed Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa acknowledged to temporarily looking at retirement after chats with his family members. During the course of an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he made clear that it was mainly his mother who asked him to reexamine his playing profession. Inevitably, he determined against it and also invested the 2023 offseason expanding as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall course to learn exactly how to fall without reaching his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to be to assist as he played in all of Miami's games last season, consisting of a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he lost 14 extra pounds in an effort to become a lot more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking with allies in the closet room and also remains in great feelings after experiencing a blast. If Tagovailoa desires to go back to the field, what difficulties will he have to crystal clear in concussion process? McDaniel pointed out Tagovailoa will undertake thorough testing and assessment prior to they make a decision exactly how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step method that finishes in a crew's physician concurring with an individual nerve consultant that a gamer may safely play once again. The 1st step of the protocol is rest and also healing "until his signs and symptoms as well as neurologic evaluation" come back to "baseline standing." The following action is actually sunny cardiovascular workout, adhered to by ongoing cardio physical exercise and also intro of toughness instruction. A player can easily return to football activities in the 4th action of the process, each of which are noncontact. The final action is actually full authorization, the moment the medical doctor and also nerve professional agree the gamer is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they sign an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in upcoming week's game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in collection to start. Thompson started three games as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss when driving at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, that is actually authorized to their technique team. There are free agent options available need to Miami make a decision to produce yet another quarterback, significantly the staff's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not devote to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa but revealed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually extremely unlikely Miami will instantly bring in one more quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it might include intensity if Tagovailoa is compelled to miss time.