.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter dealing with the Buffalo Costs, prior to changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat article writer for the Charlotte nc Viewer gained the APSE honor for breaking information and also the South Carolina Media Organization award for organization creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the third identified blast of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the activity in the third fourth after a play in which he scrambled up the center for an initially down and also decreased his shoulder to start contact with Bills safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet created hard exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback quickly entered into a fencing response, a condition used to illustrate an individual's upper arms entering into a strange setting. Dolphins medical instructors addressed him for numerous minutes as players stoop around him. He was actually eventually capable to stroll off the field and also into the team's locker room under his own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times until their following game versus the Seattle Seahawks however can dismiss Tagovailoa, irrespective of just how he proceeds with the league's concussion protocol. A stint on the injured reserve could be yet another opportunity considering his personal injury past." At the moment, [it] is actually much more about obtaining a suitable procedural assessment as well as taking it eventually at once," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel claimed after the activity. "The outermost factor coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timetable. Our experts only require to analyze as well as only bother with my ally. ... Our team'll receive even more information [Friday] and afterwards take it each day from there certainly." Below are actually 4 crucial questions complying with Tagovailoa's latest trauma. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury background? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be selected as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his ultimate period at Alabama but suffered a hip misplacement and bone fracture of the posterior wall surface of his hip socket midway via the season. He was actually additionally diagnosed with a blast as well as defective nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recuperated in time to play for the Dolphins as a novice however missed out on five video games during the course of his 1st 2 times because of a variety of minor accidents. In 2022, he was detected with 2 traumas and also took a 3rd favorite to his scalp that eventually triggered the NFL changing its own blast protocol. He didn't miss out on a video game during the 2023 period, nonetheless, and made a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement extension in July. What possibilities performed Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa accepted to for a while thinking about retirement after chats along with his family. During a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he cleared up that it was actually mainly his mommy who inquired him to reevaluate his playing career. Eventually, he made a decision against it and also devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up and training in a jiujitsu breakfall program to find out just how to drop without reaching his head on the ground. The instruction appeared to help as he played in every of Miami's video games final season, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Sports he lost 14 pounds in an attempt to become even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with colleagues in the storage locker room and also remains in great feelings after experiencing a concussion. If Tagovailoa intends to return to the industry, what obstacles will he have to very clear in trauma protocol? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will definitely undertake detailed screening and analysis prior to they decide how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is actually a five-step procedure that culminates in a team's medical professional concurring with an independent neurological expert that a player may carefully participate in again. The primary step of the process is rest and recovery "until his symptoms and signs and neurologic examination" go back to "baseline standing." The following step is light aerobic physical exercise, adhered to through ongoing cardio physical exercise and also overview of toughness training. A player can go back to soccer tasks in the 4th step of the procedure, each one of which are noncontact. The ultimate measure is total approval, once the medical professional and neurological expert acknowledge the gamer is ready. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize yet another gamer? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in next full week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in line to start. Thompson started three activities as a rookie in 2022, featuring a playoff loss while driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, who is authorized to their practice squad. There are actually free agent options accessible ought to Miami make a decision to introduce yet another quarterback, significantly the group's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not dedicate to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa however shared the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually not likely Miami would promptly generate yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it might add intensity if Tagovailoa is actually compelled to skip time.