.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter dealing with the Buffalo Costs, prior to switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat article writer for the Charlotte nc Onlooker gained the APSE honor for breaking updates as well as the South Carolina Press Affiliation honor for enterprise creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the third diagnosed blast of his NFL occupation on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the game in the 3rd quarter after a play in which he clambered up the center for a first down and also lowered his shoulder to trigger exposure to Expenses safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear helped make challenging contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback promptly went into a securing response, a term used to describe an individual's upper arms entering an unnatural position. Dolphins health care personal trainers addressed him for a number of minutes as players stoop around him. He was inevitably able to stroll off the area and also right into the staff's storage locker space under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days until their upcoming video game versus the Seat Seahawks yet can rule out Tagovailoa, despite just how he proceeds through the organization's trauma procedure. A stint on the damaged reserve can be another opportunity considering his personal injury history." At the moment, [it] is a lot more concerning receiving a proper procedural assessment and taking it one day at a time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said after the video game. "The farthest thing coming from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our company just need to examine and also only think about my ally. ... Our experts'll obtain even more details [Friday] and afterwards take it each day coming from there." Here are actually four vital questions following Tagovailoa's most current blast. What is Tagovailoa's trauma history? Tagovailoa was a prospect to be picked as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught in the course of his final season at Alabama yet endured a hip misplacement and also bone fracture of the rear end wall surface of his hip outlet midway with the season. He was actually likewise detected along with a trauma as well as broken nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped over time to play for the Dolphins as a rookie but missed 5 games during his first two times due to various minor injuries. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed along with two traumas and also took a third smash hit to his head that essentially resulted in the NFL changing its trauma protocol. He failed to overlook a video game in the course of the 2023 season, nonetheless, as well as made a four-year, $212.1 million arrangement extension in July. What choices did Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa confessed to quickly considering retirement after discussions with his household. Throughout an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he made clear that it was actually mostly his mama who asked him to reexamine his playing job. Essentially, he decided versus it as well as spent the 2023 offseason expanding as well as training in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to learn just how to fall without attacking his head on the ground. The instruction seemed to be to aid as he played in every of Miami's activities last season, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area 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 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was speaking with colleagues in the closet room and also is in good spirits after suffering a trauma. If Tagovailoa desires to go back to the industry, what difficulties will he have to clear in trauma method? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will definitely undertake comprehensive testing as well as assessment just before they determine how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is actually a five-step process that finishes in a team's doctor concurring with an individual neurological specialist that a gamer can safely and securely participate in once more. The initial step of the protocol is remainder and healing "until his symptoms and neurologic evaluation" come back to "baseline standing." The next measure is sunny cardio physical exercise, observed through continuous aerobic physical exercise and introduction of strength instruction. A gamer may go back to regulation football activities in the fourth step of the protocol, all of which are noncontact. The ultimate measure is complete authorization, as soon as the medical doctor and also neurological expert concede the gamer is ready. What are the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in upcoming week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in product line to start. Thompson started 3 games as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss when driving at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their practice team. There are freelance alternatives readily available should Miami decide to generate one more quarterback, particularly the team's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not devote to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa yet expressed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It's improbable Miami would immediately introduce one more quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it can incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is forced to skip time.