.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter covering the Buffalo grass Expenses, before switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte nc Observer gained the APSE honor for beating information as well as the South Carolina Media Association award for enterprise creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the third diagnosed trauma of his NFL job on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was ruled out of the activity in the third quarter after a play through which he scurried up the center for a first down and reduced his shoulder to start exposure to Expenses security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear produced challenging exposure to Hamlin's body, the quarterback promptly went into a securing action, a phrase used to define a person's upper arms entering a strange placement. Dolphins medical personal trainers attended to him for numerous mins as players knelt around him. He was eventually capable to stroll off the area and into the team's locker space under his very own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game last seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days till their upcoming video game versus the Seat Seahawks however can dismiss Tagovailoa, irrespective of exactly how he proceeds with the league's trauma protocol. An assignment on the injured reservoir can be an additional option considering his injury history." Right now, [it] is actually more regarding receiving a correct procedural examination and also taking it eventually at once," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel stated after the video game. "The farthest point coming from my thoughts is what is actually the timeline. Our team just require to analyze and also just think about my teammate. ... Our team'll get more relevant information [Friday] and after that take it everyday coming from certainly there." Right here are actually four key questions adhering to Tagovailoa's most recent trauma. What is Tagovailoa's accident record? Tagovailoa was a candidate to be picked as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft in the course of his last time at Alabama but suffered a hip dislocation as well as fracture of the posterior wall of his hip socket midway through the time. He was actually likewise identified with a trauma as well as broken nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped over time to play for the Dolphins as a novice however overlooked five video games in the course of his 1st 2 seasons due to numerous small personal injuries. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed with 2 traumas and also took a third hit to his head that ultimately brought about the NFL modifying its blast procedure. He failed to miss an activity in the course of the 2023 time, nonetheless, as well as made a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement extension in July. What options carried out Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa admitted to temporarily taking into consideration retirement after talks with his family. Throughout an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Series" final month, he clarified that it was primarily his mommy that inquired him to reevaluate his playing job. Eventually, he made a decision versus it and spent the 2023 offseason expanding and training in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to discover how to drop without hitting his directly the ground. The training appeared to aid as he played with all of Miami's activities last period, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 extra pounds in an effort to be much more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with allies in the storage locker space and also resides in good sens after suffering a trauma. If Tagovailoa intends to return to the area, what difficulties will he need to very clear in trauma process? McDaniel said Tagovailoa is going to go through extensive testing and also assessment before they determine how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation process is actually a five-step procedure that culminates in a group's doctor accepting an independent nerve specialist that a gamer may properly play once more. The initial step of the procedure is actually rest as well as healing "up until his signs and symptoms and neurologic examination" return to "baseline status." The next step is actually light cardiovascular physical exercise, adhered to through continuous cardio physical exercise and also introduction of toughness training. A player can return to regulation football activities in the 4th action of the procedure, each of which are actually noncontact. The last action is full clearance, once the medical professional and also nerve consultant concur the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they authorize another gamer? If Tagovailoa can not play in upcoming week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in product line to begin. Thompson began three games as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, who is authorized to their technique squad. There are freelance possibilities available should Miami determine to generate one more quarterback, significantly the crew's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not dedicate to the possibility of participating in without Tagovailoa however expressed the "utmost peace of mind" in Thompson. It's not likely Miami would right away bring in an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, however it might add deepness if Tagovailoa is pushed to overlook opportunity.