.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted media reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Expenses, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte Onlooker won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Media Organization award for company writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the third diagnosed blast of his NFL job on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the game in the third fourth after a play through which he rushed up the middle for an initially down and also lowered his shoulder to initiate exposure to Costs protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet created hard exchange Hamlin's body, the quarterback immediately entered into a securing action, a phrase used to explain a person's arms going into an abnormal placement. Dolphins clinical personal trainers took care of him for a number of mins as gamers stoop around him. He was eventually capable to stroll off the field as well as right into the group's locker room under his own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times until their next video game against the Seattle Seahawks yet might rule out Tagovailoa, despite how he advances with the game's concussion method. A job on the hurt reserve can be one more opportunity considering his injury history." Immediately, [it] is more concerning getting a correct procedural examination as well as taking it eventually at once," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel pointed out after the activity. "The farthest trait from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our company only need to have to analyze and also just stress over my colleague. ... We'll receive more information [Friday] and after that take it daily from certainly there." Listed here are actually four essential inquiries complying with Tagovailoa's most up-to-date trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's accident record? Tagovailoa was a candidate to be chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during his ultimate time at Alabama but went through a hip misplacement and also bone fracture of the back wall of his hip socket midway through the period. He was additionally identified with a blast and also faulty nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recuperated in time to bet the Dolphins as a rookie however missed five activities during his initial two times because of various small injuries. In 2022, he was identified with two traumas and took a 3rd hit to his scalp that eventually led to the NFL modifying its own blast protocol. He didn't miss an activity in the course of the 2023 period, having said that, and also got a four-year, $212.1 million contract expansion in July. What options performed Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa admitted to temporarily looking at retirement life after chats with his household. Throughout a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he clarified that it was largely his mom that inquired him to reconsider his participating in profession. Essentially, he chose versus it and spent the 2023 offseason bulking up and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to know how to fall without striking his directly the ground. The instruction appeared to assist as he played in every of Miami's activities last period, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 pounds in an initiative to become even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was talking with colleagues in the locker space as well as remains in great sens after enduring a blast. If Tagovailoa wishes to come back to the area, what obstacles will he must crystal clear in blast protocol? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will go through extensive testing as well as assessment before they determine how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step method that winds up in a team's medical professional accepting an independent neurological expert that a gamer may securely play once again. The 1st step of the method is remainder and also recuperation "till his signs and symptoms as well as neurologic evaluation" go back to "baseline standing." The upcoming action is actually sunny cardiovascular exercise, observed through continued aerobic physical exercise and intro of durability training. A gamer can come back to football activities in the 4th action of the procedure, every one of which are actually noncontact. The ultimate step is actually total authorization, once the physician as well as nerve expert concur the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign one more gamer? If Tagovailoa can certainly not play in upcoming full week's video game against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to start. Thompson started three video games as a newbie in 2022, featuring a playoff loss on the road at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, who is signed to their method team. There are freelance choices readily available ought to Miami decide to produce one more quarterback, significantly the crew's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed certainly not dedicate to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa however revealed the "utmost peace of mind" in Thompson. It's extremely unlikely Miami would immediately introduce another quarterback to start over Thompson, however it could possibly include deepness if Tagovailoa is actually pushed to miss opportunity.