.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat media reporter dealing with the Buffalo Bills, before changing to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers hammered author for the Charlotte nc Observer succeeded the APSE award for breaking updates and the South Carolina Media Association award for company creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd identified blast of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Bills. Tagovailoa was actually eliminated of the video game in the 3rd fourth after a play in which he scurried up the center for an initially down and decreased his shoulder to launch exposure to Costs safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet produced hard contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback right away entered a securing action, a condition utilized to illustrate a person's arms entering a strange placement. Dolphins medical personal trainers addressed him for a number of minutes as players stoop around him. He was essentially capable to walk off the industry as well as into the group's storage locker room under his very own power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every video game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times till their upcoming game versus the Seattle Seahawks but might eliminate Tagovailoa, regardless of just how he progresses through the game's trauma method. A stint on the hurt reservoir might be an additional possibility considering his accident past history." At the moment, [it] is actually much more about obtaining a correct step-by-step analysis and also taking it one day each time," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel pointed out after the activity. "The farthest factor from my thoughts is what is actually the timeline. We merely need to have to examine as well as merely think about my colleague. ... Our experts'll obtain additional details [Friday] and afterwards take it daily from certainly there." Below are actually 4 vital questions observing Tagovailoa's latest blast. What is actually Tagovailoa's accident record? Tagovailoa was actually a candidate to become decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during the course of his final time at Alabama yet endured a hip dislocation as well as fracture of the rear end wall structure of his hip socket midway through the time. He was additionally diagnosed along with a blast and faulty nostrils that year. Tagovailoa bounced back in time to play for the Dolphins as a novice but skipped 5 activities during the course of his initial two times because of numerous minor traumas. In 2022, he was detected with two concussions and took a 3rd favorite to his scalp that essentially led to the NFL changing its blast method. He really did not skip a game during the course of the 2023 time, nevertheless, and also got a four-year, $212.1 million deal extension in July. What alternatives did Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa admitted to for a while thinking about retirement life after discussions along with his household. During an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he made clear that it was mainly his mother who inquired him to reexamine his participating in job. Ultimately, he chose against it and also spent the 2023 offseason bulking up and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall system to discover how to drop without striking his head on the ground. The training seemed to be to help as he played in each of Miami's video games final season, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Athletics he shed 14 extra pounds in an effort to become extra mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with allies in the closet room as well as remains in great sens after enduring a trauma. If Tagovailoa wants to come back to the industry, what difficulties will he need to clear in blast procedure? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will certainly undertake comprehensive screening and analysis prior to they determine exactly how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step procedure that culminates in a team's medical professional concurring with an independent neurological consultant that a player may securely participate in once more. The initial step of the procedure is actually rest and recovery "till his signs and symptoms and also neurologic evaluation" go back to "baseline condition." The upcoming action is sunny cardiovascular physical exercise, observed by continued cardiovascular exercise and introduction of strength instruction. A gamer may return to football activities in the fourth measure of the procedure, all of which are noncontact. The last measure is actually total approval, when the medical professional and nerve consultant concur the gamer is ready. What are the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they authorize another player? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in following full week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in line to start. Thompson began 3 activities as a newbie in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction on the road at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, who is actually signed to their technique team. There are actually free agent choices readily available ought to Miami decide to bring in yet another quarterback, notably the staff's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed not devote to the opportunity of participating in without Tagovailoa but showed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It's improbable Miami would immediately produce yet another quarterback to start over Thompson, but it could possibly incorporate depth if Tagovailoa is actually forced to miss out on opportunity.