.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, just before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte Observer gained the APSE honor for breaking information and also the South Carolina Media Organization award for enterprise creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd detected trauma of his NFL profession on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually ruled out of the game in the third fourth after a play in which he rushed up the middle for a to begin with down and decreased his shoulder to trigger exposure to Costs protection Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear produced hard contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback instantly entered into a fencing reaction, a phrase made use of to describe a person's arms entering into an abnormal placement. Dolphins medical coaches addressed him for numerous moments as gamers stoop around him. He was actually ultimately able to stroll off the industry and also right into the team's storage locker area under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 days up until their following activity against the Seat Seahawks yet might rule out Tagovailoa, despite how he advances via the game's blast process. A job on the injured reserve could be an additional option considering his trauma background." Immediately, [it] is a lot more about acquiring an effective step-by-step assessment as well as taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel said after the activity. "The furthest point coming from my thoughts is what is the timeline. Our experts only need to assess as well as simply bother with my teammate. ... Our team'll get additional relevant information [Friday] and afterwards take it daily coming from certainly there." Here are actually four key concerns complying with Tagovailoa's most recent trauma. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury record? Tagovailoa was an applicant to become selected as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his last period at Alabama yet went through a hip misplacement and crack of the posterior wall surface of his hip socket midway by means of the season. He was actually additionally detected with a concussion and defective nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered eventually to bet the Dolphins as a novice yet missed out on 5 games during his initial pair of times because of numerous minor personal injuries. In 2022, he was detected along with two traumas and took a 3rd favorite to his head that inevitably triggered the NFL changing its own concussion protocol. He failed to miss out on a video game in the course of the 2023 season, nevertheless, and gained a four-year, $212.1 thousand contract extension in July. What alternatives performed Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa accepted to temporarily thinking about retirement life after chats along with his family. In the course of a job interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he clarified that it was mainly his mama who inquired him to reevaluate his participating in career. Inevitably, he made a decision versus it and spent the 2023 offseason expanding and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall program to discover exactly how to fall without striking his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to be to aid as he played in each of Miami's games last period, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he lost 14 pounds in an attempt to become a lot more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel points out Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking with colleagues in the locker area and also remains in excellent spirits after suffering a blast. If Tagovailoa intends to return to the field, what difficulties will he must clear in blast protocol? McDaniel stated Tagovailoa will undertake complete screening and assessment prior to they make a decision how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation protocol is a five-step method that finishes in a staff's doctor accepting an individual neurological consultant that a gamer can securely participate in once more. The first step of the process is actually remainder as well as recovery "till his signs and symptoms as well as neurologic evaluation" come back to "baseline condition." The following measure is light cardiovascular exercise, followed through ongoing aerobic workout and introduction of durability training. A gamer may return to soccer activities in the 4th action of the process, all of which are noncontact. The last action is total authorization, once the medical doctor as well as neurological consultant acknowledge the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they authorize an additional player? If Tagovailoa can easily not play in next week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in line to begin. Thompson began three video games as a novice in 2022, featuring a playoff reduction when traveling at Buffalo grass. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, that is signed to their method squad. There are free agent possibilities on call should Miami choose to bring in yet another quarterback, notably the team's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did certainly not devote to the possibility of participating in without Tagovailoa but showed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually unexpected Miami would right away generate an additional quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it can add deepness if Tagovailoa is obliged to miss out on opportunity.