.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as a beat press reporter covering the Buffalo Expenses, prior to shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat article writer for the Charlotte nc Onlooker succeeded the APSE honor for beating information and the South Carolina Media Affiliation award for enterprise creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the third detected blast of his NFL career on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was eliminated of the game in the 3rd one-fourth after a play in which he clambered up the center for an initially down and also lowered his shoulder to launch contact with Costs security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet made challenging exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback instantly went into a securing reaction, a phrase made use of to illustrate a person's arms entering an abnormal placement. Dolphins health care instructors took care of him for numerous mins as gamers knelt around him. He was actually ultimately capable to walk off the field as well as in to the crew's locker room under his own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every activity last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times until their following activity versus the Seat Seahawks but could possibly rule out Tagovailoa, irrespective of exactly how he advances via the league's trauma procedure. An assignment on the hurt reserve might be another option considering his trauma past history." Now, [it] is actually a lot more concerning receiving a suitable step-by-step assessment as well as taking it 1 day each time," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel mentioned after the activity. "The furthest factor coming from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our company only need to review as well as merely fret about my teammate. ... Our team'll acquire more info [Friday] and after that take it everyday from there." Here are 4 key questions adhering to Tagovailoa's most up-to-date trauma. What is Tagovailoa's injury record? Tagovailoa was actually a candidate to be selected as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft throughout his last season at Alabama but endured a hip dislocation and also fracture of the posterior wall structure of his hip outlet midway via the season. He was additionally identified along with a concussion and faulty nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped in time to bet the Dolphins as a novice but missed 5 video games in the course of his 1st two times as a result of a variety of slight accidents. In 2022, he was actually diagnosed along with 2 blasts as well as took a 3rd hit to his scalp that essentially caused the NFL altering its concussion method. He really did not miss an activity throughout the 2023 season, nevertheless, as well as earned a four-year, $212.1 thousand arrangement expansion in July. What choices carried out Tagovailoa consider after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa acknowledged to briefly looking at retired life after chats along with his family. In the course of an interview along with "The Dan Le Batard Show" last month, he cleared up that it was mostly his mom that asked him to rethink his playing career. Essentially, he decided versus it and also devoted the 2023 offseason expanding and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to know exactly how to drop without reaching his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to help as he played in each of Miami's video games last season, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa said to CBS Athletics he shed 14 extra pounds in an effort to be even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was actually consulting with colleagues in the storage locker space and is in really good sens after experiencing a concussion. If Tagovailoa intends to return to the field, what difficulties will he need to very clear in concussion method? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will certainly go through in depth screening and also evaluation just before they determine how to move on. The NFL's return-to-participation process is actually a five-step procedure that winds up in a crew's medical doctor concurring with a private nerve professional that a gamer can securely participate in again. The first step of the procedure is rest as well as rehabilitation "until his symptoms and neurologic examination" come back to "baseline standing." The following step is light cardio exercise, adhered to by ongoing cardio physical exercise and intro of toughness instruction. A player can easily go back to regulation football activities in the 4th step of the method, every one of which are noncontact. The last action is actually complete approval, once the medical professional and also nerve professional agree the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' alternatives at quarterback? Will they sign one more gamer? If Tagovailoa can not play in next week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson resides in series to start. Thompson began three activities as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction when traveling at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is actually Tim Boyle, who is authorized to their strategy squad. There are actually free agent alternatives accessible must Miami determine to introduce another quarterback, significantly the team's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out certainly not dedicate to the opportunity of playing without Tagovailoa however showed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It's improbable Miami will instantly generate an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could include intensity if Tagovailoa is pushed to overlook opportunity.