.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter dealing with the Buffalo Costs, prior to switching over to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers hammered writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking updates and also the South Carolina Media Affiliation award for venture creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the third diagnosed blast of his NFL career on Thursday night in a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was dismissed of the activity in the third one-fourth after a play in which he clambered up the middle for an initially down and lowered his shoulder to start exposure to Costs safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear helped make difficult contact with Hamlin's body system, the quarterback instantly entered into a securing feedback, a condition made use of to describe an individual's arms going into an unnatural placement. Dolphins clinical trainers attended to him for many minutes as players stoop around him. He was essentially able to walk off the area and into the group's locker room under his personal power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every video game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days till their following game versus the Seat Seahawks however can dismiss Tagovailoa, no matter how he advances by means of the organization's trauma procedure. A stint on the hurt reservoir might be yet another possibility considering his injury record." Now, [it] is actually extra regarding obtaining a suitable procedural analysis and taking it eventually each time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel stated after the activity. "The outermost thing from my mind is what is actually the timetable. Our experts just need to examine and simply bother with my ally. ... Our experts'll get additional information [Friday] and after that take it day after day coming from there certainly." Here are actually four vital inquiries following Tagovailoa's latest blast. What is actually Tagovailoa's trauma past history? Tagovailoa was actually a prospect to be selected as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draft during his last season at Alabama however went through a hip dislocation and also bone fracture of the back wall structure of his hip outlet midway via the season. He was also diagnosed along with a blast and faulty nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recuperated over time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie however missed out on five video games during the course of his 1st pair of seasons as a result of a variety of slight injuries. In 2022, he was actually detected with two blasts and took a 3rd smash hit to his head that inevitably triggered the NFL altering its trauma procedure. He really did not miss out on a game throughout the 2023 time, however, and made a four-year, $212.1 million contract extension in July. What options carried out Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 season? Tagovailoa acknowledged to briefly considering retirement life after discussions along with his family members. Throughout a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Show" final month, he cleared up that it was mainly his mama that asked him to reconsider his playing profession. Eventually, he chose versus it and also invested the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to find out exactly how to fall without attacking his head on the ground. The instruction seemed to be to assist as he played in every of Miami's video games final time, including a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he shed 14 extra pounds in an attempt to become extra mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel states Tua Tagovailoa was speaking with colleagues in the closet area and also is in good spirits after experiencing a concussion. If Tagovailoa would like to come back to the area, what hurdles will he must clear in concussion process? McDaniel said Tagovailoa will undertake in depth testing and also examination before they determine how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step method that winds up in a crew's physician accepting an individual neurological expert that a player may properly participate in once more. The primary step of the procedure is rest and also healing "till his signs and symptoms and neurologic exam" return to "baseline status." The upcoming measure is light aerobic workout, followed by ongoing cardiovascular physical exercise and intro of strength training. A player may go back to regulation football tasks in the 4th action of the process, each of which are actually noncontact. The final step is total clearance, when the doctor and nerve expert acknowledge the player is ready. What are the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign one more gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in upcoming full week's video game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to start. Thompson began three activities as a rookie 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 free agent options readily available need to Miami determine to bring in one more quarterback, notably the crew's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not dedicate to the option of playing without Tagovailoa but showed the "utmost self-confidence" in Thompson. It is actually unexpected Miami would right away produce an additional quarterback to start over Thompson, but it might incorporate deepness if Tagovailoa is actually pushed to skip opportunity.