.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter covering the Buffalo grass Expenses, just before shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The previous Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte nc Observer succeeded the APSE honor for breaking news and the South Carolina Media Association honor for enterprise writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the 3rd diagnosed trauma of his NFL profession on Thursday night in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Costs. Tagovailoa was actually ruled out of the game in the third one-fourth after a play through which he rushed up the middle for an initially down and also reduced his shoulder to trigger exposure to Expenses safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's safety helmet made tough contact with Hamlin's body, the quarterback instantly entered a securing feedback, a phrase utilized to define a person's upper arms entering an abnormal placement. Dolphins health care trainers addressed him for numerous mins as players knelt around him. He was eventually able to walk off the area as well as in to the crew's locker area under his personal electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every activity final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times up until their next video game against the Seat Seahawks yet might rule out Tagovailoa, despite exactly how he progresses through the organization's concussion process. An assignment on the damaged reserve might be yet another possibility considering his accident background." Now, [it] is a lot more about acquiring an effective step-by-step assessment as well as taking it someday at a time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel said after the video game. "The farthest trait from my mind is what is actually the timeline. Our experts merely require to assess as well as only think about my colleague. ... Our experts'll get more information [Friday] and after that take it everyday coming from certainly there." Here are four essential questions observing Tagovailoa's latest trauma. What is Tagovailoa's personal injury record? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become picked as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught throughout his last period at Alabama yet went through a hip misplacement and also crack of the posterior wall of his hip socket midway by means of the period. He was also identified with a trauma and defective nose that year. Tagovailoa recouped over time to play for the Dolphins as a newbie yet missed five video games during the course of his initial two times because of several slight personal injuries. In 2022, he was diagnosed with 2 traumas as well as took a third smash hit to his head that eventually resulted in the NFL affecting its concussion protocol. He didn't miss a video game in the course of the 2023 time, having said that, as well as gained a four-year, $212.1 million agreement expansion in July. What options performed Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa confessed to quickly thinking about retirement after discussions with his family members. During a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he clarified that it was mostly his mama that asked him to reevaluate his participating in profession. Eventually, he determined versus it and also invested the 2023 offseason bulking up and also instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to learn just how to drop without hitting his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to aid as he played with all of Miami's video games last period, consisting of a playoff loss to the Kansas Metropolitan Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he dropped 14 pounds in an effort to become much more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'excellent spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was speaking to teammates in the storage locker space as well as is in really good spirits after enduring a concussion. If Tagovailoa desires to go back to the area, what obstacles will he need to crystal clear in trauma process? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will definitely undergo extensive screening and analysis before they decide how to go ahead. The NFL's return-to-participation method is actually a five-step procedure that winds up in a staff's medical professional concurring with an individual nerve expert that a player can properly play once more. The 1st step of the procedure is actually remainder and also healing "until his symptoms and signs as well as neurologic exam" go back to "baseline standing." The upcoming measure is light cardiovascular exercise, complied with through continued aerobic exercise as well as intro of durability instruction. A player may return to regulation football tasks in the 4th measure of the protocol, every one of which are noncontact. The last step is actually complete clearance, once the medical doctor and also neurological consultant acknowledge the player is ready. What are the Dolphins' possibilities at quarterback? Will they sign another gamer? If Tagovailoa can easily certainly not play in upcoming full week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in line to start. Thompson began three video games as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction while driving at Buffalo. The only various other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their technique team. There are freelance options readily available ought to Miami determine to generate an additional quarterback, particularly the group's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel did not commit to the possibility of participating in without Tagovailoa yet showed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It's unexpected Miami will promptly bring in another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could possibly incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is required to overlook opportunity.