.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques participated in ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted reporter dealing with the Buffalo Expenses, prior to shifting to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat author for the Charlotte Onlooker succeeded the APSE honor for beating news as well as the South Carolina Media Association award for organization writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa experienced the 3rd identified blast of his NFL profession on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the video game in the 3rd quarter after a play in which he scurried up the center for an initially down and lowered his shoulder to trigger contact with Bills safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet created tough exposure to Hamlin's body, the quarterback right away entered a fencing action, a term utilized to define a person's arms entering an unnatural posture. Dolphins health care fitness instructors took care of him for numerous minutes as gamers knelt around him. He was actually eventually capable to walk off the industry as well as into the crew's locker space under his very own electrical power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Participated in every game final seasonThe Dolphins have 10 days up until their upcoming video game versus the Seattle Seahawks but could eliminate Tagovailoa, regardless of just how he proceeds by means of the organization's trauma process. A job on the harmed reservoir might be an additional opportunity considering his personal injury past history." Now, [it] is more regarding acquiring a suitable procedural examination and also taking it eventually at once," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said after the activity. "The outermost trait coming from my mind is what is actually the timetable. Our team simply need to have to review and also just worry about my colleague. ... We'll get even more relevant information [Friday] and then take it day after day coming from there." Here are actually four essential inquiries following Tagovailoa's most recent blast. What is Tagovailoa's trauma past history? Tagovailoa was a candidate to be chosen as the top quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his final time at Alabama but suffered a hip misplacement and crack of the posterior wall of his hip socket midway by means of the time. He was actually also identified with a blast and also busted nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recouped eventually to play for the Dolphins as a newbie but missed five games during his initial 2 times as a result of a variety of minor accidents. In 2022, he was actually identified along with two traumas and took a 3rd smash hit to his scalp that eventually caused the NFL altering its own trauma procedure. He didn't skip a video game during the 2023 season, however, and got a four-year, $212.1 million agreement expansion in July. What possibilities did Tagovailoa look at after his 2022 time? Tagovailoa accepted to briefly taking into consideration retired life after conversations along with his loved ones. During the course of a job interview with "The Dan Le Batard Series" last month, he made clear that it was mainly his mama who asked him to reconsider his playing career. Ultimately, he made a decision versus it as well as invested the 2023 offseason expanding as well as instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall course to learn exactly how to drop without reaching his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to aid as he played in each of Miami's games final season, including a playoff reduction to the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he lost 14 pounds in an effort to be much more mobile phone. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'great spirits' after concussionMike McDaniel says Tua Tagovailoa was talking with allies in the storage locker area and is in great sens after suffering a concussion. If Tagovailoa would like to go back to the field, what obstacles will he need to very clear in trauma process? McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa will definitely go through complete screening and also evaluation prior to they decide just how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation procedure is a five-step process that culminates in a group's doctor concurring with a private neurological specialist that a gamer may carefully participate in again. The initial step of the method is remainder as well as healing "until his symptoms and signs and neurologic evaluation" go back to "baseline standing." The next step is actually light cardio exercise, followed through continuing aerobic physical exercise as well as overview of toughness instruction. A player can go back to soccer tasks in the 4th step of the method, every one of which are noncontact. The final measure is actually total authorization, as soon as the medical professional as well as neurological consultant agree the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they sign an additional gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in following full week's activity against the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in series to start. Thompson started 3 activities as a novice in 2022, consisting of a playoff loss while driving at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is Tim Boyle, who is signed to their technique squad. There are free agent possibilities available need to Miami decide to produce an additional quarterback, particularly the group's first-round selection in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel performed not devote to the possibility of playing without Tagovailoa but expressed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It's unlikely Miami would right away produce an additional quarterback to begin again Thompson, yet it could possibly add deepness if Tagovailoa is pushed to miss out on time.