.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as an exhausted press reporter dealing with the Buffalo grass Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE honor for breaking headlines and the South Carolina Press Affiliation honor for company writing in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went through the 3rd diagnosed blast of his NFL occupation on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo grass Costs. Tagovailoa was ruled out of the video game in the 3rd quarter after a play through which he scrambled up the center for a first down and reduced his shoulder to start exposure to Costs safety Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's headgear made hard contact with Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback promptly went into a securing reaction, a term used to explain a person's arms going into an unnatural posture. Dolphins medical trainers addressed him for many moments as gamers stoop around him. He was inevitably capable to walk off the field and also right into the team's locker space under his personal power. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game final seasonThe Dolphins possess 10 times until their upcoming game versus the Seattle Seahawks however might dismiss Tagovailoa, regardless of exactly how he proceeds through the game's concussion process. A stint on the harmed reservoir could be yet another probability considering his trauma history." Today, [it] is actually more regarding getting a suitable procedural assessment and taking it one day at once," Dolphins trainer Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The furthest factor coming from my thoughts is what is the timetable. Our company merely require to evaluate and merely bother with my colleague. ... We'll get even more relevant information [Friday] and after that take it each day coming from there." Listed below are actually 4 crucial concerns following Tagovailoa's newest trauma. What is actually Tagovailoa's trauma past? Tagovailoa was a prospect to become selected as the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught throughout his ultimate period at Alabama but went through a hip disconnection and bone fracture of the back wall structure of his hip outlet midway with the time. He was actually additionally identified along with a trauma and also faulty nostrils that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to bet the Dolphins as a newbie but skipped five games in the course of his first pair of periods due to a variety of minor injuries. In 2022, he was detected along with 2 traumas as well as took a 3rd hit to his scalp that inevitably caused the NFL affecting its blast process. He didn't overlook a game during the 2023 time, however, and made a four-year, $212.1 thousand deal extension in July. What possibilities performed Tagovailoa take into consideration after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa acknowledged to quickly thinking about retirement after conversations with his loved ones. During the course of an interview with "The Dan Le Batard Program" final month, he cleared up that it was primarily his mom that inquired him to rethink his playing profession. Ultimately, he made a decision versus it as well as devoted the 2023 offseason bulking up as well as instruction in a jiujitsu breakfall system to discover exactly how to fall without hitting his directly the ground. The instruction seemed to aid as he played in all of Miami's video games last time, featuring a playoff reduction to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa told CBS Sports he lost 14 extra pounds in an attempt to become even more mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'really good sens' after concussionMike McDaniel claims Tua Tagovailoa was actually speaking with teammates in the locker area and resides in good feelings after going through a concussion. If Tagovailoa wants to return to the field, what hurdles will he have to clear in concussion protocol? McDaniel claimed Tagovailoa will undertake extensive testing and analysis prior to they make a decision just how to continue. The NFL's return-to-participation process is a five-step process that winds up in a staff's medical professional concurring with an individual neurological expert that a gamer can properly play again. The very first step of the method is remainder and healing "up until his symptoms and signs and neurologic examination" go back to "baseline condition." The upcoming measure is actually light cardio physical exercise, observed through continuous cardio exercise and introduction of toughness training. A gamer can easily go back to soccer tasks in the 4th measure of the protocol, all of which are noncontact. The ultimate action is actually full authorization, as soon as the medical professional and also nerve consultant acknowledge the player prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' options at quarterback? Will they authorize one more player? If Tagovailoa can easily not play in upcoming week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson remains in series to start. Thompson started 3 games as a newbie in 2022, including a playoff loss on the road at Buffalo grass. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' lineup is Tim Boyle, that is actually signed to their practice squad. There are free agent options offered need to Miami determine to introduce one more quarterback, significantly the team's first-round choice in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not commit to the probability of playing without Tagovailoa however revealed the "utmost assurance" in Thompson. It is actually unlikely Miami would immediately generate one more quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could possibly incorporate intensity if Tagovailoa is actually compelled to miss out on opportunity.