Seahawks lose Rashaad Penny to knee injury on first drive of game at Rams
Rashaad Penny’s resurgence in the Seahawks’ offense has stopped.
The first-round draft choice from 2018 who recently reemerged with Chris Carson as an envious running-back duo, left Sunday night’s game at the Los Angeles Rams after appearing for just one play.
Penny caught a screen pass from Russell Wilson on the game’s opening drive and ran for 16 yard before Rams safety Taylor Rapp hit him with a routine-looking lower-body tackle. Penny landed on his torso face down, then limped off to Seattle’s nearby sideline.
He sat on the bench bouncing back and forth in pain for a moment while a doctor looked at his left knee and leg. He eventually limped into the observation tent behind the bench, then off the field into the Seahawks’ locker room with a team doctor at his side.
The team announced Penny was out for the rest of the game with a knee injury.
That left lead running back Chris Carson, rookie Travis Homer and third-down back C.J. Prosise as Seattle’s options in the backfield behind Wilson.
Penny had 35 snaps to Carson’s 39 as both combined for 176 yards rushing in Seattle’s home win over Minnesota six days earlier.
This story was originally published December 8, 2019 at 5:52 PM.
