Seahawks-Rams pregame: No Chris Carson. No Gerald Everett. Dee Eskridge to injured reserve
No Chris Carson.
No Gerald Everett.
No Dee Eskridge, still.
No wonder it felt like Russell Wilson, DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett or bust for the Seahawks Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams at Lumen Field.
The “long-term” neck “condition” coach Pete Carroll said this week Carson has had for a while is now an issue for an offense based on its lead running back.
This is the fifth year in five NFL seasons Carson has missed time because of injury. He hasn’t played an injury-free season since junior college.
In March the Seahawks signed Carson a two-year contract worth up to $14,625,000 with $5.5 million guaranteed for this season.
General manager John Schneider said on the team’s pregame radio show Thursday Carson’s neck began bothering him “late in preseason.”
“We are going to have to continue to monitor that and work through it with Chris,” Schneider told the Seahawks Radio Network.
With Rashaad Penny on injured reserve with a calf issue, Alex Collins became the lead back for Seattle against the Rams. Collins showed quick feet and sparked the offense last weekend with a 28-yard catch and run with 4 1/2 minutes left in the first half at San Francisco. Collins created the Seahawks’ initial first down of that game, sending Seattle off to 21 unanswered points and the win over the 49ers.
Everett stayed on the Seahawks’ reserve/COVID-19 list and missed his second consecutive game Thursday. That likely meant the starting tight end did not get the second consecutive negative PCR COVID test within 24 hours vaccinated players need per NFL protocols to get activated back onto the roster.
Everett had one negative test this week, Carroll said Wednesday.
Will Dissly and Colby Parkinson were the top two tight ends again for the Rams game.
The Seahawks put Eskridge on injured reserve Thursday. The top rookie draft choice and wide receiver hasn’t played since getting a concussion running a second fly sweep in the team’s opener at Indianapolis Sept. 12.
“He’s had a little bit of a rough go here,” Schneider said of the pregame radio show. “He got blasted on the sidelines and smashed his head (in Indianapolis).”
The GM said “we are going to be extra careful with him,” in hopes of having the speedy Eskridge later in the season.
To fill Eskridge’s spot on the roster, Seattle promoted recently re-signed wide receiver Phillip Dorsett for Thursday’s game. It was to be his Seahawks debut — a year and a half after he first signed with them.
He missed all of the 2020 season on injured reserve. He left the team this offseason and signed with Jacksonville. He played one game with one target for the Jaguars before they released him. He signed with Seattle again last week, to the practice squad.
Schneider said he saw Dorsett in the locker room before Thursday’s game in the team’s all Unfortunate Green threads and told the 28-year-old veteran and former Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots he “looks good in a Seahawks uniform.”
“I’ve never seen it before,” Schneider told the Seahawks Radio Network.
The team’s other inactive players Thursday: defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche, cornerback John Reid and rookie offensive tackles Stone Forsythe and Jake Curhan.
This story was originally published October 7, 2021 at 5:02 PM.
