Seahawks’ Alex Collins, Rashaad Penny ready to run; Darrell Taylor, Damien Lewis out
Rashaad Penny was back, to back-fill Alex Collins.
Team sack leader Darrell Taylor was out eight days after his scary scene, immobilized on a stretcher in Pittsburgh.
And the Seahawks were without a starting offensive lineman Monday night for their home game against the New Orleans Saints.
Seattle activated Penny from injured reserve onto the active roster to play. It was his first game since the team’s first-round draft choice in 2018 injured his calf following two carries in the opening game Sept. 12 at Indianapolis.
To make room for Penny, the Seahawks released veteran backup offensive tackle Cedric Ogbuehi, a former first-round pick by Cincinnati. Seattle signed him before the 2020 season.
Collins was active to make his second consecutive start as lead rusher for Chris Carson, who remains on injured reserve with a neck issue. Collins had been questionable to play because of a groin issue coach Pete Carroll had called “wear and tear” from Collins’ 101-yard rushing night against the Steelers the previous weekend.
Collins and Penny were trying to run against a Saints defense that entered the night one of the NFL’s best against rushing offenses.
They weren’t running behind Damien Lewis. The starting left guard missed Monday’s game with a sprained AC joint in his shoulder. It was his first missed start of his 22-game career. He had started the first 22 after the Seahawks drafted him in the third round out of LSU in the spring of 2020.
Jamarco Jones was likely to make his first career start at left guard. He replaced Lewis after the starter got hurt during the team’s overtime loss at Pittsburgh.
Taylor had a sore neck all week but no structural damage after he was injured making a tackle during the Steelers game. Medical personnel on the field immobilized the second-year edge rusher to a stretcher and taken him by ambulance to a Pittsburgh hospital.
CT scans and MRI exams showed no structural damage to his neck or spine. Carroll said Saturday the team would be cautious in determining whether he played Monday.
The Seahawks’ other inactive players for the Saints game: just-signed quarterback Jacob Eason, injured backup cornerback John Reid and rookie backup offensive tackle Stone Forsythe.
This story was originally published October 25, 2021 at 4:24 PM.
