Seahawks lose impressive rookie starter Tre Brown to knee injury in must-win game
The Seahawks’ best defensive back the last month — one of their best players, period — is out.
Rookie cornerback Tre Brown left Seattle’s must-win game Sunday against the first-place Arizona Cardinals after his leg buckled defending a third-down pass.
The Seahawks announced he was questionable to return because of a knee injury.
Brown was one on one in coverage with Arizona wide receiver A.J. Green on a third down midway through the second quarter, with the Seahawks trailing 7-3. Green and Brown leaped together for Colt McCoy’s throw down the right sideline. As the ball arrived, Brown fell to the turf in pain. Green easily caught the ball for the first down.
Brown immediately rolled around on the turf in obvious pain. Trainers rushed from the Seahawks’ sideline across the field to attend to him. His teammates gathered around Brown as he stayed down on the field for minutes.
Brown had seized the starting left cornerback job last month in his return from two months on injured reserve with a sprained knee. He got that injury in Seattle’s preseason game against Denver in August. His emergence led to Seattle waiving former starter Tre Flowers, and it sent former University of Washington starter Sidney Jones to the bench.
Jones and Brown started Sunday, because right cornerback D.J. Reed was out with groin and knee injuries.
Penny hurt. Again.
Rashaad Penny got the start at running back Sunday. That meant after one play he had more snaps than he had in the entire game at Green Bay the previous week.
Penny burst through the middle for 18 yards on the game’s first play. It felt like the longest run of the often-injured former first-round pick’s life.
Then he went straight to the sideline and the blue tent for injury observation.
Penny was grabbing the back of his right leg as he tested it for training with straight-line runs on the sideline. Alex Collins replaced him for the rest of the first half.
Penny returned to the game in the second half.
This story was originally published November 21, 2021 at 2:35 PM.
