Injured Bryan Mone 9th Seahawks player to COVID list since Thursday. Rams get 4 more back
Tyler Lockett and Alex Collins remain out, with one more testing opportunity to get back in before kickoff.
Lockett and Collins remained on the reserve/COVID-19 list through Monday’s testing. Both are vaccinated. NFL protocol for vaccinated players is Lockett and or Collins have to test negative twice by 1 p.m. Tuesday to play against the Rams. Those negative tests can be rapid-result, Mesa tests taken on the same day, with results usually available within 30 minutes.
The Seahawks put defensive tackle Bryan Mone on the COVID-19 list Monday. He is the ninth Seattle player to go on the list since Thursday, and the seventh the last two days.
Like starting right tackle Brandon Shell going on the COVID list Sunday, Mone missed practices this past week injured and may not have played in the Seahawks’ game at the Los Angeles Rams in Inglewood, California, Tuesday at 4 p.m. Mone sprained his knee in the Seahawks’ win at Houston Dec. 12.
So far — and, yes, the Seahawks are knocking on wood — it could be worse for Seattle. The NFL had 47 players put on the COVID-19 list Monday, all as a result of a positive test, as the Omicron variant continues its spread across the nation. The 47 were the most the league has had in one day of the two-year pandemic.
So far, the net result of the NFL postponing Seahawks-Rams from Sunday to Tuesday, pending one more testing chance Tuesday morning prior to a 1 p.m. league deadline to set roster for the game:
- The Seahawks added seven players including five from the 53-man active roster to the COVID-19 list since the postponement. Lockett and Collins tested positive for the coronavirus Thursday. Starting cornerback D.J. Reed going on the list Sunday has been Seattle’s biggest COVID loss in the interim between the original game day and Tuesday.
- The Rams have gained 11 players who have come off the COVID list since Friday, after they had gone on it earlier last week than the Seahawks had cases. Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. came off the list Saturday, so he would have played had the game stayed on Sunday. All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey came off the COVID list Sunday. He’s the biggest returnee for the Rams who would not have played had the game been Sunday.
Los Angeles had 29 players on the COVID list late last week. They have 18 on it after four players came off it Monday: inside linebacker Troy Reeder (who has had less playing time recently), reserve guard Bobby Evans, reserve offensive tackle Tremayne Anchrum Jr. and injured cornerback Robert Rochell.
The plus for the Seahawks from the postponement. Their top three wide receivers behind Lockett got healthier and will play. DK Metcalf, Freddie Swain and rookie Dee Eskridge finished the extended week practicing fully. All were hurting and missed multiple practices the middle of last week.
None were on the injury report the Seahawks issued for Tuesday’s game. No one on the active (not COVID-affected) roster was listed as questionable or doubtful to play the Rams.
Norton double role
Defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. will have two roles, including his old one coaching Seattle’s linebackers.
That’s what the Seahawks announced Monday when they said linebackers coach John Glenn will not be at Tuesday’s game “because of illness.”
Coach Pete Carroll said Friday the team had one assistant coach test positive for COVID-19.
This story was originally published December 20, 2021 at 5:04 PM.
