Field Gulls
Brady Russell out, while Laviska Shenault and Noah Fant are questionable.
The Seattle Seahawks once again have a fairly positive final injury report before Sunday’s bout for first place in the NFC West against the Arizona Cardinals.
First, the bad news. Tight end, Brady Russell has been ruled out after missing this entire week’s practice with a foot injury. Russell has not played since week nine against the Los Angeles Rams. Russell’s absence, though disappointing shouldn’t be too concerning depth wise. That is, if Noah Fant is available to play on Sunday. Fant was listed as questionable on Friday’s final injury report, but Mike Macdonald was optimistic he’d play. He has missed the last two games for the Seahawks with a groin injury, having last played against the Buffalo Bills in Week 8.
If Fant is unable to go, and with Russell out, the Seahawks would be left with rookie AJ Barner starting again against the Cardinals, with Pharaoh Brown to back him up. Seattle likely would also promote Tyler Mabry from the practice squad, or perhaps even new practice squad signee, N’Keal Harry.
The last player listed on the final injury report is Laviska Shenault, who is questionable with a back injury that he suffered last week against the San Francisco 49ers.
The good news is that despite a lengthy injury report throughout the week, everyone else has not been given an injury designation. This means the likes of Tyler Lockett, Dee Williams, Abraham Lucas, Leonard Williams, and Rayshawn Jenkins (who was just activated to the 53-man roster) are all set to play Sunday. Additional good news, offensive coordinator, Ryan Grubb stated that the plan is for Abraham Lucas to the full workload of snaps at right tackle for Sunday’s game. This is an additional step in the right direction after Lucas had his snaps limited last week against the 49ers.
