Field Gulls
The Seattle Seahawks may not have a spotless injury report for Week 13 against the Minnesota Vikings, but they do have a pretty clean one.
Only running back George Holani and rookie defensive lineman Rylie Mills have been ruled out for Sunday’s home matchup. Holani will likely miss multiple weeks with a hamstring injury, whereas Mills is ramping up to even be in game shape after tearing his ACL in his final college game with Notre Dame and therefore hasn’t even suited up for the Seahawks yet. Mills is still on the non-football injury (NFI) list, so he doesn’t even count toward the active roster yet.
Linebacker Ernest Jones IV is back in business after missing last week’s win over the Tennessee Titans with a knee injury. He was a full participant in practice over the past two days, so he should be all systems go to fortify one of the league’s best defenses.
The one questionable player is safety Ty Okada, who did some limited work on Thursday and Friday with an oblique injury. Perhaps Quandre Diggs may not be needed a whole lot in the coming weeks if Okada’s injury is not as serious as it could’ve been. We’re still TBD, of course, on when starter Julian Love will return. Whether or not Diggs is elevated from the practice squad on Saturday, expect D’Anthony Bell to start for Okada if Ty can’t go.
Everyone else on the injury report has no game designation, including Kenneth Walker and Uchenna Nwosu. Hooray!
Meanwhile, the Vikings won’t have quarterback J.J. McCarthy or rookie left guard Donovan Jackson. Left tackle Christian Darrisaw is among those questionable, so Max Brosmer’s first career start at QB could be without his left tackle or guard.
