RENTON, Wash. — If the Seattle Seahawks are going to win a fifth straight sport and hold on to first place within the NFC West, they will most likely must do it with out Kenneth Walker III.
The Seahawks on Friday listed Walker as uncertain for his or her Sunday evening sport towards the Inexperienced Bay Packers at Lumen Discipline, so their main rusher will seemingly miss a second straight sport with a calf damage.
After Walker underwent testing on his injured calf earlier this week, coach Mike Macdonald mentioned the difficulty was not a long-term concern. Walker was pushing to play towards Inexperienced Bay, and Macdonald mentioned Friday that the operating again has made progress this week, however he has now missed 5 straight practices since his restricted participation Dec. 4.
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“Something can occur between now and the sport,” Macdonald mentioned, “however I might say uncertain proper now.”
In Walker’s absence, Zach Charbonnet rushed for a career-high 134 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries in Seattle’s win Sunday over the Arizona Cardinals. He added 59 receiving yards on seven catches whereas Kenny McIntosh totaled 45 scrimmage yards on 9 touches.
Macdonald mentioned the Seahawks may elevate rookie George Holani from the observe squad as backfield depth for a second straight week.
Seattle additionally listed cornerback Artie Burns and sort out Stone Forsythe as uncertain and dominated out 4 gamers: tight finish Brady Russell, cornerback Tre Brown and safeties Ok’Von Wallace and Jerrick Reed II.
The Seahawks (8-5) have a half-game lead within the NFC West over the Los Angeles Rams (8-6), who’ve a head-to-head win over Seattle.
