“Nothing is ruled out at this point, ” Carroll said (via the Seattle Times).
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Gilliam said he never doubted such a day was coming. “It’s the consistency that needs to come to the front”, the Seahawks coach said in the Seattle Times report.
It looks like the Seahawks might just avoid the big controversy that Thomas Rawls stirred up with his spectacular performance Sunday.
And the job of being Seattle’s primary ball carrier could be Rawls’ going forward because of uncertainty about the health of Lynch.
NOTES: Seattle won its fifth straight against the 49ers….
“These injuries have a way”, Carroll said of the potential for season-ending surgery.
Lynch will see Dr. William C. Meyers, a sports hernia specialist.
Meyers is the same surgeon who performed a surgery earlier this year on Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano. Carroll said the visit was an evaluation, but treatment options were open. So, we wanted to punt it, use the two timeouts, get to the two-minute drill and onside kick and try to win the game.
Rawls was making his third legitimate start in place of Lynch, who missed the game due to an abdominal injury. With Atlanta’s loss late at home to Matt Hasselbeck and Indianapolis, Seattle somehow – through all its blown leads late and problems on its offensive line – is just one game behind the Falcons for the sixth and final seed in the conference playoffs. Lynch did not practice last week in the hope he would be able to go against the 49ers.
RUSHING OFFENSE: A. Thomas Rawls’ 209 yards rushing was the second-most in franchise history behind only Shaun Alexander’s 266 yards against Oakland in November 2001.
With Marshawn Lynch out now reportedly battling a sports hernia in his abdomen, the former Pro Bowl running back might be seeing his last days play out for the Seahawks.
Marshawn Lynch’s season with the Seattle Seahawks could be in jeopardy as he continues his battle with an abdominal injury. I could have went anywhere, and I am glad I chose here because the organization and this team is so fantastic. “He tried”, Carroll said, per the team’s website. And then, when it got to the, I think it was three minutes, or 3:09, it was right around three minutes and we had two timeouts and at the five minute we still had the three timeouts. “Just take it and run with it”. As I’ve said to you guys before, it’s always the day after, how does he feel after he gets the work? Besides the issue of replacing him with Rawls (and maybe some more Fred Jackson), it casts a huge shadow over his future with Seattle. He came into the National Football League as an undrafted free agent and has worked his way up from the ground floor.
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While there are questions of what specifically is going on, the coach remained vague and only said that they are not ruling anything out at this point. Carroll indicated CB Jeremy Lane likely will be added to the 53-man roster sometime this week.
