Seahawks End Preseason with 27-0 victory over Chargers

The Hawks finish the season with a 1-2 record and they end it on a good note with a complete 27-0 win over the  Los Angeles Chargers. Up next will be the business end of the football. The Seahawks must now cut their roster to 53 players by 4 pm EST on August 31st. 90 players in the present moment limit. Tonight’s performance by some players will make the coaches earn their pay.

Some Highlights

INJURY UPDATES

Several players missed Saturday’s night game due to injuries. Here is the update regarding those players from head coach Pete Carroll via Seahawks.com

Cornerback Tre Brown has what Carroll called “a mild sprain” in his knee.

“Nothing that warrants any work or any of that kind of stuff, just a mild sprain. He feels good already. We might have been able to play him if we had to, but we didn’t. Right now, all of those decisions we would make to the conservative right now and not push any of those guys knowing we have two weeks to get ready. He’ll be ready to go.” 

Defensive Robert Nkemdiche recently returned to practice after missing time with a groin injury but sustained a new injury last week in practice:

 “He had a groin thing, then in pass rush two days ago, he tweaked something a little bit different,” Carroll said. “It showed up on an MRI, it was slight, but what he felt was enough to keep him out of the game. Unfortunately, he didn’t a chance to play, we really didn’t get to see much of him… Should be a week or so, it isn’t a major injury at all, but what he felt showed up, so we just have to take care of him.”

 

Running back DeeJay Dallas was a standout in the first two preseason games, but was held out for a minor injury:

“He had a little something that was just nagging him a little bit,” Carroll said. “He was just dying to play tonight, I told him three different times, ‘No, you don’t get to play.’ He was dying to get out there. But he’s had a pretty good camp now. He made a very clear statement that he belongs.”

Center Ethan Pocic (hamstring) and tackle Cedric Obguehi (biceps) were both expected to compete for starting jobs heading into camp, but have not been able to do so while missing significant time with injuries. Both returned to practice last week but neither played Saturday as a precaution:

 “Both guys practiced this week, we just thought it would be better if we didn’t expose them, so that now we have them to compete for the opener,” Carroll said. “It’s unfortunate for both those guys, because both those guys were in really markedly obvious head-to-head competitions and I really kind of had fun with giving those guys a chance to battle, and neither one of them had the chance to really make their statement on the field. They’re different—Ethan’s played a lot of football for us, and we know how he plays; Cedric didn’t get as much of an opportunity, but still, I can’t tell you what’s going on with that right now, I don’t have to.

But I feel bad for those guys, because it was really going to be cool to watch it happen and watch it unfold. Kyle (Fuller) did a nice job, and (Brandon) Shell did a really good job, again, throughout all of the work that he’s done. We’re in good shape right now, depth-wise, with those guys still ready to battle. And I’m not saying that anything’s over, we’ll see what happens.”

Second-year tight end Colby Parkinson remains out with a foot injury, but Carroll isn’t ruling out a return by the start of the regular season:

“He’s trying. He’s making a bid for it. He’s on-ground running this week for the first time. He’s been on all the equipment, the AlterG (anti-gravity treadmill) and all that kind of stuff, making really good progress. He’s been really hopeful about it. So we’re going to keep our fingers crossed that he has a chance to get back and compete to be on the team.”