The Seahawks are still hoping that Chris Carson will return this season, but head coach Pete Carroll cautioned that the organization will soon have to make a decision about his starting running back’s availability for the rest of the 2021 campaign.
“He’s got to make a turn here, show us that he is feeling better and good enough to really go for it,” Carroll said (via Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times). “He hasn’t been able to come out to practice yet and go.
“Pretty soon you will be saying, ‘Is he going to make it back?’ just like you are asking, and I’m not ready to do that yet. I’m really keeping my fingers crossed for him that he gets a chance to come back and play. He’s working out hard, but he’s not ready to practice football yet.”
Carson landed on injured reserve in mid-October with a neck injury. Per Condotta, Carson had been dealing with the injury since the preseason, with Carroll previously describing it as a “lingering” ailment. The 27-year-old managed to play through the discomfort for the first four games of the season, collecting 261 yards from scrimmage and one touchdown.
The former seventh-round pick has dealt with his fair share of injuries throughout his career; he missed most of his rookie year with a broken leg, missed the end of the 2019 season with an arm injury, and was down for four games in 2020 with a foot issue. Still, he was able to secure a two-year, $10.4MM deal this offseason.
At the earliest, Carson won’t be able to return from injured reserve until Week 10, which happens to follow Seattle’s bye week. For the time being, the Seahawks will continue rolling with a running back corps that’s led by Alex Collins and Rashaad Penny.
I watched the Interview and didn’t concluded Carroll said the Seahawks needed to make a decision on the entire season availability of Carson!
The Seahawk Media Pundants are “gas lighting” the public again for “click bate”!
Carson has neck discomfort as a result the Seahawks are holding him out until he feels better, there are a minimum 10 games left!
Teams like the Cardinals will fade by Season’s end, JJ Watt always gets hurt, QB Murray is an accident waiting to happen, RB Edmonds not built to last.
Rams OL Broke down in Multiple Playoffs.
Seahawks will finish the Season Strong and go into 2022 as a Super Bowl Contender because the have key positions filled, draft picks, and a bunch of Cap Space & Flexibility (Bobby Wagner & Russell Wilson).
Furthermore let’s measure draft pick results accurately! Round 1 #5 isn’t = to Round 1 pick #32! The contracts are completely different! To evaluate draft picks evaluate how the player performs to the contract, the risk factor is completely different comparing 1st & 5th round picks and early round 1 picks & late round 1picks.
We don’t have to worry about how much first round picks cost because we don’t have one.
If they don’t fix the defense, it won’t matter if Carson comes back or not.