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December 26, 2014 at 8:57 pm #14756
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http://espn.go.com/blog/seattle-seahawks/
Seahawks banged up at Receiver spots
Terry BlountRENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks could be a little thin Sunday at the receiver spots, including tight end, against the St. Louis Rams.
Wide receiver Jermaine Kearse is out because of a hamstring injury he suffered last week at Arizona. Backup receiver Chris Matthews, who also has a hamstring injury, practiced Friday, but he’s listed as questionable. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll would only say Matthews has a chance to play.
Carroll said both backup tight ends — Cooper Helfet (ribs) and Tony Moeaki (shoulder) — are banged up. “Both of them practiced [Friday] and we’re going to see how that works out all the way up to game time,” Carroll said.
Moeaki was a full participant in practice and is listed a probably for Sunday. Helfet was limited in practice and is listed as questionable.
Left tackle Russell Okung is expected to play Sunday after missing last week’s game with a bruised lung, but center Max Unger’s status remains uncertain. Unger has missed the last five games with a severe ankle sprain. He listed as questionable.
“Max made it through [practice Friday] and we’ll see how that goes,” Carroll said. “We’ll take his situation one day at a time. Russell had a full week [of practice] and he’s been cleared to play, so he’s ready to go.”
Carroll also said that cornerback Tharold Simon, who practiced Friday, has a chance to play Sunday. He listed as questionable.
Defensive end Demarcus Dobbs is out with an ankle injury.
The Seahawks also made a roster move Friday, releasing defensive tackle Travian Robertson. It’s an indication they are happy with the play of David King, who was signed off of Cincinnati’s practice squad two weeks ago. King is listed as a defensive end but also can play inside at tackle.
The Seahawks could make a move to add a player to the 53-man roster Saturday, but they may elect to go into the game with a 52 and have only six on the inactive list.
====================Russell Wilson reaching historic rushing numbers
by Terry BlountRENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson would need a career-best 158 yards rushing Sunday in the regular-season finale against the St. Louis Rams to reach 1,000 yards rushing this season.
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Not likely, and it’s not something he’s looking to do.“I’m not sure if I’ll get that this game, hopefully not,” he said. “I’ll be out of gas.”
The Seahawks hope that kind of production isn’t needed Sunday, but his season will go down as one of the best rushing performances by a quarterback in NFL history.
Wilson has three 100-yard rushing games this season, two of which were record-setting performances in some fashion.
Wilson rushed for a career-high 122 yards in the 27-17 victory over the Washington Redskins on Oct. 6. It was the most yards ever for a QB in a Monday night game.
He also set an NFL record in the 28-26 loss at St. Louis on Oct. 19. Wilson became the first QB in league history to rush for 100 yards (106) and pass for 300 yards (313) in the same game. Wilson also rushed for 107 yards against the New York Giants on Nov. 9.
Michael Vick is the only quarterback to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season, rushing for 1,039 yards in 2006 with Atlanta.
With 58 yards rushing Sunday, Wilson would become only the fourth quarterback in NFL history to rush for at least 900 yards in a season. The other two are Bobby Douglas (968 in 1972 with Chicago) and Randall Cunningham (942 in 1990 with Philadelphia).
“I never really look at the stats,” Wilson said. “I just try to find ways to win games. Whatever that takes, whether it’s running it, throwing it, scrambling trying to get a first down on fourth down. Whatever it takes to win, that’s always my focus.”
December 26, 2014 at 9:01 pm #14757wvParticipantI’ve read Wilson’s rushing stats numerous times
but they always startle me. One tends to think of
M.Vick as a great runner and Randall Cuningham, etc —
But little Russell Wilson is right there with them.I wonder how fast he actually is, btw?
(edit: according to the article below
he ran a 4.55 at the combine)w
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http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40740272…see link…Wilson had a quiet combine. He ran a 4.55-second forty. He measured 5-foot-11. He threw spirals in shorts. Wilson was fast, but the draft had a designated “fast” quarterback in Tannehill. (Griffin was fast too, of course, but the heartthrobs were their own category.) Wilson was short and plucky, but the draft had a designated “short/plucky” quarterback in Kellen Moore. Wilson played minor-league baseball and bounced between college programs, but the draft already had a designated knock-around prospect in Brandon Weeden. Wilson did not fit the archetypes. I don’t even remember Wilson’s press conference; unlike Luck and Griffin’s showstoppers, it took place during the chaos when two or three prospects spoke simultaneously on different rostrums. Wilson was low priority.
We learned later that he was blowing away the private interviews, prompting arguments in scouting departments about whether he would last into the middle rounds. Wilson’s merits were a closely guarded secret for many teams as they slid him up their draft boards.
Wilson remained a trade secret during a long winter and spring of coronation festivities for the heartthrobs. Televised pro-day workouts showcased Luck and Griffin as they completed passes in empty practice facilities, wearing compression shirts and gym shorts. Scouting services and blogs breathlessly reported their completion rates, as if lobbing a fade to an uncovered Kendall Wright in a Waco gym was a feat worthy of statistical analysis. Tannehill got his chance to demonstrate his health and athleticism in late March, while NFL teams paired off with the available free agents: Manning to the Broncos, Matt Flynn to the Seahawks, nobody with a better option to the Dolphins.
Wilson’s workout at Wisconsin was not televised. Russ Lande, one of the best draftniks in the business, filed a report for Sporting News. Lande wrote that Wilson was “impressive,” but he did not get to Wilson until the eighth paragraph of a 10-paragraph article, after center Peter Konz, guard Kevin Zeitler and receiver Nick Toon.
That sort of thing just did not happen to Luck or Griffin.
Lande praised Wilson’s arm, and he confirmed what the kids said at the Senior Bowl and the coaches whispered behind closed doors at the combine. “A source who attended the workout said Wisconsin coaches considered Wilson the best leader to come through the program in many years.”
If only leadership made him three inches taller.
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