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Seattle Seahawks running abet Chris Carson obtained’t play for the length of the physique of workers’s Thursday evening game towards the Arizona Cardinals.
After restricted participation in observe on Tuesday, the 26-year-former was as soon as listed as slothful by the physique of workers earlier than the game. NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero reported that Carson felt wholesome ample to play, but the physique of workers decided to protect him out.
Carson, a seventh-round pick by the Seahawks in 2017 out of Oklahoma Verbalize, posted 323 speeding yards and three touchdowns on 66 carries while adding 147 receiving yards and three touchdowns on 22 receptions earlier than suffering a soft foot sprain for the length of the physique of workers’s Week 7 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
He has missed three games with the injury: a uncover towards the San Francisco 49ers and abet-to-abet losses to the Buffalo Payments and the Los Angeles Rams.
As a rookie, the Mississippi native broke his ankle and was as soon as accomplished for the year after Week 4, but since returning, Carson has been a force for the Seattle offense. Last year he posted 1,230 speeding yards and seven touchdowns as effectively as to 266 yards and two touchdowns on 37 receptions in a profession-absolute most realistic season, which ended with a hip shatter in Week 16.
Whereas the Seahawks are largely fascinated with passing—averaging the third-most passing yards per game with 289.4—the return of Carson would handiest elevate the 6-3 Seahawks.
It be no longer the worst timing for the return of running abet Carlos Hyde, who was as soon as sidelined for three games with a hamstring shriek but ought to witness a majority of the circulation on Thursday with Carson out. DeeJay Dallas will continue to peep touches with fellow running abet Travis Homer furthermore ruled slothful for Thursday.
