As easy as it is to focus exclusively on the return of Marshawn Lynch to the Seattle Seahawks – a potentially storybook ending to his illustrious career – the team also signed another running back, Robert Turbin, on Monday.
“Turbo is in the house,” Pete Carroll quipped at his Wednesday press conference. “He’s ready to go.”
Turbin, like Lynch, has not seen the field since October of 2018. Also like Lynch, Turbin was a member of the Seahawks in the Super Bowl winning 2013 season, serving as a change-of-pace back behind Beast Mode himself.
Turbin is expected to come in and compete to be the team’s third down back, effectively replacing C.J. Prosise. The 30-year-old is effective in pass protection and a decent receiver, although he has not had much success running the football in his career.
Still, Carroll needed to make sure his new (old) running backs were in good enough shape to handle a game workload, and that was not even remotely an issue with Turbin.
“He looked very fit,” Carroll continued. “He’s always been such a stud. Strong. Quick. Explosive. He’s been working on it really hard. He looked very fit.”
Turbin has always been known for his physical fitness, so no surprises there. How effective he can be in a limited role on Sunday remains to be seen, but Seattle will no doubt need him to help protect Russell Wilson from San Francisco’s strong defense if they want to win the NFC West and get a top three seed in the playoffs.
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