The Seattle Seahawks were without one of the key members of their defense Sunday against the Eagles as defensive end Jadeveon Clowney was inactive and watched from the sidelines.
Clowney has been battling a sore hip and underwent a procedure with a specialist in Philadelphia ahead of the Seahawks matchup.
Coach Pete Carroll is hoping Clowney will be available next week when Seattle squares off against the Vikings for “Monday Night Football.”
“I would think, I – I’m optimistically, I think so,” Carroll said after the win. “Yeah. He had some stuff that he had to go through here and it just set him back a little bit because of the treatments, they were going to set him back a couple days. And it could have and it did.
“So he should likely be coming out of that and we’re hopeful he’ll be better off by the week next week.”
With Clowney out, Ziggy Ansah stepped up big time for the Seahawks, logging four tackles, 1.5 sacks, two quarterback hits, two tackles for a loss, and a forced fumble.
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