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The Seattle Seahawks are set to get back to work following their Week 11 bye, the second latest bye week of the NFL season.
While a late bye week can certainly take its toll on the team in the first part of the year, coach Pete Carroll loves coming back from the break with just six games remaining.
“The bye this late though, we can feel it that we’re in the home stretch of the season with six games left,” Carroll said on Monday. “It feels good to have it this late. Just get a good break for the legs and all that coming back and bumps and bruises and all.”
The Seahawks played an intense, physical game of football on Monday night in Week 10 against the 49ers, all the more reason to be thankful the break followed.
Additionally, receiver Tyler Lockett suffered a lower leg contusion that is not expected to keep him out against the Eagles in Week 12, but might have caused him to miss a game last weekend – had they had one.
Bye weeks are welcome at any time during a grueling NFL season, but after Seattle’s rough Monday night game, this team took a much-needed break and is now more than ready to tackle the final six games of the regular season, where they’ll be battling for the top seed in the NFC West.
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