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Seahawks banged up at running back heading into Week 8

The Seattle Seahawks are banged up at the running back position with numerous injuries heading into Week 8 against the San Francisco 49ers.

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The Seattle Seahawks didn’t suffer any major injuries in their Week-7 loss to the Arizona Cardinals but they could be thin at the running back spot for the near future.

Starter Chris Carson, who left Sunday’s matchup with a foot injury, might very well miss the 49ers contest Week 8.

“Chris has a mid-food sprain, there something there we could see so we just have to go week-to-week and see what happens,” coach Pete Carroll said Monday afternoon. “He was real determined to say ‘I can go with it,’ but we won’t know until the end of the week for sure.”

Backup running backs Travis Homer and Carols Hyde also suffered some dings in Arizona. Carroll confirmed Homer has a bruised knee, but it’s “something he has a chance to recover from.” As for Hyde, Carroll said he had “a little tightness in the hammy that we’re watching.”

The Seahawks could eventually get some help from Rashaad Penny when he returns from the physically unable to perform list, although that likely won’t be this week.

“I saw him working out today, and he looked pretty good,” Carroll said. “That’s on the docs, we’ve got to wait and see what they say. I don’t have the timeline on that. But he was working out on the grass and he was running hard today, so he’s getting close.”

The Seahawks have an off day Tuesday but return to practice at the VMAC on Wednesday.

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In show of sportsmanship, 49ers lend Tyler Lockett device to heal leg

The 49ers, after losing to the Seahawks, lent injured Seattle receiver Tyler Lockett the Game Ready machine he needed to help heal his leg.

Wide receiver Tyler Lockett and the rest of the Seattle Seahawks served the San Francisco 49ers their only loss of the year in Week 10. The 49ers then returned the favor with a true example of good sportsmanship.

San Franciso provided Lockett – who suffered a severe leg bruise in the game – with the medical device he needed to begin treatment.

“In the hospital after the game, sources say Lockett wanted to know if medical personnel had a Game Ready device – a new-age, high-end compression therapy unit used to accelerate recovery,” NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reported. “The hospital did not have the device, which is used almost exclusively in athletics. Lockett then made an odd request: Do the 49ers have a Game Ready he could use?”

According to Rapoport, Lockett’s agent Andrew Kessler contacted the San Francisco staff with the request and the 49ers’ training staff promptly delivered the unit.

Lockett, who remained two nights in the hospital, was able to recover more quickly over the bye and appeared in the Seahawks’ next matchup against the Eagles.

While Lockett may not be 100% just yet, it was with the aid of a division rival and their Game Ready machine that helped the wide receiver get back on his feet.

Good sportsmanship at its best.

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