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Report: Bears to hire Chad Morton as running backs coach

According to Jason Lieser of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Bears are set to hire former Seahawks coach Chad Morton.

It seems the Chicago Bears had themselves a busy Tuesday working to hire offensive coaches. According to Jason Lieser of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Bears are hiring Chad Morton to be their running backs coach, which would round out the position coaches on the offensive staff. Morton is the third reported coaching hire over the last 24 hours, joining wide receivers coach Chris Beatty and passing game coordinator Thomas Brown.

Morton, like Brown, has prior ties to new offensive coordinator Shane Waldron. The two worked together for the last three years on the Seattle Seahawks, but his coaching journey started out in a place Bears fans know all too well, however.

After a productive playing career as a running back, Morton began his coaching career with the Green Bay Packers and was a special teams assistant from 2010–2013. From there, he joined the Seahawks in a similar role before moving to their offensive staff as a running backs assistant from 2015–2016. In 2017, he was promoted to running backs coach and trudged through a tough season where the Seahawks had a bottom-five rushing attack.

Those struggles didn’t last long, though. Seattle led the league in rushing the following season, averaging 160 yards per game, and had another top-five attack in 2019. In 2022, Morton became the Seahawks run game coordinator in addition to his role as running backs coach.

Morton helped get the most out of Chris Carson for a few seasons and developed younger talents such as Kenneth Walker and Zach Charbonnet. Now, he rounds out Waldron’s staff and will be tasked with further developing players like Roschon Johnson and Khalil Herbert in the backfield.

Devon Witherspoon, Ken Walker finish with highest PFF grades for Seahawks

Here are the full top-20 graded players for Seattle this season by PFF.

The Seahawks’ 2023 season is over. Now’s a good time to evaluate how they did across the board. According to the Pro Football Focus grades, rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon and running back Ken Walker posted the highest grades on the team this season. Starting quarterback Geno Smith finished third, followed by linebacker Bobby Wagner.

Here are the full top-20 graded players for Seattle this season by PFF.

Studs and duds for the Seahawks from the last game of 2023 season

Here’s our final studs and duds list for the season.

The Seahawks pulled off another dramatic come-from-behind win in the fourth quarter today, this time against the division rival Cardinals. Geno Smith’s late touchdown pass and two-point conversion to Tyler Lockett gave them a 21-20 win, with a little help from a miss by Matt Prater as time expired. While it wasn’t enough to make the playoffs, Seattle does end the 2023 season on a high note.

Here’s our final studs and duds list for the season.

Seahawks Week 18 injury report: Abe Lucas, 6 others DNP

Here are all the updates from today’s practice.

The Seahawks may have to play their last game of the season without right tackle Abe Lucas, who sat out today’s practice with his knee injury. If he can’t play against the Cardinals, Seattle will look to Stone Forsythe as Jason Peters is also dealing with an injury this week. Five other players were also listed as non-participants. Meanwhile, Jordyn Brooks and Phil Haynes were both limited.

Here are all the updates from today’s practice.

Seahawks injury updates: Ken Walker, Abe Lucas, Evan Brown

The Seahawks lost a critical game to the Steelers on Sunday, and along the way they suffered several injuries.

The Seahawks lost a critical game to the Steelers on Sunday, and along the way they suffered several injuries.

After the game was over, head coach Pete Carroll gave the media a few updates on injured players.

RB Ken Walker

Walker entered this game as questionable with a shoulder injury. He balled out during his time on the field, averaging over five yards per carry and scoring Seattle’s first touchdown. However, he later had to leave the game. Carroll says he re-aggravated his shoulder issue.

RT Abe Lucas

The biggest injury came when right tackle Abe Lucas went down with a knee injury and had to be replaced by Stone Forsythe. Carroll says that Lucas did not aggravate the knee issue that put him on injured reserve for a couple months earlier this season.

C Evan Brown

Seattles offensive line took another hit a short time later when starting center Evan Brown had to leave the field due to a concussion. He was quickly ruled out. Carroll would only say that Brown got hit in the head and needed a break.

Wide receiver Tyler Lockett and cornerback Artie Burns were also dinged up at different points in the game but were not ruled out.

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Studs and duds for the Seahawks from their loss to the Steelers

The Seahawks did get some silver linings during the storm, most of them coming on offense

The Seattle Seahawks’ missed tackle problem has finally done them in and in the process it may have killed their chances of making the playoffs. Today’s 30-23 loss at home to the Pittsburgh Steelers was an embarrassing showcase from a team that supposedly prides itself on toughness and is led by a defense-first, potentially future Hall of Fame head coach.

Then again, the Seahawks did get some silver linings during the storm. Most of them came on offense, which is having to carry a low energy, poor effort defensive unit. Here are our studs and duds from Sunday’s loss to Pittsburgh.

8 Seahawks highlights from New Year’s Eve loss to Steelers

Along the way, we got to see some impressive catches by DK Metcalf, a massive game from Noah Fant and several memorable runs by Ken Walker.

The Seahawks lost a huge home game today to the Steelers, 30-23. However, there were some bright flashes from Seattle’s loaded group of young skill players. Along the way, we got to see some impressive catches by DK Metcalf, a massive game from tight end Noah Fant and several memorable runs by Ken Walker.

Here are the top plays of the day for Seattle.

DK Metcalf and Ken Walker expected to play vs. Steelers today

At this time of year every NFL team is suffering from a whole lot of injuries.

At this time of year every NFL team is suffering from a whole lot of injuries. This week the Seahawks put a couple of player on IR, had nearly a dozen players sit out their first practice and several are listed as questionable for today’s game against the Steelers.

Good news: at least two of them should be ready to go. According to Ian Rapoport at NFL Network, running back Ken Walker (shoulder) and wide receiver DK Metcalf (back) are “in a good place” to play today.

Metcalf has missed only one game in his career, which came earlier this season when he was dealing with multiple injuries. Meanwhile, Walker sat out several games earlier this year with an oblique issue.

Another key player who’s questionable is rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon, who’s missed the last two games with a hip pointer injury. According to Jeremy Fowler at ESPN, Witherspoon is 60/40 to play.

In 12 games Witherspoon has posted 16 pass breakups, three sacks and four tackles for a loss. He has only allowed an 86.3 passer rating in coverage.

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Seahawks injury updates: Ken Walker expected to play vs. Titans

Walker is expected to play against the Titans today, according to Ian Rapoport at NFL Network.

Seahawks running back Ken Walker had a strong game against the Eagles last week, but he also suffered a minor shoulder injury. That issue kept him on the sidelines for practice on Wednesday and Thursday and he was listed as limited on Friday.

However, Walker is expected to play against the Titans today, according to Ian Rapoport at NFL Network.

Walker racked up 86 yards and one touchdown against Philadelphia, which was his best outing since Week 7 against the Cardinals. In between Walker missed a few weeks with an oblique injury and was mostly ineffective in the games he did play.

For the season, Walker is up to 720 yards on 176 carries (4.1 yards per attempt) and has scored seven touchdowns. As a receiver, he’s added 24 catches, 232 yards and and one touchdown.

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Seahawks Week 16 injury report: Geno Smith set to play vs Titans

Smith, having missed the last two games vs San Francisco and Philadelphia, carries no game status designation.

The Seattle Seahawks are gearing up to take on the Tennessee Titans on the road this weekend. With a stroke of good news, they will do so with starting quarterback Geno Smith in the lineup.

Smith, having missed the last two games vs San Francisco and Philadelphia, carries no game status designation. This means he is considered good to go, and back in the lineup. Following Seattle’s upset win over the Eagles, coach Pete Carroll was quick to declare Smith the starter if he is healthy.

The full injury report can be seen below: