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Seahawks DE Darrell Taylor may start year on Non-Football Injury list

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Darrell Taylor may start the year on Non-Football Injury list as he continued to recover from leg surgery.

The Seattle Seahawks may be without one of their rookie draft picks for the first part of the regular season. Defensive end Darrell Taylor, who Seattle selected in the second round at No. 48 overall, may start the year on the Non-Football Injury List after all.

“We want to be patient with this because we want to get him back fully,” coach Pete Carroll told reporters Thursday after the Seahawks’ final practice of training camp. “NFI at the start of the year? That’s a real possibility. He’s not ready to go yet, so we’ll see how it goes.”

Taylor was placed on the NFI at the start of camp and has remained on the list all summer. He’s now spent the entire offseason trying to recover from the leg surgery he underwent to repair an injury he sustained last year.

Seattle did sign defensive end Damontre Moore on Thursday, who could help with the rotation if Taylor isn’t available for the first couple of months of the season.

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Seahawks expect defensive end Damontre Moore to help with rotation

The Seahawks expect defensive end Damontre Moore to help with the rotation while rookie Darrell Taylor is out recovering from surgery.

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The Seattle Seahawks rarely make a move without having a calculated plan for the future. In this case, the Seahawks signed defensive end Damontre Moore on Thursday just in time for the start of the regular season.

“He really has a chance to help us right now,” Coach Pete Carroll said Thursday after practice. “Without Darrell Taylor for a little bit longer, we needed another guy in the rotation, and Damontre has always impressed me with his effort and his chase of the football. He’s got a great motor, and I’ve always liked that about him.”

Taylor underwent surgery this offseason to repair the leg he injured last year and likely won’t be ready to start the season. With Moore having played for Seattle in 2016, Carroll is familiar with what he brings to the table.

“He’s been up and down to his career and been a lot of places and all,” Carroll explained. “He’s very serious right now, really settled down – all of the maturity process that you would hope to see in a guy who was wild and crazy and all that. He’s really focused right now. He’s a dad and taking care of his little one and his family and all that, it seems to have really given him direction and focus that he has admittedly talked about already.

“So I’m really pleased to get him because he plays so freaking hard – he really gives it up effort-wise.”

Moore will have to survive the 53-man roster cuts on Saturday if he is to see any rotation after all.

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