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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.
The game will be broadcast on Fox in the green areas.
The Seahawks have arrived at the final game on their regular season schedule. On Sunday afternoon they will be visiting the NFC West rival Cardinals in Arizona.
Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch, stream or listen to this week’s game.
What: Seattle Seahawks (8-8) vs. Arizona Cardinals (4-12)
When: Sunday, Jan. 7 – 4:25 p.m. Eastern time, 1:25 p.m. Pacific
Where: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ
Watch: The game will be broadcast on Fox in the green areas.
Broadcasters: Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez
Stream: Fubo TV (try it for free)
Listen: KIRO 97.3 FM, Seattle Sports 710AM
Why: This is a do or die game for the Seahawks with their playoff lives on the line. They will also need the Bears to beat the Packers to make the postseason, but it won’t matter if they don’t beat the Cards.
Odds: According to BetMGM, the Seahawks are 2.5-point favorites.
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Here is the team’s updated practice squad heading into Week 18.
The Seahawks made a flurry of roster moves ahead of yesterday’s loss to the Steelers. Among them were three players getting signed off the practice squad and added to the 53-man roster.
Today the team announced that they have signed three new players to take their place: defensive tackle Matt Gotel, defensive end Rashed Hamilcar and linebacker Christian Young. All three had previously spent time with Seattle earlier this season.
Here is the team’s updated practice squad heading into Week 18.
Cast your vote for the Player of the Game.
Week 17 was a thriller for the Pittsburgh Steelers and thanks to the win over the Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh will ring in the new year with a real shot at the playoffs. The Steelers had a second big offense performance to outlast the Seahawks and a timely defensive play helped seal the win.
Our candidates for this week’s Player of the Game are as follows:
QB Mason Rudolph – 274 passing yards
RB Najee Harris – 122 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns
WR George Pickens – 7 receptions, 131 receiving yards
LB Nick Herbig – 1 strip sack and fumble recovery
K Chris Boswell – 6-for-6 on kicks
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Cast your vote and tell us who this week’s Player of the Game is. Our pick is Harris. With all due respect to Jaylen Warren who had an excellent game as well, Harris really controlled the game with his powerful running.
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Here are the players who will be inactive during the #Bengals vs. #Chiefs Week 17 game | From @EdEastonJr
The Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals have released their lists of inactive players ahead of their Week 17 matchup.
Here are the inactive players for the Chiefs:
Here is the inactive list for the Bengals:
Fortunately, Devon Witherspoon is back
The Seattle Seahawks are set to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. However, they will be doing so without the help of one of their best defenders.
Linebacker Jordyn Brooks has been dealing with injuries off and on this whole season. Unfortunately, it looks like they’ve got the better of him this week. Brooks has been made inactive.
The good news is rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon is active. Listed as QUESTIONABLE, the No. 5 overall pick is set to make his return after a two week absence.
The full inactive list for both teams can be seen below.
Seahawks Inactives:
Steelers Inactives:
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The Steelers might be wiser to rely on their run game.
The Steelers got a rare and strong performance from Mason Rudolph last week against the Bengals. That’s why Mike Tomlin decided to start Rudolph against the Seahawks today, even though Kenny Pickett is healthy enough to return to the lineup. There’s always a chance that lightning could strike two weeks straight and Rudolph lights up Seattle’s defense, but the Steelers might be wiser to rely on their run game – especially considering how poorly the Seahawks have defended the run of late.
Last season this was this team’s greatest weakness, costing them several close games that they would have won otherwise. Early on this year it appeared that they had things fixed – and they were among the NFL’s best teams at stopping the run after several weeks.
However, over time their run D has fallen off quite a bit – starting around Week 7 and accelerating since Week 11. Since that point no team has allowed more rushing yards or rushing touchdowns than the Seahawks.
Since Week 11, Seahawks defense allowing a league-high 900 rushing yards and 10 rushing TDs.
— Eric Williams (@eric_d_williams) December 28, 2023
For the season the Steelers are averaging 110.2 rushing yards per game, which ranks them around the middle of the pack. Meanwhile, Seattle is allowing 129.6 yards per game on the ground. Only five teams have given up more this season.
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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.
#Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker III (shoulder, illness) and WR DK Metcalf (back) are both listed as questionable and both are in a good place to play, sources said.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 31, 2023
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.
#Seahawks hopeful CB Devon Witherspoon (questionable, hip) can play Sunday vs. Pittsburgh after two-game absence. Source classified as 60/40 chance he'll be ready to go.
Final two games can help strengthen Witherspoons's DROY case.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) December 30, 2023
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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Here’s the updated 53-man roster going into Week 17.
The Seahawks announced a bunch of roster moves on Saturday ahead of today’s home game against the Steelers. The biggest headline in the group is that strong safety Jamal Adams has been placed on injured reserve due to his knee injury. Wide receiver Dee Eskridge was also placed on injured reserve and defensive end Frank Clark was waived. To fill their spots on the 53-man roster Seattle signed three players off the practice squad. The team has also elevated two more players from the practice squad for today’s game.
Here’s the updated 53-man roster going into Week 17.
The Seattle Seahawks just announced a slew of transactions which will impact their 53-man roster for tomorrow’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Seattle Seahawks just announced a slew of transactions which will impact their 53-man roster for tomorrow’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Among the moves were two disappointing and oft-injured players being put on the injured reserve list and another veteran who was underperforming getting waived. Three players have been signed off the team’s practice squad to take their places on the roster and two more have been elevated for tomorrow’s game.
Here is a quick review of today’s moves.
