Seahawks final injury update vs. New York Giants

The Seahawks travel to New York (New Jersey!) to play the Giants on Sunday. A couple of key Seahawks will not play. Others will. Some may not. Who are these players?

Luke Joeckel

Joeckel is out. He had his knee scoped and will miss 4-5 weeks. Joeckel will not play against New York. Or the week after. Or the week after that.

Not that Joeckel has been great this year; he hasn’t. But he has been the second best offensive lineman on Seattle’s team. And the problem is there is no known good commodity taking his place. Mark Glowinski? He has failed enough in his Seattle career that he was benched earlier this season. Ethan Pocic? Maybe he will be fantastic. But he’s a rookie, so no one knows how he will do.

Cliff Avril

Avril is out for most likely the rest of the year. There is a chance he could come back late in the year, but my hunch is he doesn’t. This means a lot more snaps for Frank Clark. Clark is good. But the defensive line is beginning to lose a lot of depth.

Jeremy Lane

Lane did practice this week, but is still listed as doubtful. Coach Pete Carroll sounded optimistic (when doesn’t he?) about Lane playing. If Lane cannot go, at least Justin Coleman has played well in his place.

Michael Bennett

Bennett is playing with a plantar fascia issue. He will be dealing with this the rest of the season. This type of injury only really goes away with rest. And there will be no rest for Bennett. He will play through the pain. One can only hope he does not lose any effectiveness.

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C.J. Prosise

Prosise is always questionable, isn’t he? He practiced this week and should go. Again, I say he should play. If the running back cannot play on Sunday, 12s might continue their questioning of whether Prosise really wants to play football.