Earl Thomas suffers a broken leg fulfilling the prophecy
By Lee Vowell
Seahawks safety Earl Thomas suffered a broken leg on Sunday in a win over the Cardinals. Seattle has probably seen the last of Thomas in a Seahawks uniform.
None of us wanted Earl Thomas‘s Seahawks career to end with injury. But this was what he was afraid of when he held out this preseason and Seattle refused to extend him. But to be honest, Seattle didn’t extend him because they were afraid Thomas might get injured.
And Thomas’s stint in Seattle is most likely done. Sure, John Schneider and the Seahawks could still offer Thomas an extension. But they didn’t before he was injured so why would they now? Thomas might be a great player when he comes back in 2019. But he will also be a year older.
And the way Thomas left the field? With the flick of a middle finger. Coach Pete Carroll after the game said he wasn’t sure who Thomas was directing that to. Carroll also said things seemed OK between the Seahawks and Thomas. They were not and they are not.
Thomas doesn’t want to play in Seattle anymore. Rarely has a player made that more clear in a football stadium. I am nearly 100 percent certain that Thomas was telling Pete Carroll and the Seahawks organization how he felt while being carted away on Sunday.
#Seahawks star S Earl Thomas suffered a clean, lower leg break but no ligament damage and no displacement, source said. Not nearly as bad as a ligament tear would’ve been. He should be 100% by the Super Bowl... and free agency.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 1, 2018
And the Seahawks win over the Cardinals was not impressive. Seattle won but this was not a win by the type of team that is going to make the playoffs. This was the type of win a team that wins 7 games wins. And that will probably be what the Seahawks end up with.
Especially now that Seattle is most likely never going to have Thomas back. The Seahawks have 12 games left. That is a good amount of time to find out what they have in Tedric Thompson. In preseason, Thompson was pretty good. But now the real games start.
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Thomas left the field the same way Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor did. There is no more Legion of Boom left. Like Sherman and Chancellor, Thomas will be forced through injury to likely never play in Seattle again. Though if the Seahawks were smart, they would start extension talks with Thomas now and not wait until he hits free agency.