Seahawks have the depth to cover injuries vs Titans, mostly

The Seahawks have a few injury concerns heading into their home opener vs. the Titans. I believe they’re in great shape to handle these, with one very important exception. That one player has me more than a little worried.

As our peerless leader Lee Vowell informed you Friday, the injury report for our beloved Hawks doesn’t look too bad. No starters have been ruled out of the game, and none are listed as doubtful. Just in case you aren’t clear on the NFL’s nomenclature, doubtful is worse than questionable.

That’s the tricky part here because three Seahawks starters are listed as questionable for Sunday’s contest. Let’s see how Seattle can handle each of these in the worst-case scenario.

Seahawks need the depth on the roster to be good in week 2

Speaking of worst-case scenarios, the Hawks would certainly be in better shape if all of these players were healthy. 12s, I think this is a very good time to thank the football gods that none of the injuries are to truly critical players, like Bobby Wagner, Jamal Adams, Tyler Lockett, Chris Carson, or… you know who.

I am not about to name the future Hall of Famer who has never missed a start in 145 career games. We all saw how the offense didn’t exactly click in the first two preseason games, thank you very much.

Okay, so before I jump into the injury report, the Seahawks placed starting center Ethan Pocic on injured reserve this week. Kyle Fuller will handle snaps in his place, as he did for the bulk of the Hawks big win over the Colts. Pocic isn’t on the injury report per se but didn’t want you to think we forgot about that. Pocic actually gave up a sack in his 14 snaps last week, and frankly, Fuller looks like an upgrade here.