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At one time, the RB depth chart looked to be six or seven players deep. Not anymore. In addition to Thomas Rawls (PUP for ankle), C.J. Prosise (hamstring), Zac Brooks (hamstring), Tre Madden (shoulder) and Brandon Cottom (likely IR for ruptured achilles) are all sitting out of training camp right now.
That has left them with only Christine Michael and Alex Collins to grind out reps. They even had CB George Farmer, who played a little RB at USC, line up in the backfield in the last practice. So they have now re-signed Cameron Marshall to give them a 3rd back to use in practice. The good news is Michael and Collins are both getting a lot of opportunities to develop, learn the playbook, improve as pass protectors, and work on ball security.
That has left them with only Christine Michael and Alex Collins to grind out reps. They even had CB George Farmer, who played a little RB at USC, line up in the backfield in the last practice. So they have now re-signed Cameron Marshall to give them a 3rd back to use in practice. The good news is Michael and Collins are both getting a lot of opportunities to develop, learn the playbook, improve as pass protectors, and work on ball security.
“If you don’t have guys out there it’s kind of hard to get them reps,” [running backs coach Sherman] Smith said. “So Thomas and C.J., we want them out there to get the ready and they are not out there. So it puts more load on the other guys so that makes them susceptible to injuries. The big thing is that the guys that aren’t out there aren’t getting prepared and the guys that are there are getting more reps than they would usually get.”
"[Alex Collins is] getting banged around pretty good,” Carroll said. “He’s very tough, he’s really responded. The defense has come to the offense to really work with the football, make sure those guys are really secure so they’re getting banged around a lot, which we intended to do that. He’s taken to the physical stuff and he’s dishing it back out, so I’m really proud of the way he’s handling. He’s had a lot of work already.”
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seah ... -injuries/