Okung to IR with designation to return

Hasselbeck · Sep 20, 2013

Per Mortensen and Schefter

mortreport 11:46am via Web
Seahawks LT Russell Okung gets encouraging news from foot specialist Dr. Robert Anderson on toe. Likely headed to IR w return designation.

davidonmi · Sep 20, 2013

Not season ending, I guess this could be thought of as good news

Laloosh · Sep 20, 2013

Ouch. It's always the non-contact injuries that kill ya.

Sarlacc83 · Sep 20, 2013

Bummer. Time for us to find out what Baily has got, IMO.

Hasselbeck · Sep 20, 2013

peachesenregalia":17w40y65 said:
Shit. Well, all my optimism was for nought then. Is there a minimum time he has to be out?

I believe this puts him out until Week 11.

HawkFan72 · Sep 20, 2013

Welp, guess we gotta survive for a while. Really hope the other guys can step up.

PGunning101 · Sep 20, 2013

McQuistan for a week or so, then Alvin Bailey time.

Get well soon Okung.

Nothing will keep these Hawks down!

Hasselbeck · Sep 20, 2013

peachesenregalia":27t1fptu said:
Hasselbeck":27t1fptu said:

peachesenregalia":27t1fptu said:

Shit. Well, all my optimism was for nought then. Is there a minimum time he has to be out?

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I believe this puts him out until Week 11.

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Well, fair enough. He'll miss 8 games then. Honestly, I think we can do alright without him. We're lucky to have a mobile guy like Wilson, makes this less impactful than if we had say a Manning or a Ryan or a Rodgers.

Agreed. And if it means we're at full strength on offense (assuming Percy comes back too) for the last month + playoffs.. I think we're all good with that.

theENGLISHseahawk · Sep 20, 2013

Could've been worse.

Basis4day · Sep 20, 2013

Well, i feel better having an answer. It's the speculation that drives me nuts.

No one is going to pretend that playing without Okung doesn't hurt. The team has a history of players stepping up and exceeding expectations. Hope Bailey gets his feet wet a bit this weekend.

bestfightstory · Sep 20, 2013

This is the best news I dared hope for.

rickychen · Sep 20, 2013

agreed.

Go Hawks!

theENGLISHseahawk":38ci5inq said:
Could've been worse.

sc85sis · Sep 20, 2013

McQ to start. We'll see the rookie(s) get time as well.

ivotuk · Sep 20, 2013

Hasselbeck":38cd6yu8 said:
Per Mortensen and Schefter

Likely headed to IR w return designation.

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Likely doesn't mean "for sure' Either way, I think there are positives here, especially where it concerns being ready for the playoffs.

Bowie and Bailey looked pretty good in preseason, not 'ready for primetime' good, but with some playing time, these could be 2 fantastic tackles for our future. Having them will also influence resigning other players because of how cheap they are.

Russell is one of the best left tackles in the NFL and we will miss him, but with Tom Cable & Co. we will be just fine. Probably do a lot more running which will also benefit this team come playoff time.

MysterMatt · Sep 20, 2013

The other year McQuistan held his own quite nicely at LT. I'm not terribly concerned about the position overall. That said, I hope we give Bailey some good reps at LT as well. He's young, but given all the stars we'll have to extend over the next few years, it will be good to know what we have in this guy...just in case. Believe me, I'd rather keep Okung, but we've already seen the axe fall on relatively inexpensive players, so...

volsunghawk · Sep 20, 2013

peachesenregalia":m9hl9x05 said:
Hasselbeck":m9hl9x05 said:

peachesenregalia":m9hl9x05 said:

Shit. Well, all my optimism was for nought then. Is there a minimum time he has to be out?

Click to expand...

I believe this puts him out until Week 11.

Click to expand...

Well, fair enough. He'll miss 8 games then. Honestly, I think we can do alright without him. We're lucky to have a mobile guy like Wilson, makes this less impactful than if we had say a Manning or a Ryan or a Rodgers.

Ryan or Rodgers, sure. But Manning gets that ball out QUICK. He made several mediocre LTs look decent in Indy.

Here's hoping that Bevell incorporates some more rollouts and quick routes into the gameplan, because we don't want Wilson holding on to the ball waiting for a long route to develop.

Hasselbeck · Sep 20, 2013

ivotuk":gm17n5sp said:
Hasselbeck":gm17n5sp said:

Per Mortensen and Schefter

Likely headed to IR w return designation.

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

Likely doesn't mean "for sure' Either way, I think there are positives here, especially where it concerns being ready for the playoffs.

Bowie and Bailey looked pretty good in preseason, not 'ready for primetime' good, but with some playing time, these could be 2 fantastic tackles for our future. Having them will also influence resigning other players because of how cheap they are.

Russell is one of the best left tackles in the NFL and we will miss him, but with Tom Cable & Co. we will be just fine. Probably do a lot more running which will also benefit this team come playoff time.

Every major source reporting he's going to the IR with return designation list.. so I think thats a safe assumption now.

Hasselbeck · Sep 20, 2013

Great point by Breer here too:

AlbertBreer 12:03pm via Web
The Okung news shows the wisdom in the Seahawks keeping Percy Harvin on PUP. Saved the IR-return designation, which is huge now.

Smelly McUgly · Sep 20, 2013

This is good news, IMO. I think Seattle, with this schedule, can survive eight weeks with a McQ/Bailey rotation at LT. There are only so many elite pass rushers this team will face in the next eight weeks.

HawksSoc · Sep 20, 2013

Seems like the best news we could hope for in the situation, though is anyone a little concerned we have to play JJ Watt next week...?

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