Seahawks RB Jones may not play against Vikings because of bruised lung

The Seattle Seahawks running back Julius Jones bruised lung during the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. And the injury will likely prevent him from wearing back his Seahawks jersey and playing this Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings.

He did not fly back to Seattle with his teammates Sunday but stayed behind overnight in an Arizona hospital as a precaution.


“He’s OK,” Coach Jim Mora said. . “They just took the proper precautions in not having him travel with that injury. At this point, I would say it would be unlikely that he would be cleared to play on Sunday.”

Jones had only two carries before leaving the field because of the injury, and his replacement Justin Forsett finished the game with only 123 yards on just 17 carries. If Jones are not to play with the injury, Forsett may have to share the role with third-stringer Louis Rankin for next games.

Seahawks Tuesday moves on roster

The Seattle Seahawks promoted defensive end Derek Walker from practice squad to their active roster. Meantime, they released wide receiver Mike Hass, who was inactive for last Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions.


Hass was formerly a star at Oregon State and signed to the Seahawks’ practice squad on Sept. 7. He was promoted to active roster on Nov. 3 but it eventually did not turn into his chance as he was inactive for last weekend’s game. He was rleased along with guard Brian De La Puente, who had been staying in Seahawks’ practice squad.

Walker was originally on Seahawks’ active roster after training camp ended. But he was not among the players who wore Seahawks jerseys and played in the season-opening game and soon was released. The team did not seem like to give him up and signed him back to practice squad on Sept. 15.

Hasselbeck returned in full practice

After sitting out Wednesday’s practice to take care of his broken ribs, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck took part in full practice on Thursday, giving a good sign of his playing status in this Sunday’s home game against the Detroit Lions.

After the practice, Hasselbeck said that he feels similar to how he felt at this point a week ago, giving more confidence to his team and fans that he is ready for playing game in his NFL jersey again. Being a bit beat up after playing all of last weekend’s 38-17 loss at Dallas, Hasselbeck again led the charge of his team during Thursday’s practice.

Hasselbeck got the injury when he was crumpled on the turf after a hit in the third quarter. He still finished the game but missed Wednesday’s practice to nurse the injury. Seneca Wallace ran the first-team offense during his absence.

Seahawks placed LT Frye on IR for neck injury

The Seattle Seahawks won over the Jacksonville Jaguars at 41-0 on Sunday night, but they have to face the fact that they will lose another player for injury- left tackle Brandon Frye unfortunately injured his neck during Sunday’s game and was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.


Frye thus became the third left tackle the Seahawks lost for injury, following Walter Jones and Sean Locklear. The team will have to turn to Kyle Williams, who was just signed off the practice squad and put on No. 78 Seahawks jersey and played through a sprained knee in finish Sunday’s game after Frye went down.

The Seahawks’ another move on Tuesday was t sign offensive tackle Damion Mclintosh, who started 16 games last season for Kansas City Chiefs but was cut by the Chiefs before the season started.

Seahawks center Spencer felt lucky to be back quickly

Seattle center Chris Spencer has returned to practice after he sprained his left ankle last week. He went through drills on Wednesday afternoon and felt pretty well. Hopefully, he might be able to play on Saturday night when Seattle opens the exhibition season at San Diego.


Spencer told reporters that he felt very lucky to be back with team so quickly. He thought it was a scary moment when he got hurt and worried that he might miss more than just a handful of days. Fortunately, nothing serious and he is now playing on the field again.

Spencer was supposed to be starting center for the Seahawks. He left practice field last Friday on the back of a cart after he was caught up in a pile during a blocking drill.