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Injury Update
Charbonnet Is Back at Practice, Right When the Backfield Needs Him
Zach Charbonnet practiced Thursday. Seattle designated him to return from the PUP list, which ended a stretch that began when he tore his ACL in January’s divisional-round win over the 49ers. He’s ineligible Sunday against the Chargers. The earliest he can play is Oct. 11, against those same 49ers, which feels about right.
The move also starts a 21-day clock. Seattle has to activate him before the window closes or he stays on PUP for the rest of the season. Nobody expects that second option. Still, a window is a deadline, not a promise.
Then look at Thursday’s injury report. Jadarian Price didn’t practice because of a chest injury after he was limited Wednesday. He played through the same injury last week without missing practice, so going backward now is the part that worries me. George Holani was limited with a rib. Charbonnet was limited too, which is just what returning from a knee injury looks like. That leaves Emanuel Wilson as the only member of the group who didn’t show up on the report at all. Somebody get that man a recliner.
Here’s why it matters: Charbonnet led Seattle with 12 rushing touchdowns last season. Price, Wilson and Holani have zero combined through three games. Sam Darnold called his return “huge for us as a team,” and for once the stock answer is just correct.
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Charbonnet’s team-high rushing touchdowns in 2025. Seattle’s running backs have none so far in 2026.
I’ll believe it when he’s in pads at Lumen. But a 12-touchdown back rejoining a room that has none is the best backfield news since August.
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Week 4
Macdonald Finally Gets a Crack at the Harbaugh Who Handed Him the Defense
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Very sweet. Now check who’s actually in the building. Seattle’s special teams coordinator is Jay Harbaugh, Jim’s son, hired by Macdonald in 2024. Jay’s coverage units got called “not good enough” by his boss on Monday, and on Sunday they get to cover kicks against his dad.
The Chargers walk in 0-3. Macdonald owes this family plenty of gratitude. He doesn’t owe them a win, and I’d rather Thanksgiving at the Harbaugh house be very, very quiet.
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AROUND THE COOP
Around the Coop
Ty Okada practiced Thursday for the first time all season, limited, after his hamstring cost him three games. Last Sunday Seattle started zero of its starting safeties. Seeing one walk around in a jersey counts as a parade around here. Field Gulls
If Jaxon Smith-Njigba gets 100 yards Sunday, he ties the franchise record for consecutive 100-yard games. He already holds that record. The only receiver left for him to catch in this town is himself. Yahoo Sports
Grey Zabel (groin), Jarran Reed (foot) and a rested Leonard Williams all went from limited to full on Thursday. Zabel matters most. Two guards are already on IR, and Schneider shouldn’t have to hold tryouts in the VMAC parking lot. Seahawks.com
NFC WEST SCHADENFREUDE REPORT
RAMS
The 1-2 Rams head back to Philadelphia this weekend. Last season the Eagles blocked two of their field goals there, and the second one came on the final play and went back for a touchdown in a 33-26 loss. Los Angeles spent all offseason promising special teams would be fixed, and three games in, the AP calls the results under new coordinator Bubba Ventrone erratic. McVay called Philly’s field goal rush “a great challenge.” Our own coach just called our special teams not good enough, so I’m not throwing stones. I will point out that none of our kicks has been returned for a walk-off touchdown.
CARDINALS
Arizona is a road favorite at MetLife this week. That’s the same team SI’s betting desk says was originally projected to be one of the worst in the NFC. Why? The Giants don’t have Jaxson Dart. Congratulations to the Cardinals on finally being favored over somebody, as long as that somebody is missing his starting quarterback. In Week 2 they managed 151 total yards against us in a full afternoon. Here’s hoping New York’s defense is feeling charitable.
SEACHICKENS TRIVIA
In the January 2007 wild-card game, Tony Romo bobbled the snap on Dallas’s go-ahead field goal try and took off for the first down. Which Seahawks safety caught him at the 2-yard line?
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Jordan Babineaux, aka “Big Play Babs.” He’d already picked off Drew Bledsoe late in a 2005 game to set up a game-winning Josh Brown field goal against Dallas, so the Cowboys really should have seen him coming.
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