Malik McDowell in "vehicular" accident

[c_hawkbob]

In his presser, when asked about Malik playing in 2017, Pete said it would be 'a lot to ask'. Family wants discretion, one of the reasons for no real details.

This pretty much confirms, to me, he is done for the year.

Him not staying and learning in meetings and watching practices hints at a strong possibility that the Seahawks may sit him the whole year and basically defer his contract til next season. This is obviously still speculation and to be clear there are no facts to back this up, but IMO it's looking more like the more reasonable scenario everyday.

"Whole year" is still speculative but for now there is not a whole lot of leaning from meetings and watching practice while in the fog of concussion. Send him home, get his head right, then re-evaluate.

 

[kidhawk]

In his presser, when asked about Malik playing in 2017, Pete said it would be 'a lot to ask'. Family wants discretion, one of the reasons for no real details.

This pretty much confirms, to me, he is done for the year.

Him not staying and learning in meetings and watching practices hints at a strong possibility that the Seahawks may sit him the whole year and basically defer his contract til next season. This is obviously still speculation and to be clear there are no facts to back this up, but IMO it's looking more like the more reasonable scenario everyday.

"Whole year" is still speculative but for now there is not a whole lot of leaning from meetings and watching practice while in the fog of concussion. Send him home, get his head right, then re-evaluate.

That could very well be what it is as well. As I said, I'm purely speculating and sharing my thoughts given the little information we have available.

 

[Polk738]

I heard a rumor that he has brain bleeding/hemorraging

 

[West TX Hawk]

As alluded to earlier, per Kapadia, "Carroll is holding back on specifics regarding the actual injury at the request of McDowell's family." And he's officially still on NFI.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/sea ... e-seahawks

I can't recall a situation quite like this. Draw your own conclusions.

 

[Sports Hernia]

My gut is telling me he won't play this year.

 

[massari]

The Seahawks have the opportunity to sit him for the season, allow him to learn the mental side of the game and to be a professional, without burning a year of his entry level contract... if it looks like he'll be out for half the year or more, I wouldn't be surprised to see them do that.

Probably the best case scenerio atp. Let him heal/mature for a year even if he's ready by mid season.

 

[Bigpumpkin]

I heard a rumor that he has brain bleeding/hemorraging

That is about as a WAG as I've heard!!

 

[Northwest Seahawk]

The Seahawks FO continues to outsmart themselves in the first round . It's time for them to maybe think twice before trading down next year. Kevin King looks really good right now. We have an aging defense and hoping to find the next Sherman in the middle of the draft seems like a long shot .

 

[Hasselbeck]

The Seahawks FO continues to outsmart themselves in the first round . It's time for them to maybe think twice before trading down next year. Kevin King looks really good right now. We have an aging defense and hoping to find the next Sherman in the middle of the draft seems like a long shot .

Yeah you're right the FO should have totally anticipated our first pick wrecking his ATV and missing the season.

Give me a break.

 

[Hasselbeck]

So this is awful to think about and I hope it's not the case.. but say his career is over? Does the NFL give the team their pick back?

Forgive me if this has been asked previously. But this doesn't sound like your normal injury. Very concerning for all parties involved here.

 

[Ad Hawk]

The Seahawks FO continues to outsmart themselves in the first round . It's time for them to maybe think twice before trading down next year. Kevin King looks really good right now. We have an aging defense and hoping to find the next Sherman in the middle of the draft seems like a long shot .

Yeah you're right the FO should have totally anticipated our first pick wrecking his ATV and missing the season.

Give me a break.

Exactly.

And if Kevin King isn't available, there's no point crying about it here.

Where did they find the first "Sherman"? And "Kam"? KJ? Baldwin? Hmmm...

 

[CodeWarrior]

I heard a rumor that he has brain bleeding/hemorraging

So he was discharged with a brain hemorrhage? Okay.

 

[MontanaHawk05]

In his presser, when asked about Malik playing in 2017, Pete said it would be 'a lot to ask'. Family wants discretion, one of the reasons for no real details.

This pretty much confirms, to me, he is done for the year.

If the ever-sunny-on-injuries Pete is speaking in such terms, and if Malik has gone back home, then you can pretty much be sure that he won't play this year.

 

[LickMyNuts]

I hope he had a fun summer because it may have cost him a career in the NFL.

 

[Heyseed]

Getting started on his new professional wrestling career...

"OFF-RRRRROAD!"

 

[Bigpumpkin]

This sounds a lot like the Jason Pierre Paul... first it was a fireworks burn... much speculation, et. Giant fans were saying "Don't speculate, it may not be that bad." "You don't have the information."

No, but when things get hidden... usually it's a very bad sign.

When the dust settled, it finally comes out that he'd blown his damn hand off and they had to repair it with surgery and amputate a few fingers...

And that was his hand, not his face.

The least serious thing on the face is a broken zygomatic arch. This takes about a year to be fully healed.

 

[Josea16]

I hope he had a fun summer because it may have cost him a career in the NFL.

Sadly you may be right. No matter what the silence speaks volumes and I think best case scenario he's out for the season. Worst outcome may be he's never what was expected and the reason he was drafted because of loss of vision in one eye.

 

[QuickLightning]

So this is awful to think about and I hope it's not the case.. but say his career is over? Does the NFL give the team their pick back?

Forgive me if this has been asked previously. But this doesn't sound like your normal injury. Very concerning for all parties involved here.

Why would you think the Seahawks would "get their pick back" because of an injury? That's ridiculous.

No, the Seahawks are out a pick and a shitload of money as the Seahawks are one of the very few teams these days that don't forbid dangerous off-season activities in their contracts.

 

[Ruminator]

While it's too bad Malik got hurt, the caliber of the Seahawks' talent acquisition program makes this less severe of a blow, especially during a decent draft year as 2017 probably was. The loss of a first pick would probably have been much more painful to most other teams. Certainly Malik's unique abilities on defense would've been helpful, but at least our D is already among the tops in the league, so it isn't like we were counting on him to help right a listing ship.

In light of all I've heard so far, I'm now going forward figuring that the soonest we'll see Malik play is 2018. His crash was practically yesterday, his injuries were multiple and serious, and the football season starts practically tomorrow and ends a mere one-third year after that plus whatever post-season there may be. Sounds like he needs months to recover.

 

[themunn]

This sounds a lot like the Jason Pierre Paul... first it was a fireworks burn... much speculation, et. Giant fans were saying "Don't speculate, it may not be that bad." "You don't have the information."

No, but when things get hidden... usually it's a very bad sign.

When the dust settled, it finally comes out that he'd blown his damn hand off and they had to repair it with surgery and amputate a few fingers...

And that was his hand, not his face.

And he came back and signed a 4 year $62m dollar contract so things ain't all that bad.