Seahawks Rookie Breaks Foot

The latest player to fall victim to the trend is Seahawks rookie Colby Parkinson.

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This news follows 49ers wideouts Deebo Samuel (broken foot) and Richie James (broken wrist) suffering injuries while working out on their own.

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That's a shame and basically delays his NFL career by a year. Even if he is healthy mid-season he'll have missed everything up to that point and be of limited usefulness. In this sort of situation I'd like to see them err on the side of caution and not try to rush him back too quickly.

Wow, the team seems to not be able to catch a break with their young TEs.

It may take Parkinson a year normally to get it as a Pro TE anyway however.

He had surgery on the 2nd and it's a 6-8 week recovery. He should be fine and we're stacked at TE.

TAB420":21ynwf8f said:

He had surgery on the 2nd and it's a 6-8 week recovery.

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If it's a Jones fracture then that isn't necessarily the case. The whole study is worth reading but there's a very high rate of non-union, particularly on partial fractures.

This should give a leg up to my boy, Tyler Mabry. He's more of a all around tight end.

This could be a blessing in disguise. We have a lot of veteran TE depth on short term deals. Putting Parkinson on IR would free up the space for one of the young guys behind Dissly, Olsen, and Hollister.

knownone":29tflkdy said:

This could be a blessing in disguise. We have a lot of veteran TE depth on short term deals. Putting Parkinson on IR would free up the space for one of the young guys behind Dissly, Olsen, and Hollister.

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ISn't he one of the young guys?

Bobblehead":1uzwsnh9 said:

knownone":1uzwsnh9 said:

This could be a blessing in disguise. We have a lot of veteran TE depth on short term deals. Putting Parkinson on IR would free up the space for one of the young guys behind Dissly, Olsen, and Hollister.

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ISn't he one of the young guys?

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4th rounder this year.

Lol. No mini camp. No ota's and dude injures himself. 2019 is still alive and well.

knownone":2le0la36 said:

This could be a blessing in disguise. We have a lot of veteran TE depth on short term deals. Putting Parkinson on IR would free up the space for one of the young guys behind Dissly, Olsen, and Hollister.

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But he's the best/most promising of the young guys. I don't know that any of those others are even worth rostering a fourth TE.

Rat":34mbhg1x said:

knownone":34mbhg1x said:

This could be a blessing in disguise. We have a lot of veteran TE depth on short term deals. Putting Parkinson on IR would free up the space for one of the young guys behind Dissly, Olsen, and Hollister.

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But he's the best/most promising of the young guys. I don't know that any of those others are even worth rostering a fourth TE.

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We don't actually know if any of that is true. We just know the team placed a higher value on Parkinson than on the other guys.

My point was that Olsen and Hollister may not be on the roster next year. So one of the young guys going on IR likely increases the odds of keeping more than one of them long term.

Well we will see how this progresses, does create a door to be opened for the LSU kid that is going to convert to TE but listed as a WR last time I checked and Josh Gordon.

Bobblehead":2xmy25kn said:

knownone":2xmy25kn said:

This could be a blessing in disguise. We have a lot of veteran TE depth on short term deals. Putting Parkinson on IR would free up the space for one of the young guys behind Dissly, Olsen, and Hollister.

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ISn't he one of the young guys?

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Yeah that seemed like an odd post to me too.. He IS one of the young guys you speak of.

It is the same injury the 49er suffered both will be fine.
I'm just worried that there will even be a season.

Seems like every year something like this . can't even get out of the starting blocks.

Seems like every year something like this . can't even get out of the starting blocks.

xray":3hu1tj4r said:

Seems like every year something like this . can't even get out of the starting blocks.

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Good news is that it's a position we're unusually deep at this year. Might actually help him stick on the roster.

Seattle is in good to very good shape at the position. They can easily absorb the loss.

Also, he's a 4th round pick. And even if he is as good as Dissly was as a 4th rounder (very doubtful), Dissly entered a group with very little depth above him. Basically elevated to #1 TE out of camp. Parkinson would be at best #3.

In a year where there are no OTAs, and probably truncated TC, and limited preseason games ... rookies are going to have an exceptionally tough time becoming competent players this year.