Seahawks activate Russell Wilson from injured reserve, will begin in Week 10 at Packers

The Seattle Seahawks had been hoping to get Russell Wilson again after their bye week. On Friday, Seattle made it official because the Seahawks activated Wilson and huge receiver Dee Eskridge from injured reserve. Each are anticipated to play Sunday in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers. 

Since Wilson was not given an damage designation all week (he was on injured reserve), the Seahawks didn’t need to reveal his apply standing. The intention was Wilson was set to play after being cleared Monday by Dr. Steve Shin. 

“He had a terrific week, he actually did. And you possibly can see him simply really feel a bit bit higher because the week went on, however he actually did not maintain something again,” Seahawks head coach pete Carroll stated Friday, by way of the Seahawks web site. “He completed nice the final couple of days, and he is able to go.”

Wilson missed the previous three video games for Seattle after injuring his proper center finger in a Week 5 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, snapping a streak of beginning 149 consecutive video games. Regardless of the Seahawks being simply 2-3 in Wilson’s begins, Wilson was among the best quarterbacks in soccer on the time of the damage — finishing 72.3% of his passes for 1,196 yards with 10 touchdowns to only one interception. His quarterback score of 125.3 led the league on the time of the damage. 

Wilson trails Peyton Manning by 5 victories (105) for essentially the most wins after a quarterback’s first 10 seasons within the league, having 100 profession wins on his resume. His 277 profession landing passes are at present third all time by a participant’s first 10 seasons, trailing solely Manning (306) and Dan Marino (290). Wilson wants 30 landing passes in his final 9 video games to surpass Manning for essentially the most in league historical past.