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The owner in my league is getting nervous. Whats the latest news????
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Broken foot. 
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Sounds like he makes his return Monday night week 9 against da Raiders.
MarcO
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Holmgren said he would consider putting Sean in the game if someone out there needed to use him as a BYE week replacement...
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KIRKLAND, Wash. (Oct. 16, 2006) -- Instead of a walking boot protecting his broken left foot, Shaun Alexander was wearing flip-flops.
"Walking around in flip-flops is a good thing," the league MVP said with a beaming smile.
And instead of doctors initially warning him the Seahawks running back he might be out until December, they gave Alexander his best news yet. The bone he cracked on Sept. 24 showed "very, very great" healing in X-rays, according to Alexander.
"Pain is gone," Alexander said.
Yet, instead of the 2005 league rushing leader returning for Seattle against Minnesota on Oct. 22 -- as coach Mike Holmgren hoped -- the team is now estimating Alexander will miss perhaps two more weeks.
"I met with him today," Holmgren said. "And he is feeling great and really is chomping at the bit to come back, thinks he could practice. That's with Shaun.
"Now meeting with the doctors ... it's right on schedule, but they're going to be safe about it."
So Holmgren said "it's unlikely he will be ready to go -- in fact, he probably won't be ready to go this week."
Now, Alexander's tentatively scheduled return is Nov. 6 against the Oakland Raiders, after what would be the first four missed games of his seven-year career.
And he's OK with that.
When asked if he was quietly targeting the Oct. 29 game at Kansas City for his return instead, Alexander said of his coaches and doctors, "It's totally their decision. We're all in agreement.
"Could I (play?) Yes, but I told the doctors and trainers that I totally trust them and whatever they think is best ... They're not going to just throw me out there because I feel good -- even though I told them that would be wise. They love me."
The NFC West-leading Seahawks (4-1) are 1-1 without Alexander following their 30-28 victory on the last play Oct. 15 at St. Louis. Backup Maurice Morris ran for 74 yards, but lost a fumble at the Rams 11 with 2:54 remaining to kill what could have been a clinching drive. St. Louis took a 28-27 lead five plays later.
For Alexander, two more weeks is better than over two months. He said that is what doctors initially told him could be his absence after he broke the foot he had badly bruised in the Sept. 10 opener.
"You know, I'm not the smartest person in the world, but I'm pretty intelligent. If you broke something, you broke it," he said, laughing.
"I'm excited. I definitely feel if this was the Super Bowl or the playoffs, I'd definitely be out there -- but since it's not, then it's going to be whatever they say."
The Seahawks fell behind 21-7 in St. Louis and the offense was running to nowhere through the first half, before Matt Hasselbeck's key throws opened some running room for Morris.
But Seattle still had pass-protection issues, with four more sacks allowed. Hasselbeck has been dumped 17 times through five games as opponents exploit Alexander's absence and Seattle's reduced rushing threat.
As Alexander romped to 1,880 yards in 2005, Hasselbeck was sacked only 27 times in 16 games.
Yet Holmgren is resisting the temptation to bring back Alexander just because he is walking around with his foot in beachwear.
"Even though some players are known as fast healers on different types of injuries, this, the crack has to knit. The bone has to knit," Holmgren said.
"I suppose some people have put players out on the field a little earlier. In Shaun's case, because he is a running back and because we can't afford to have him reinjure that if we can avoid it, we are going to try to err on the side of caution."
Alexander had not missed any of his first 99 NFL games before this injury. Last season, he scored a league-record 28 touchdowns. This season, he has only two scores and 187 yards rushing in three games, with 2.9 yards per carry. His career average is 4.5 yards, and it was 5.1 last season.
Yet Alexander sounded and smiled as if he was totally fine with everything: those numbers, the healing, even the Seahawks' conservatism.
"Now it's let's make sure we're in a state that can't go backward," he said.
AP NEWS
The Associated Press News Service
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