Tatupu (possibly) out for the season (1 Viewer)

[Boxer]

Torn pectoral muscle. off post game show.

Seahawks should get a decent draft pick next year. This season is done

 

[Spartans346]

Who is the replacement?

 

[Gators]

Awful. Have to use my 1st waiver priority on Hawthorne.

 

[Unwrittenlaw]

Awful. Have to use my 1st waiver priority on Hawthorne.

I wouldn't. There's always the possiblity Curry could play MLB.Who do you got at LB? How much do you need Hawthorne?

 

[Dave Larkin]

Disappointing for Tatupu and the Hawks. It's been such an injury riddled season for them. Let's hope Hawthorne can be a productive player.

 

[DesmondBishop]

Disappointing for Tatupu and the Hawks. It's been such an injury riddled season for them. Let's hope Hawthorne can be a productive player.

In Hawthorne's one start I think he had 16 tackles or so and an interception and looked dominant as he was all over the field making plays. That being said, it does not mean they are going to stick him in the middle now, but I think it makes sense.

 

[Jene Bramel]

I'll be very surprised if the Seahawks move Curry inside.

Curry was drafted to play OLB, Hawthorne has been very productive inside and is a much better option inside than Herring or Lewis would be outside, which is who would replace Curry at OLB.

The rub here will be who plays in the nickel when Leroy Hill returns.

 

[bcr8f]

Disappointing for Tatupu and the Hawks. It's been such an injury riddled season for them. Let's hope Hawthorne can be a productive player.

In Hawthorne's one start I think he had 16 tackles or so and an interception and looked dominant as he was all over the field making plays. That being said, it does not mean they are going to stick him in the middle now, but I think it makes sense.

I picked him up in 2 leagues after that. I almost dropped him waiting to see if Lofa was hurt worse than some thought. Ypou are right he looked very good in that game.

 

[Big Log]

FYI - the reports of Tatupu being out for the season may have been a little premature.

Seahawks LB Tatupu may not miss season after allOct. 19, 2009CBSSports.com wire reports RENTON, Wash. -- Lofa Tatupu may not be out for the season after all. Seahawks coach Jim Mora said Monday further tests on the three-time Pro Bowl linebacker's chest muscle indicated a partial tear rather than a complete one. "After further review and further imaging, we're not certain yet Lofa is done. They did an MRI test, and it doesn't look like the muscle and tendons are completely detached from the bone," Mora said, one day after Tatupu got hurt in Seattle's 27-3 loss to Arizona and was then declared out. "So that might have been a little premature ... we'll keep our fingers crossed there." Mora said team medical personnel are now examining Tatupu's relatively healthy pectoral muscle on the right side, including with another magnetic resonance imaging test. They will compare it with images taken on the injured left one to further gauge how much damage the left pectoral sustained. If Monday's results from the MRI are proven accurate, the team's co-captain could be back after a few weeks of rehabilitation -- though it appears he will miss at least Seattle's next game, at Dallas on Nov. 1. The team may have a timetable on his return before it leaves for a bye weekend break following Wednesday's practice. "It was pretty grim [sunday]. So we got good news," Mora said. "Sometimes it goes the other way, so it was nice to have the good news." Seattle (2-4) has had 12 starters miss a combined 35 games through the season's first six weeks. Tatupu, whom Mora calls incomparable as the "axis of communication" inside the defense, was injured while trying to tackle Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald following a reception over the middle in the second quarter Sunday. He appeared to get hit by teammate Deon Grant on the play, awkwardly twisting his upper body. Two team doctors and three trainers attended to Tatupu briefly on the bench. A doctor pressed on Tatupu's left shoulder, and the linebacker reacted with a painful jerk. He was then taken into the locker room and returned wearing sweats in the second half. Tatupu still had a team-high eight tackles against the Cardinals. David Hawthorne replaced him, the second time this season the undrafted free agent from 2008 has filled in at middle linebacker. Hawthorne made his first career start last month and played nearly two full games after Tatupu was slowed with a hamstring injury. Veteran D.D. Lewis will now back up Hawthorne. "Hawthorne has showed he can fill those shoes. I'm going to make sure to have his back and if he needs me all he has to do is keep his ears open. I'm going to be right there for him," Grant said. "We'll be all right, [but] we're going to miss Lofa big time because he's more than a leader on this defense. He brings a lot of passion."

 

[bcr8f]

He'll try but it's hard to come back full strength from a torn muscle.

 

[KellysHeroes]

Does L Hill get 3 LB down duties when he returns.... hes getting paid like 40 something million

 

[ninerfanatic492000]

i think Hill will be a 3down LB'er as he's the Hawks best cover LB'er(even when all are healthy). he's practicing now and has another week during the bye week to shake off rust. with Leroy returning and Curry's play of late i think many will be disappointed with what they get from Hawthorne with the expectations they have for him based on that early season explosion he had. Hill wasn't playing and Curry was still a baby. i gotta believe Hill and Curry will be the nickel LB'ers. so Hawthorne would have less snaps and have more competition(experience for Curry) for tackles this time around.