The Seattle Seahawks fell to 2-3 on the year Thursday night after losing to the Los Angeles Rams Week 5, but the defeat might not be the worst news of the night.
Starting quarterback Russell Wilson left the ball game in the third quarter after sustaining a finger injury and backup signal-caller Geno Smith entered to finish the contest.
During his postgame press conference, coach Pete Carroll confirmed Wilson had a badly sprained finger.
“The was a significant night because Russell wasn’t able to finish the second half,” Carroll said. “He’s got a badly sprained finger that we need to figure out. There’s a lot more work to be done in assessing all of that. Russell is one of the great healers of all time and he’ll do whatever he can to get back just as soon as absolutely possible.”
With more testing still to be done, Carroll was unable to give any sort of timeline for Wilson’s return. Hopefully an update will be available by the time Carroll addresses the media on Friday.
