The Seattle Seahawks may be without one of their rookie draft picks for the first part of the regular season. Defensive end Darrell Taylor, who Seattle selected in the second round at No. 48 overall, may start the year on the Non-Football Injury List after all.
“We want to be patient with this because we want to get him back fully,” coach Pete Carroll told reporters Thursday after the Seahawks’ final practice of training camp. “NFI at the start of the year? That’s a real possibility. He’s not ready to go yet, so we’ll see how it goes.”
Taylor was placed on the NFI at the start of camp and has remained on the list all summer. He’s now spent the entire offseason trying to recover from the leg surgery he underwent to repair an injury he sustained last year.
Seattle did sign defensive end Damontre Moore on Thursday, who could help with the rotation if Taylor isn’t available for the first couple of months of the season.
