The Seattle Seahawks were without veteran wide receiver Jaron Brown in their wild card win over the Eagles on Sunday.
Brown had been dealing with an MCL sprain in his knee, but his absence was unrelated to the knee injury – he missed the game due to a family situation and is already back and ready to go for the divisional round matchup with the Packers in Green Bay.
“It was not an injury,” Carroll clarified on Monday. “This was a family situation. I understand he’s back already. He’ll be back in the meetings today, so he should be fine. This week going forward, he should be okay.”
Brown’s return may not seem like a huge deal, as the veteran only has 16 receptions for 220 yards and two touchdowns this year, but he is known as a strong run-blocker and versatile route-runner – and his usage on the special teams had gone up quite a bit in the latter half of the year.
With Brown, the Seahawks will have five healthy receivers on the 53-man roster – Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf, David Moore and John Ursua. Malik Turner (concussion) is still recovering and it is unclear if he will be ready for Sunday’s bout.
If so, the rookie Ursua could find himself back on the inactive list this week to make room for the veterans.
