SEATTLE — Seahawks tight end Greg Olsen could miss the rest of the regular season, if not longer, after suffering a ruptured plantar fascia in Thursday night's 28-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
Coach Pete Carroll told reporters Friday via Zoom that such a foot injury typically has a recovery of four to six weeks, though the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport said it could be more along the lines of six to eight weeks.
Either way, with six games remaining in the regular season, Olsen might be shooting to get back for the postseason.
Olsen, 35, is on a one-year contract and has signed a deal to work as a broadcaster with Fox Sports after he retires. If he does not make it back this season his career could be over.
Olsen signed a deal worth up to $7 million, including bonuses of $46,875 for each game he is on the 53-player roster and each game he is on the active game-day roster. He has 23 catches for 224 yards and one touchdown this season, the touchdown coming in the opener at Atlanta. He had two catches for 20 yards Thursday night before he went down without any contact in the fourth quarter.
Olsen has played 417 snaps this season, or just over 62%, most of any Seahawks tight end.
With Olsen now headed to injured reserve, Will Dissly and Jacob Hollister will take over more of the work and the team will use rookie Colby Parkinson. Parkinson has been on the 53-player roster the past four games but inactive for the past three on game day.
Seattle also has Tyler Mabry, a rookie undrafted free agent on the practice squad at tight end, and lists rookie seventh-round pick Stephen Sullivan as a tight end and defensive end.
Seattle released Luke Willson this month, and he has since signed with Baltimore's practice squad.
