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However, the Seahawks' are willing to risk losing the undrafted rookie on waivers despite keeping just four wideouts on their initial man roster. The year-old was excellent in his final two seasons at South Dakota State, recording 2, receiving yards and 25 touchdowns. Johnson caught three of seven targets for 34 yards in Saturday's preseason loss to the Broncos.

Johnson now has 12 targets through the first two preseason games, and he has recorded seven receptions for 59 yards 4. With news that John Ursua is out for the year with a torn ACL, Johnson has a path to a spot on the man roster if the Seahawks choose to keep six wide receivers.

While Eskridge has been sidelined, the rookie second-rounder hasn't been able to challenge Freddie Swain back for the role of No. Carroll provided a glimmer of hope for Eskridge on Monday, telling Michael-Shawn Dugar of The Athletic that the rookie wide receiver could put himself into a position to return Sunday against the Vikings, depending on how he fares in practice.

But with Wednesday's absence, Eskridge hasn't practiced since sustaining a concussion in the season opener. He'll have two more chances this week to get back on the field before the Seahawks decide whether he'll take a designation into the weekend. Coach Pete Carroll said Monday that Eskridge concussion has a chance to play against the Vikings on Sunday depending on how he handles the practice workload this week, Michael-Shawn Dugar of The Athletic reports.

Eskridge wasn't able to practice at all leading up to Week 2 and didn't suit up against the Titans. Carroll's comments make it sound like the rookie second-round pick will make his NFL debut against the Vikings if he doesn't suffer a setback during practice this week.

If healthy, he could carve out a role as the Seahawks ' No. Eskridge concussion has been ruled out ahead of Sunday's contest. The rookie second-round pick was listed as doubtful following Friday's injury report so it always seemed unlikely Eskridge would play. Eskridge concussion is listed as doubtful for Sunday's game versus the Titans, John Boyle of the Seahawks ' official site reports.

Eskridge had made no visible progress through the league's protocol for head injuries as of Thursday, with no practice to that point in the week. Meanwhile, Penny Hart concussion doesn't have a designation at all for Sunday after clearing the protocol. It's unclear if Eskridge was present at Thursday's practice, but he wasn't even at team facilities Wednesday, signifying his concussion may be serious.

Meanwhile, fellow wide receiver Penny Hart has been a full participant in practice this week, but he still may have to pass the final stage of the protocol for head injuries. Eskridge concussion isn't at the team facility Wednesday, John Boyle of the Seahawks ' official site reports.

The second-round rookie likely is still dealing with symptoms after suffering a concussion in his NFL debut. He played 12 offensive snaps in the win over Indianapolis, taking two carries for 22 yards and one catch for six yards.

Eskridge suffered a concussion during Sunday's win over the Colts, John Boyle of the Seahawks ' official site reports. Prior to his departure, Eskridge rushed twice for 22 yards and caught his lone target for six yards. The rookie second-round pick will need to clear the league's concussion protocol in order to play against the Titans next Sunday.

Eskridge toe practiced in full Thursday, John Boyle of the Seahawks ' official site reports. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Thus, holding just one pick that would have been a Day 1 choice before the draft moved to primetime and shifted to a three day format, the team chose to add speedster Dee Eskridge to the arsenal of weapons at the disposal of quarterback Russell Wilson Geno Smith. However, injuries have plagued Eskridge since his arrival in Seattle, with a toe injury limiting him for much of the summer and leading to a stint on the physically unable to perform list to open training camp.

Between the toe healing and trainers working with Eskridge to figure out how to manage the tow injury with special shoes, optimism was high as the regular season arrived and Eskridge was cleared to play.

Unfortunately, the amount of playing time he saw was minimal, as on his twelfth offensive snap of the season Eskridge was knocked unconscious on a bang-bang play on the sideline where he first collided helmet to helmet with a defender before falling to the ground and smashing his head on the turf. He, of course, entered the concussion protocols and was working his way back when he suffered a setback and was then moved to injured reserve prior to the Week 5 game against the Los Angeles Rams.

Thus the Week 7 matchup against the New Orleans Saints is the third game for which Eskridge will have been on injured reserve, making him eligible to return to the 53 man roster following the Monday Night Football showdown.