Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet may be “progressing well” following his ACL tear in the NFC Divisional Round against the San Francisco 49ers, but it was always a formality that he would begin training camp on the injured list.
On Wednesday, the Seahawks placed Charbonnet on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list. While anyone can be activated off PUP at any time during training camp and preseason, Charbonnet’s placement was a formality given the severity of his injury.
While Nick
Emmanwori’s PUP placement figures to be short-term and is not expected to have any impact on his regular season availability, Charbonnet is almost a certainty to remain on the PUP list past preseason. If that’s the case, then Charbonnet will have to miss at least the first four games, but new PUP rules allow players to have a 21-day window for practice starting in Week 3, as opposed to after the fourth regular season game. Without getting too far ahead of ourselves, it’s possible that Charbonnet could be available as early as Week 5 versus the Los Angeles Chargers.
Seattle’s current PUP list consists of Charbonnet, fellow running back Kenny McIntosh (who tore his ACL in last year’s training camp), cornerback Tyrone Broden, and the aforementioned Emmanwori.
