The Seahawks started Sunday's game against the Buccaneers with four players out due to injury, three of them being defensive starters, outside linebacker DeMarcus Lawrence and Pro-Bowl defensive backs Julian Love and Devon Witherspoon.
Things got worse on the injury front for Seattle early in the game, with outside linebacker Derick Hall exiting with an oblique injury, after which he was quickly ruled out. Not long after that, starting cornerback Riq Woolen suffered a concussion, leaving the Seahawks without three starters in their secondary and two of their top edge defenders.
Those absences surely contributed to what was Seattle's worst defensive performance of the year, though head coach Mike Macdonald wouldn't use that as an excuse, saying, "The expectation is the same, no matter who's out there."
The Seahawks also briefly lost cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett, who had taken over for Woolen, as well as safety Nick Emmanwori, but both were able to return to the game.
On Hall's injury, Macdonald said, "We'll image it tonight. It's his oblique, so we'll image it tonight and see how bad it is."
As for Woolen, he will have to clear the league's concussion protocol before he can return.
"Riq's a concussions, so you know how those things you, the protocol starts and we'll work through from there," Macdonald said.
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