Tarvaris Jackson Injury: Seahawks QB Could Need Surgery After Season

Jackson’s pectoral injury has been bugging him the last few weeks and it sounds like surgery after the season is a possibility.

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Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll characterized Jackson as a “game-time decision”, Eric Williams of the Tacoma News Tribune reports.

“He’s ready to play at this point,” Carroll said about Jackson. “We know now what to expect, maybe more so. He practiced Wednesday and couldn’t practice on Thursday. So he threw a little bit today, and we need to see what happens by Sunday. … I don’t know until we get there.

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Nothing is official yet, but the reports of Jackson throwing the ball well prior to Sunday’s game should have fans feeling (slightly) better about Seattle’s chances this week.

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The Seahawks haven’t ruled Jackson out yet but what teams say during the week doesn’t really matter. Instead what really matters is what they do and throughout the week Whitehurst has been the one getting the reps.

We’ll see what happens in Friday’s practice, and then what the Seahawks list Jackson as. To have a legitimate hope of playing, he would likely need to be listed as questionable for Sunday’s game. Very few players listed as doubtful end up playing in a game.

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