It didn’t take long for the Seahawks to set up a visit with running back Fred Jackson after he was released by the Bills, but an announcement about a signing may take a little longer.
Coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday that running back Robert Turbin has a high ankle sprain that will keep him off the field for a while and led to the Seahawks reaching out to Jackson, although Carroll said they may have been interested anyway. As of now, though, it’s just a visit and not a signing.
“We have not made that decision at all at this point,” Carroll said, via Sheil Kapadia of ESPN.com.
The interest in Jackson as a potential fill-in for Turbin is easy to understand given Jackson’s long record of both NFL success and sharing backfields with other backs, including a spell with Marshawn Lynch in Buffalo. It doesn’t say much for Christine Michael’s chances of getting a long look in the backfield this season, although his number could still come up if things don’t work out with Jackson.