Marshawn Lynch’s surgery successful, expected return by end of year

Posted by Michael David Smith on November 25, 2015, 1:27 PM EST
AP

Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch hopes to be back on the field by the end of the year after surgery today.

Lynch’s sports hernia surgery was completed this morning and went fine, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. He and the Seahawks hope Lynch can be back in late December.

The good news for the Seahawks is that Lynch’s backup, undrafted rookie Thomas Rawls, has been everything they could have asked for in a backup and more. Rawls has 101 carries for 604 yards, with a 6.0-yard average that’s better than Lynch has ever had. Lynch’s career-high rushing average was 5.0 yards a carry in 2012.

If Lynch is back to full speed by the end of the season, the Seahawks will have a 1-2 running back combination as good as any in the league. The problem is that at 5-5, the Seahawks are at risk of not having anything to play for by the end of the season. The Seahawks will have to win without Lynch before they’re in a position to win anything meaningful with Lynch.

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41 responses to “Marshawn Lynch’s surgery successful, expected return by end of year”

  1. Hate to see any player injured. Good luck with your recovery. Here’s a get well tip,

    smoking increases the time it takes to heal 😉

    Be smart young son, you’re just here to heal.

  3. For some reason even if Lynch comes back the Seahawks rarely go to 2 RB sets. Never understood why but rarely do they put 2 players in backfield with Wilson

  10. dans761 says:
    Nov 25, 2015 1:33 PM
    For some reason even if Lynch comes back the Seahawks rarely go to 2 RB sets. Never understood why but rarely do they put 2 players in backfield with Wilson
    ***************************

    The gain would be in allowing them to platoon the position.
    Change of pace is not a bad thing.

  13. 10-6 may get them in; 9-7 probably not. If healthy they would be the “one team no one wants to play” come the playoffs. This week is Huge for them.

  17. As a recent Seahawks fan I feel I need to show my appreciation to Marshawn “BeastMan” Lynch. The BeastMan has been demolishing Novarro Bowman for years and I will miss that if his injury is severe and he will not be coming back. However Russ Wilson is equally a powerful runner who can make be big plays by rushing. Thank you Seahawks.

  18. It takes longer than that to fully recover from that surgery. The Hawks better make a long playoff run if they want to see him play this season.

  20. I don’t recall ever hearing a report that an athletes surgery was unsuccessful

    With that said, I hope he heals well & is able to play ASAP.

  21. Seattle has never been able to beat Pittsburgh, combined score of the last three matchups is 66-10.

    The Seahawks’ problem is that they’re not very good, and sign mediocre talent to long-term contracts. I’ll bet the Steelers cheap-shot Russell Wilson, and Seattle loses the rest of their games.

    But even if Pittsburgh blows out Seattle 90-0, I guarantee you that the Seahawks will be blaming the refs.

    I’ll take Pittsburgh in this one. Time for Seattle to pack it up and put up the GONE FISHING sign.

  23. reprob8 says:
    Nov 25, 2015 3:03 PM
    I don’t recall ever hearing a report that an athletes surgery was unsuccessful
    – – – –
    Apparently you’ve never heard of Rob Gronkowski then, and the numerous surgeries he had on his arm.

  26. To the one Steeler fans who doesn’t understand football and the Steelers were battling with the Browns at the basement while Seattle was playing in the Super Bowl the last two years.

    If you want to talk about referees from 2005, the Super Bowl ref Bill Leavy apologized for his multiple blown calls that gave Steelers a win *.

  27. “The Seahawks’ problem is that they’re not very good”

    Must say a lot about the competition in NFL if team that is not very good has made it to the last two Superbowls.

  28. Rawls won’t be the answer. Once teams get some film on how the Seahawks operate with Rawls, his average will go down. His average is kind of bloated because he played n garbage time and had a couple hundred versus a horrible 9ers team. I suppose Rawls should get fitted for his gold jacket anyway. 😁

  31. Marsh1976 says:
    Nov 25, 2015 3:56 PM
    “The Seahawks’ problem is that they’re not very good”

    Must say a lot about the competition in NFL if team that is not very good has made it to the last two Superbowls.
    =-=-=
    In case you haven’t been paying attention, this year’s Seahawks team (the one I was talking about) is lucky to be .500.

  32. shlort – as a long time seahawks fan and football fan I agree they shouldn’t get the gold jacket ready at all. However the this kid Rawls is the real deal. Be actually helps the Oline more than lynch bc of how quickly he hits holes whereas Beast mode moves slow but has better vision and more power. This kid weighs the same amount as beast and is 3 inch shorter which means he is a power guy.

    I know it SUCKED watching him literally run over your secondary and almost breaking broke Bowmans leg again with his cut. But this kid is AVERAGING nearly 175 yards per game when he starts.

    He played fairly good run defense teams also being that was Cincinnati in Cincinnati and the niners who were fresh off of shutting down a few good rbs and he set a record for rushing yards against the niners.

    Point is the kid is real damn good and is a great compliment to Wilson. He has all the ability to be their next 2-3 down back. Sorry Hyde isn’t working out but hey you can always draft another scrub.

  33. “In case you haven’t been paying attention, this year’s Seahawks team (the one I was talking about) is lucky to be .500.”

    The Seahawks have definitely been dealing with some things this season. Many of them the kind of things that successful teams in todays NFL are forced to deal with. But that doesn’t mean they are not a good team. They are a team that has had 4th qtr leads on the Packers, Bengals, Panthers and Cardinals (4 of the best teams in the league) this season, not to mention the Rams and Patriots in the Superbowl. They just for whatever reason haven’t been able to do the very thing they have been the best at the last couple of seasons and that is finish. Hopefully they get that all turned around this week.

  34. Mo’ Pro Babble says:
    Nov 25, 2015 1:30 PM
    Hate to see any player injured. Good luck with your recovery. Here’s a get well tip,

    smoking increases the time it takes to heal

    —————————————————————–

    No, it does NOT. I used to think that as well, but it’s simply not true. In certain ways, marijuana promotes recovery as research has shown that marijuana actually contains more anti-inflammatory properties than ibuprofin! In addition, it’s all-natural and doesn’t harm your GI tract like Tylenol does.

    -from someone who has done a LOT of research on the topic

  35. Her’s a good view of how the Seahawks will look without the baddest cat on the team on the shelf. Lynch covered up a lot of warts with his physical style, a true beast to get in the ground. Preparing for Seattle just gotten much easier.
    Wilson is just not good enough as a passer when the run game is not clicking to carry the team offensively. Let’s see if that big contract was worth it. Based on what I have seen from Wilson’s performance against good teams with Lynch out or limited this year, the answer is no.

  36. Seahawk fan would tell you that the only reason Christin Michael and that other bum they sent packing couldn’t get on the field for them because Lynch was so good. Those two were good enough to start anywhere but Seattle. Not so much.
    Rawls will end up being just another guy with defense’s keying on the run and forcing Wilson to pass from the pocket.
    We have seen how that works out. Not so great.

  38. Rawls had 169 yds vs Cincy. Had Rawls only gone for 40, Cincy would be the #1 rated run D in the NFL. He busted their chops & Cincy is now 13th because of it.

    YPA, they’d be top 5.

    This is the Stealers 1st trip to Century Link field, which is a whole new ball game. I would take the over 46. Ben & Brown will get theirs vs Seattle & Russ, Rawls & Rockett. 27-23 game w/ no sweat.

    I’d take the Hawks because of Haushka.

  39. The rich get richer. Rawls brings another low budget, high impact player to the Hawks. As an UDFA they have him for 4 years before they have to pay him anything substantial. This sounds all too familiar.

  41. cornerstone2001 says:
    Nov 25, 2015 7:57 PM

    What a joke. Rawls is an average back. Anyone can run for 200 yards against the Niners
    ————–
    Why don’t you get off the couch, suit up, and give it a shot? Since, you know, you’re part of the ‘anyone can run for 200 yards against the Niners’.

    Additionally, how many have done so this year?

    Rawls had a great game, and seems to have a lot of upside, so give it rest.

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