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RENTON Rasheem Green Color Rush Jersey , Wash. (AP) ¡ª The Seattle Seahawks placed safety Delano Hill on injured reserve after suffering a non-displaced fracture in his hip in the regular-season finale against Arizona.The loss of Hill is somewhat countered by the expectation that fellow safety Tedric Thompson will be able to play after missing the past two games with a pair of injuries.Seattle coach Pete Carroll said on Tuesday that Hill's injury didn't become apparent until the day after the Seahawks closed the regular season with a 27-24 win over the Cardinals. Hill started the final two games of the regular season at strong safety while Thompson was dealing with chest and ankle injuries that forced Bradley McDougald to switch to free safety. Hill had a fumble recovery in the Week 16 win over Kansas City and had five tackles last week against the Cardinals. The loss of Hill will also have a trickle-down in some of Seattle's special defensive packages as Hill has played extensively when the Seahawks have gone to six and sometimes seven defensive backs."He can get around and all that but he can't play. He was playing great ball. ¡ He played his best game. He played really well, hits, running, tackling, all kinds of good stuff. Pressuring. So a very bright future for him."The expected return of Thompson is an important boost for Seattle, but there remain questions about cornerback Shaquill Griffin after he suffered an ankle injury in the first half against Arizona. Carroll said the hope is Griffin may be able to practice some on Thursday before the team leaves for Dallas.On the offensive line, D.J. Fluker will return to the lineup, but J.R. Sweezy is continuing to rehab his sprained foot and will be a game-time decision. Carroll has said Sweezy's injury is typically a three-to-four week recovery Will Dissly Color Rush Jersey , but Sweezy is trying to return after being hurt in Week 16."Sweezy is getting around pretty good. We'll have to see. It's going to go all the way until game time," Carroll said. "He's getting around OK. He's not in a boot or any of that kind of stuff. He's moving around, but he's very positive he can make it back." During the heyday of the Legion of Boom Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor could be counted on to deliver high level safety play in helping the Seattle Seahawks to two Super Bowl appearances and the complete destruction of the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. However, over the past two years things have changed drastically, with Kam Chancellor suffering a career ending neck injury against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 10 of 2017, followed by Earl Thomas breaking his leg while playing the Cardinals in Week 4 of 2018. Coincidentally, with yet another trip to Glendale scheduled for this weekend, Seattle is set to keep Lano Hill as the starter at safety Michael Dickson Color Rush Jersey , even as Tedric Thompson returns from a hamstring injury. For those fans who are wondering why the Hawks would opt to go with Hill over second round pick Marquise Blair, Pete Carroll noted a couple of weeks ago that at this point they prefer Hill¡¯s experience in the system. That¡¯s not too much of a surprise given that Blair missed portions of the offseason after suffering a hamstring in May that kept him out of OTAs and June minicamp and also landed him on the PUP list for the first week and a half of training camp. As such, while the team certainly appears excited about his potential to contribute in the future, Carroll has been consistent since August that Blair needs to learn to play assignment sound football in order to see the field. Thus, while Bradley McDougald appears to have one of the safety positions on lockdown, it looks as though the team is not locked in to a specific player at the other spot. This would certainly seem to indicate that fans could see Blair, Adrian Colbert or Ugo Amadi opposite McDougald at some point this season.
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