Carroll says Metcalf won't need knee surgery

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf won't request country aft injuring his near genu successful the team's triumph implicit the Los Angeles Chargers connected Sunday, manager Pete Carroll said Monday connected his play vigor show.

Carroll told Seattle Sports 710-AM that the Seahawks received "a truly bully report" from the scan Metcalf got aboriginal Monday. Carroll said the study showed that Metcalf "hurt his patellar some" and that it whitethorn beryllium related to an aged injury. He said Metcalf is determined to signifier Wednesday, though Carroll was skeptical that helium will.

"I was conscionable with him successful the grooming country and he's truly affirmative astir it. I don't cognize what that means successful presumption of coming backmost and however soon and each of that, but his cognition is precisely wherever you would privation it to be. ... Anyway, truthful I told him to beryllium hard-head astir it and I'll effort to assistance him not wounded himself arsenic we spell done the process," Carroll said.

The Seahawks (4-3) big the New York Giants (6-1) connected Sunday astatine Lumen Field.

Metcalf was wounded precocious successful the archetypal 4th of the Seahawks' 37-23 win astatine SoFi Stadium erstwhile helium tried to marque a leaping drawback adjacent the extremity portion and landed awkwardly connected his near knee. He instantly went to the Seahawks' sideline, was carted into the locker country and was rapidly ruled retired for the remainder of the game.

Metcalf, who signed a three-year, $72 cardinal hold this summer, entered Sunday with 30 catches for 406 yards and 2 touchdowns. Before the injury, helium had 1 drawback for 12 yards, drew a antiaircraft walk interference punishment and was besides flagged for violative PI.

The Seahawks' wide receiver corps was already banged up, with Tyler Lockett playing done a hamstring wounded that kept him from practicing each week and Penny Hart inactive due to the fact that of a hamstring wounded of his own. Lockett finished with 7 catches for 45 yards and made it retired of the crippled OK, Carroll said.

Veteran Marquise Goodwin had his champion crippled of the play with 4 catches for 67 yards and 2 touchdowns. The 31-year-old speedster signed a minimum-salary woody with the Seahawks successful May, missed clip successful campy with a hamstring wounded and has started to look arsenic Seattle's 3rd receiver.