Rookie nickelback Nick Emmanwori has been a large a part of the Seattle Seahawks‘ run to Tremendous Bowl LX.
That is what made the information that he went down with an ankle damage in follow on Wednesday such an enormous deal.
A second-round draft decide from the South Carolina Gamecocks, Emmanwori notched 81 tackles (51 solo), 2.5 sacks, one interception and 11 passes defended in his rookie season.
He suffered a low proper ankle sprain in follow on Wednesday, however on Thursday, Seattle head coach Mike Macdonald offered some excellent news.
“He is doing nice,” Macdonald mentioned, in accordance with Brady Henderson of ESPN. “Shifting round. Simply bought to verify we deal with it the fitting approach. In all probability going to be overcareful and overcautious at this level to verify we’re rolling going into the weekend.”
Seattle Seahawks rookie Nick Emmanwori anticipating to play in Tremendous Bowl LX regardless of damage scare
Emmanwori walked off the sphere on his personal energy on Wednesday, and on Thursday, he revealed that it was form of a freak accident. With that mentioned, he sounds decided to play on Sunday within the Tremendous Bowl towards the New England Patriots.
“It form of caught me off guard,” Emmanwori mentioned. “The follow wasn’t nothing loopy or nothing; we weren’t going laborious on the market. However I simply rolled it. I will be good to go for Sunday, so I am trying ahead to that.”
Notably, Emmanwori injured the identical ankle in Seattle’s season opener. That value him three video games. He relayed that issues felt completely different this time round, as in it did not really feel as extreme on the time of the damage.
Finally, although, it feels like this was an damage scare and nothing extra.
“No person actually desires to get damage or banged up throughout the Tremendous Bowl week or any week at that,” he mentioned. “So, it simply form of caught me off guard. It was just a bit scare. However imaging got here again. … We have a great plan to go for Sunday, so I will be tremendous. I will be good.
