Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Paul Richardson suffered a shoulder injury in Sunday’s 48-17 preseason victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. According to Seahawks.com, Richardson sustained an AC sprain. The injury occurred while Richardson was making a 25-yard, first quarter catch.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll described the injury as kind of self inflicted. “He took off for that ball, it was a great deep ball and he kind of left his feet to go get it and he landed on his shoulder. He got crunched pretty good.”
Carroll did not put a timeline on how long Richardson would be out with the injury.
Richardson left the game after the play. He returned to the sidelines later with his arm in a sling.
Carroll also said safety Jordan Simone injured his ACL and will miss extended time.
Thank you all for the well wishes. I will be back.
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The Seahawks play host to the Minnesota Vikings at CenturyLink Field on Friday. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00pm.
(KPUG – Doug Lange; Information from Seahawks.com used in this story)