Seahawks lose starting left tackle for the year after preseason knee injury

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Markus Granlund Women Jersey The have spent most of training camp trying to patch together a starting offensive line, and now, they might have to go back to square one after losing left tackle for the season.Following the the on Friday, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll announced that Fant after tearing the ACL in his right knee during the first half of Friday's game."I'm really broken-hearted about George Fant getting hurt," Carroll said, via ESPN.com. "Just unfortunate. He's done Tyler Myers Women Jersey so much and come so far."Fant was injured during the second quarter after his leg got rolled up under teammate . After the play, Fant immediately rolled to the ground and began to clutch his right knee. After Fant's injury the game was stopped for several minutes so that he could be carted off the field. Fant tweeted after the game that he's in "good hands." Thank you all for your support Markus Granlund Kids Jersey I'm in good hands. George Fant (@GeorgeFant74) The injury to Fant means that the Seahawks are basically going to have to start from scratch when it comes to putting an offensive line together in time for their Sept. 10 opener in Green Bay.Earlier this week, Seahawks offensive line coach Tom Cable had said that Fant, Britt (center) and (left guard) had . "I think we're pretty solid at center, left guard, left tackle," Alexander Edler Men Jersey Cable said, via the . "So now we just want to make sure the opportunity is there for everybody to compete, get their opportunity on the right side and then we'll make that decision. Hopefully sooner rather than later."However, with Fant now out, there's a chance that the team could slide Joeckel over and have him play left tackle. Of course, if Joeckel gets moved, that leaves a hole at left guard. The Seahawks could also turn to , a second-year player who took Igor Larionov Jersey over for Fant on Friday.If the Seahawks get truly desperate, they could reach out to , the former player , then . Albert is currently a free agent after being cut by the Jaguars following his retirement flip-flopping. No matter what they do, it could end up being another long season for . The Seahawks quarterback was sacked 41 times last season, which was tied for the second most in the NFL.As for Fant, the former Western Kentucky basketball player started 10 games for the Seahawks last season after signing with the team as an undrafted free agent. Fant also played one season of football at WKU Sam Gagner Men Jersey as a tight end, but the Seahawks liked him better as an offensive tackle after watching him bulk up following his graduation from college.You can catch up with all the action from the Seahawks' second preseason game
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