OCT 2 PHIL HAYNES OUT Seattle Seahawks offensive guard Phil Haynes has been ruled out for the remainder of Monday’s game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium due to a calf injury.

Haynes exited in the first quarter and was replaced by rookie Anthony Bradford.

The Seahawks are already without starting offensive tackle Charlos Cross and Abraham Lucas, who were injured in Week 1’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

SEPT. 25 SEAHAWKS’ ROOKIE RB CHANNELS MARSHAWN LYNCH – The Seahawks provided plenty of fireworks in their victory over the Panthers Sunday, but none more explosive than rookie running back Zach Charbonnet lighting up Carolina’s Sam Franklin Jr. during a fourth-quarter run.

Hello, Beast Mode 2.0. Somewhere, Marshawn Lynch is proud.

Charbonnet lowered his shoulder and sent the  Panthers’ safety flying and flailing into the end zone and onto his backside. The run quickly went viral on social media, eliciting such responses as:

“Charbonnet trucks a man!”

“Charbonnet sent the defender to another city.”

And from Seattle on Tap, “Charbonnet just went beast mode on them.”

PANTHERS SIGN LB SEPT 20 The Carolina Panthers have found a replacement for the injured Shaq Thompson ahead of Sunday’s game at Lumen Field against the Seattle Seahawks.

Carolina announced Wednesday that it had added former Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl linebacker Deion Jones to its active roster.

He signed with Carolina in July but was let go at the end of August. He was then signed to the Panthers’ practice squad.

SEPT 17 MULTIPLE SEAHAWKS WRS INJURED The Seattle Seahawks are getting hit with the early injury bug in Sunday’s meeting with the Detroit Lions.

DK Metcalf is now officially questionable with a rib injury, per the team. Additionally, rookie receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba went into the blue medical tent to get his leg looked at. Fortunately, he returned to the game.

But the concern now goes to Metcalf, as the Seahawks will need him in order to pull off the road win in Detroit.

SEPT 10 CHARLES CROSS INJURED VS RAMS Seattle Seahawks second-year offensive tackle is questionable to return to Sunday’s season opener against the Los Angeles Rams due to a toe injury.

AUG 23 TRADE TREY? The San Francisco 49ers are giving Sam Darnold the No. 2 spot on the quarterback depth chart behind Brock Purdy … and over Trey Lance – and now, as they attempt to trade dump Lance, the Niners and Kyle Shanahan are getting roasted for their mishandling of the situation …

Including the blockbuster trade via the NFL Draft trade that is blowing up in their faces.

The Niners took Lance with the No. 3 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, but were only able to do so after giving Miami a massive haul of picks. To get that No. 3 pick, the Niners gave up the No. 12 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the No. 29 and 102 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, and the No. 29 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.

That’s right: As the Seahawks try to chase the Niners in the NFC West, San Francisco will be reeling from having an empty cupboard … and now, the Niners- having given up three first-round picks – are struggling to find a trade partner who will even bother to have Lance on their roster.

AUG 7 FIGHTS AND INJURIES Monday’s Seahawks workout at training camp featured a couple of conflicts and a couple of injury items. The bad news? Safety Joey Blount was carted off the practice field with what reportedly could be a back injury. Meanwhile, top rookie Devon Witherspoon did some work before finishing on the sideline with “a wrap on his leg,” as the Seattle Times described it.

The Times also noted that in the padded work, the offense and defense engaged in a pair of scuffles – the first such conflicts of this camp – one of which features receiver Dee Eskridge in a dust-up vs. safety Jerrick Reed in which other players joined in.

JULY 1 UNFAIR TO RUSS The piling on of Denver QB Russell Wilson apparently has no limits. Bad player in 2022 after his trade away from Seattle? Yes. Out of shape? Maybe. Corny? Kinda. But a recent Twitter note about “NFL arrests” should have nothing to do with Wilson …

And yet, as our Mile High Huddle/SI guys in Denver point out, the “hate mob” cannot help itself.

The subject is NFL arrests since 2000, and the Broncos figure prominently there. The tweet offers up a countdown … and somehow Russell Wilson is the “cover guy” for the rap-sheet list.

We don’t believe Wilson – for whatever flaws he has as a player or even as a person – has ever been arrested. And hey, while the Seattle media and fans (including us) have not hesitated to point out his foibles … making him the punchline for a century of a team’s issues when he’s only been there for one season of that century seems unfair.

PANTHERS SIGN LB SEPT 20 The Carolina Panthers have found a replacement for the injured Shaq Thompson ahead of Sunday’s game at Lumen Field against the Seattle Seahawks.

Carolina announced Wednesday that it had added former Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl linebacker Deion Jones to its active roster.

He signed with Carolina in July but was let go at the end of August. He was then signed to the Panthers’ practice squad.

Fluker, who battled weight issues during his career, is apparently back down to 330 but with added weight-room strength.

The Chargers picked Fluker in the first-round in 2013, and he bounced around from there – but he has played in 108 games, with 96 starts. And maybe at age he’s not done yet.

“I just want a chance!” Fluker tells Schultz.

UDFA 2023 – The first 259 picks were just the beginning.

The Seattle Seahawks used 10 of these picks, and here were the selections:

No. 5 – Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois

No. 20 – Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, Ohio State

No. 37 – Derick Hall, EDGE, Auburn

No. 52 – Zach Charbonnet, RB, UCLA

No. 108 – Anthony Bradford, OG, LSU

No. 123 – Cameron Young, DT, Mississippi State

No. 151 – Mike Morris, DE, Michigan

No. 154 – Olu Oluwatimi, C, Michigan