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This is something I wish they had done a week ago. He has always had problems with his stomach. Maybe those other problems aren't related to this but I hope they can get to the bottom of this and find out what it is.



Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch to see specialist for abdominal injury
BY BRADY HENDERSON, 710 ESPN Seattle | November 22, 2015 @ 7:02 pm


Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch will see a specialist in Philadelphia this week to determine the exact nature of and prognosis for the abdominal injury that kept him from playing in Sunday's game against San Francisco.

Coach Pete Carroll said the Seahawks haven't ruled out anything at this point, including the possibilities that Lynch has a sport hernia or some other injury that could potentially require surgery and/or end his season. He said Lynch will make the trip on Monday and that the team should know more by Wednesday.

"We'll have to wait and see," Carroll said. "This will be a really important couple of days for us."

Carroll said Lynch first felt something in his abdomen toward the end of practice on the Thursday before Seattle's Week-10 game against Arizona. Lynch was listed as questionable for that game but played and was on the field for his usual percentage of snaps. He didn't practice at all last week and was again listed as questionable entering Sunday's game against San Francisco. Carroll expressed confidence on Friday that Lynch would be able to play, which made it somewhat of a surprise when the team declared him inactive before kickoff.

"He tried," Carroll said when asked how close Lynch was to playing. "We rested him all week and rehabbed him all week long and really the first time he took a real look at it was out in pregame, and he just couldn't get going."

Carroll said the team had planned before Sunday for Lynch to see the specialist, whom he referred to as Dr. Meyers. William C. Meyers of the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia is a renowned doctor who specializes in core-muscle injuries.