Both the Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles will limp into their Wild Card matchup on Sunday. Wide receiver Jaron Brown will join left tackle Duane Brown (knee), linebacker Mychal Kendricks (torn ACL) and wide receiver Malik Turner (concussion) as players that will not play, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.
The #Seahawks have downgraded WR Jaron Brown (knee sprain) to out. He won’t play vs. #Eagles.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 5, 2020
Brown's lack of availability should come as no surprise. He suffered a knee sprain in the season finale loss to the San Francisco 49ers and was considered to be out for the beginning of the postseason for some time.
On the season, the seven-year veteran tallied 16 receptions for 220 yards and two touchdowns while playing 14 games. He received four starts in 2019.
With Browns and Turner out, the Seahawks' depth at wide receiver is suddenly thin. Seattle will trot out Tyler Lockett, D.K. Metcalf, David Moore and John Ursua on Sunday. The first three are regulars, while Ursua should see snaps playing the backup role.
Ursua, a rookie out of Hawaii, played just three games in 2019, seeing one target in the process, which he turned into an 11-yard gain.
Like the Eagles, the Seahawks are a battered unit. Though they have their starters in the wide receiver corps playing, the lack of seasoned depth at the position should be noticed on Sunday.
However, don't expect Brown and Turner not playing to decrease the production of Russell Wilson and Co. He still has weapons to throw to. Against a subpar Eagles secondary, expect the 31-year-old to give Lockett, Metcalf and Moore plenty of looks.
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