Field Gulls on Elijah Arroyo
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The second-year player out of Miami suffered a shoulder injury while trying to recover Rashid Shaheed's fumble in last Thursday's loss to the Denver Broncos. According to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, the injury is evidently severe enough to place him on injured reserve, which means missing at least four games. Seattle's bye week is after the fourth game of that IR stint, so the earliest Arroyo could return is Week 12 at the San Francisco 49ers on Thanksgiving weekend.
STACKED’s take
Arroyo placed on IR with shoulder injury; out at least four games, earliest return Week 12.
Second-year tight end suffered a shoulder injury while attempting to recover Rashid Shaheed's fumble against Denver; injury is severe enough to warrant IR placement, meaning at least four games missed; with Seattle's bye week after the fourth game of IR stint, earliest return is Week 12 at San Francisco on Thanksgiving weekend. Arroyo had just two targets and one catch for 17 yards this season while splitting snaps with Eric Saubert; notably, Nick Kallerup had already out-snapped Arroyo before the injury occurred in that game. Arroyo has a concerning injury history: tore his ACL in 2022 (played only four games in 2023), hurt his knee at Senior Bowl pre-draft (missed NFL Combine), and went to IR late last season after knee injury against Atlanta (though activated for NFC Championship). This shoulder injury adds to a pattern of health setbacks despite being a second-round pick (No. 50 overall) lauded for receiving skills.
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