The Seattle Seahawks have released running back Christine Michael less than a year after signing him.
Devin Hester Youth Jersey . Following the emergence of C.J Prosise and the imminent return of Thomas Rawls, Michael was considered surplus to requirements after an inconsistent season.Michael leads the team with six rushing touchdowns and made the only 100+ yard game to come from any of the Seahawks running backs this season. However, as a whole, Seattle rank 30th in rushing, and head coach Pete Carroll believes a change was necessary. With C.J, the versatility of all the things he seems to be able to do at this point, and knowing that theres a real style to Thomas that were really looking forward to seeing, it could be a real nice matchup, Carroll said. Well see how that works. Rookie Goff set for start Los Angeles Rams set to give Jared Goff first start against Miami. C.J. Prosise has emerged as the Seahawks primary back, and will takeover the starting job Prosise impressed on his first start as the Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 31-24, rushing for 66 yards, as well as 87 from receiving. The release of Michael presumes that Rawls will be active for the week 11 game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Michael was the Seahawks second round draft pick back in 2013, but struggled for playing time behind Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin. He was traded to Dallas in 2015, but could not hold down a starting position and, after time with the Washington Redskins practice squad, rejoined the Seahawks in December 2015. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price With several play-off contenders looking for veteran running back quality, do not expect Michael to be a free agent for long. Despite injuries early in the year, he can still be a difference maker and will hope to be on the field sooner rather than later. Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! Also See: NFL week ten highlights Romo: Dak deserves starting job WATCH: Sunday Blitz Latest standings
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Mike Ditka Jersey. Backstrom sent a slick backhanded pass to Green at the high slot. Instead of shooting, Green passed to Ovechkin, who wound up and fired a shot past Fleury from the left circle dot with 2:41 left in the stanza. Brooks Laich tried to backhand the rebound of Brooks Orpiks point blast, but Fleury made the save. The puck trickled to the right side of the net, where Fehr roofed the puck for a 3-0 game with 8:58 remaining. Just over a minute later, Green finished off a 2-on-1 with Evgeny Kuznetsov with a snap shot over the shoulder of Fleury to conclude the scoring. Game Notes Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin missed a third straight game due to a lower- body injury ... The Capitals have earned a point in 10 straight home games (8-0-2) ... Ovechkin tied Peter Bondra for first place on Washingtons multi- goal games list with 93 and passed Rod Langway for seventh place for the most games played in franchise history with 727 ... Penguins forward Maxim Lapierre made his debut with the team after being acquired from the Blues in exchange for Marcel Goc on Tuesday, picking up a blocked shot and two hits in 14:15 of ice time ... The two teams next meet on Feb. 17 in Pittsburgh. ' ' '