Seahawks’ TE Jerramy Stevens tore his meniscus in his left knee during practice. It is the same knee that was surgically repaired less than four months ago.
The team said Stevens is expected to miss the next six weeks, including the start of the regular season.
He was injured trying to catch a pass from quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. The pass was broken up by linebacker Leroy Hill and Stevens fell to the ground with the brunt of his weight landing on his knees.
He hobbled off the field and was examined by trainers while sitting on a cart. He was later taken back to the locker room on the cart.
“It looked like he got tripped up a little bit … and he just kind of came down on his knee. That’s what it looked like to me,” coach Mike Holmgren said. “We’ll see it on film, but he just came down on it and the knee bore the weight of his body.”
This is definitely a setback for Stevens, who came into his own last season. Fantasy-wise, he was shaping up to be a good late-round sleeper. He still could go on to have a good year, but there will be lingering questions about the knee.
This is also a blow to the Seattle offense as a whole. Stevens served as a nice outlet for Matt Hasselbeck and the two developed a nice rapport over the second half of last season, which continued into the playoffs, where Stevens caught 11 passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns in three playoff games.
