{"id":649054,"date":"2026-01-02T21:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/649054\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T21:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:33:13","slug":"seattle-seahawks-not-expecting-horton-to-return-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/649054\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Seahawks not expecting Horton to return this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Seattle Seahawks aren\u2019t expecting rookie wide receiver Tory Horton to return from his shin injury this season, head coach Mike Macdonald said during his media availability on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/seattle-seahawks-49ers-injury-report-rashid-shaheed\/1834140\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seahawks-49ers Injury Report: Shaheed to play; Cross ruled out<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Horton, a fifth-round draft pick out of Colorado State, had 13 catches for 161 yards and five touchdowns in eight games. The speedy wideout also had 16 punt returns for 238 yards, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFL\/status\/1969860647065465025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1969860647065465025%7Ctwgr%5E36e54f5a624cf0051d685c55fa25fe0771de3fd4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports.mynorthwest.com%2Fnfl%2Fseattle-seahawks%2Fhorton-delivers-longest-punt-return-touchdown-seattle-seahawks-history%2F1822915\" rel=\"nofollow\">franchise-record 95-yard punt return touchdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Horton got injured in a Week 9 win over the Washington Commanders and was later <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/injury-update-seahawks-place-rookie-wr-horton-on-ir\/1830024\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">placed on injured reserve<\/a> a few weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just takes a long time to heal,\u201d Macdonald said. \u201cAnd so put it this way, we\u2019re planning on not having him. If something happens, which we\u2019re not counting on, and he\u2019s able to come back, then that\u2019s great. But right now we\u2019re planning on not having him. It just needs time and rest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate, but these things happen. So we\u2019re with him. He\u2019s doing a great job. We\u2019re just not gonna have him right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More on the Seattle Seahawks<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/lenoir-smith-njigba-extra-juice-seattle-seahawks-49ers-bump\/1834199\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenoir\u2019s comments add extra juice to Seahawks-49ers showdown<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/stacy-rost-2-numbers-that-matter-seattle-seahawks-49ers\/1834189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stacy Rost: 2 numbers that matter for Seahawks vs 49ers<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/bump-and-stacy\/intriguing-matchup-key-for-seattle-seahawks-against-niners\/1834182\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">An intriguing matchup will be key for Seahawks\u2019 D against Niners<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/bumpus-seattle-seahawks-o-line-time-shine-49ers\/1834172\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bump: It\u2019s the Seattle Seahawks O-line\u2019s time to shine vs 49ers<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/the-reset-reasons-seattle-seahawks-will-beat-49ers\/1833966\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Reset: The reasons why Seattle Seahawks will beat the 49ers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CameronVanTil\" data-show-count=\"false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow @CameronVanTil<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SeattleSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SeattleSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Seahawks aren\u2019t expecting rookie wide receiver Tory Horton to return from his shin injury this season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[7,1631,3932,3930,6,238,237,261,2635,9,3931,1951,1952],"class_list":{"0":"post-649054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-home","10":"tag-mynorthwest-com","11":"tag-mynorthwest-com-seattle-news","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-seahawks","14":"tag-seattle","15":"tag-seattle-seahawks","16":"tag-seattleseahawks","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-talk-and-community","19":"tag-traffic","20":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115827652167722697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}