{"id":971099,"date":"2026-08-12T11:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/971099\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:21:22","slug":"seattle-seahawks-place-fullback-robbie-ouzts-on-injured-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/971099\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Seahawks place fullback Robbie Ouzts on injured reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">After missing consecutive practices in the first week of training camp, concern surrounding Seattle Seahawks fullback Robbie Ouzts grew, and the worst case scenario came to fruition on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Seahawks announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seahawks.com\/news\/seahawks-sign-lb-aaron-smith-place-fb-robbie-ouzts-on-ir\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they\u2019ve placed Ouzts on injured reserve<\/a>. Since this is preseason IR, Ouzts will not return this year. It remains unclear what injury the second-year fullback is dealing with or how long he could be sidelined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Although he participated in organized team activities (OTA\u2019s), it\u2019s worth noting Ouzts missed the NFC Championship game against the Los Angeles Rams and Super Bowl 60 against the New England Patriots with a neck injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Ouzts missed Weeks 4-7 in 2025 with an ankle injury but finished the year logging two starts across 12 regular season appearances where he primarily served as the lead blocker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Seattle replaced Ouzts\u2019 roster spot by signing inside linebacker Aaron Smith, who had a tryout with the Seahawks earlier in the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After missing consecutive practices in the first week of training camp, concern surrounding Seattle Seahawks fullback Robbie Ouzts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":971100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,52088,718,719],"class_list":["post-971099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-seattle-seahawks-injuries","tag-seattle-seahawks-news","tag-seattle-seahawks-offseason-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117082278065631923","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971099","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=971099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/971100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}