Seahawks-Bears final injury report: Kenneth Walker III ruled out for fifth time this season

It’s a light final injury report for the Seahawks, but once again they’ll be down their top running back.

The Seattle Seahawks conducted a Christmas Day walkthrough before their flight to Chicago to take on the Chicago Bears on Thursday Night Football. As expected, neither tight end Brady Russell nor running back Kenneth Walker III will play in Week 17 due to their respective injuries.

Walker has now missed a career-high five games on the season with three separate injuries. He had an oblique injury on opening day against the Denver Broncos, followed by a calf injury in Week 13 against the New York Jets, and now an ankle injury after the Week 16 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Zach Charbonnet is off the injury report and will get another start, with Kenny McIntosh as the backup.

Outside of Walker, Russell, and safety K’Von Wallace (who’s designated for return to practice but still on IR), no one else is doubtful or questionable. Considering some of the other injury situations around the NFL and even within the NFC West, I’d say the Seahawks have been fairly fortunate on the injury front this year.

Here’s the final injury report for the Seahawks:

And for those who were eager to see Bears running back Travis Homer against his former team, I have some bad news: