Center Connor Williams injured his ACL while playing for the Dolphins in Week 14 last season. Despite this, the Seahawks signed him this week and are planning to have him ready for the start of the regular season.
Williams officially joined the team on Sunday, and the Seahawks traded Nick Harris to the Browns as part of the move. With Harris gone, Olu Oluwatimi is the other center option. Head coach Mike Macdonald said on Monday that the goal is to have Williams ready to play in the season opener against the Broncos.
Macdonald mentioned that Williams will work with the sports performance staff for the next week or so before joining full practice sessions. Williams feels he is close to being fully recovered.
“I feel great,” Williams said, according to the team’s website. “I’m probably about 95 percent. I’m getting there. Strength’s getting there. Pretty symmetrical honestly, and so I think we’re just devising a plan to slowly work back in and slowly get me on the field.”
With limited time before the season starts, everyone is hopeful that it will be enough for Williams to get up to speed.
