The Seattle Seahawks are coming off of a very dramatic comeback victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in overtime on Sunday and into Week 10 the team faces the Atlanta Falcons and with Percy Harvin out for the game, Doug Baldwin and Golden State remain the two best fantasy football options for the team.
Harvin has been out all season while coming back from hip surgery and while he has been able to return to practice, head coach Pete Carroll has said that Harvin will not be playing on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons in what is a rematch of the playoffs from last season. Harvin has been back at practice and had an MRI that came back clean for his hip, but the team is continuing to keep him out and there is chance he may not return before the bye coming up for the Seahawks. That would give Harvin an extra week of practice and healing before getting back into NFL action and while the team has been able to get by without him all season, it could get a bit tougher since Sidney Rice was injured and lost for the year.
The Seahawks aren't the most consistent passing team in the league, but they do it enough and having Harvin back in the mix will surely open up the options for Russell Wilson. The team went down big to the Buccaneers last week and had a close game against the Rams on Monday night football and that has many seeing signs of trouble, but getting Harvin back could change all of that. Harvin will be back on the field soon, but for fantasy owners looking for replacements or starting options on the Seahawks apart from him or Rice, two names to keep an eye on are Doug Baldwin and Golden Tate, as they could come up big against a Buccaneers team that is not so great against the pass this season.
Russell Wilson has over 1,800 yards passing and 15 touchdowns and the leader for the team has been Golden Tate with 35 catches for 468 yards and Baldwin has been right behind him with 29 yards and 447 yards and two scores. Marshawn Lynch has been one of the big reasons for the success of the team this season and he will get more opportunities if the passing game opens up with Harvin coming back. Lynch has over 700 yards rushing with six touchdowns and he is one of the leaders in the league and while the Falcons are playing bad this season, Atlanta is hosting the game and with the atmosphere being like a playoff one after the two teams played last season, this will be no easy game for Carroll and company.
Harvin had another MRI to make sure that everything was clean for the injury and while he won't be back this week, Carroll said that he will return soon. Harvin has been back on the practice field and has looked explosive according to media reports. Baldwin had a great game on Sunday with six catches for 75 yards and one score and that was his best game since the loss to the Colts, meaning he could be on his way to more production the rest of the season with Wilson in the offense, especially when Harvin gets back on the field.
