{"id":873137,"date":"2026-10-06T20:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/873137\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T20:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:06:08","slug":"report-seahawks-will-not-sign-joe-mixon-to-practice-squad-after-a-physical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/873137\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Seahawks will not sign Joe Mixon to practice squad after a physical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Mixon\u2019s return to the NFL is back on hold. <\/p>\n<p>The veteran running back worked out for the Seahawks and head coach Mike Macdonald said on Monday that the team was \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/free-agent-rb-joe-mixon-to-join-seahawks-practice-squad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">going through the process<\/a>\u201d of signing him to their practice squad. They have reportedly changed course before the process reached the finish line, however.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Seahawks <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2107527279530398181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">opted not to move forward<\/a> with the deal after Mixon took a physical with the team. There\u2019s no word on what issue led to the change of plans in Seattle. <\/p>\n<p>Mixon missed all of last season with a foot injury. He had five 1,000-yard seasons with the Bengals and Texans over eight years in the league. <\/p>\n<p>Rookie Jadarian Price is on injured reserve, which leaves Emanuel Wilson, George Holani, and Velus Jones as the backs on their 53-man roster. There has also been word that they will sign Robert Henry off of the Commanders\u2019 practice squad, but the deal has not been officially announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Mixon\u2019s return to the NFL is back on hold. The veteran running back worked out for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-873137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}