RENTON — Before Wednesday’s Seahawks practice, head coach Pete Carroll launched something of a defense of first-round pick L.J. Collier, who has been inactive on gameday despite being healthy two of the past three weeks.
“We don’t have any thought about that he’s not going to be a really good player,’’ Carroll said of the defensive end from TCU. “We just think it’s time and experience.”
The time for Collier to make a big move could come Sunday at Cleveland.
A few hours after Carroll said to expect to see Collier on the active gameday roster for the game against the Browns the Seahawks revealed that veteran defensive end Branden Jackson sat out practice with a neck injury.