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Seahawks' Cade Johnson stretchered off, taken to hospital with concussion

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SEATTLE -- Seahawks wide receiver Cade Johnson was taken off the field on a stretcher and transported to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center after suffering a concussion in the team's preseason opener Thursday night at Lumen Field.

Head coach Pete Carroll said initial tests revealed no issues beyond the concussion. He did not know whether Johnson would remain hospitalized overnight.

"We got a real good report -- the early one," Carroll said. "I'm hoping that's conclusive, but that's what we heard."

He added that the team "went to the max precautions, and the findings were already really positive.