On Wednesday, the Seattle Seahawks announced defensive end Cliff Avril will not play in Sunday's NFC West battle against the Los Angeles Rams.
"Cliff's not going to play this week," head coach Pete Carroll said. "We're going to take some time to make sure that we're evaluating him well like we talked about, and we're going to hold him out."
The announcement noted Carroll revealed Monday Avril suffered "a serious stinger" during Seattle's last game against the Indianapolis Colts, but Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times pointed out the coach indicated the defensive end's long-term availability is in question:
The 2016 Pro Bowler played the first five seasons of his career for the Detroit Lions and joined Seattle before the 2013 campaign.