Seahawks' Thomas Rawls: Out a few weeks with fibula injury

Rawls will be sidelined for a few weeks due to a fibula injury, Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times reports.

Analysis:

Rawls' upcoming sideline stint comes after testing was conducted Monday to further investigate the lower-leg injury that forced him to miss Sunday's win over the 49ers. Unfortunately, those results deemed it necessary to rule him out for upcoming action, even though coach Pete Carroll's timetable of Rawls missing "a few weeks" leaves some room for clarification. In terms of a diagnosis, Rawls is dealing with a hairline fracture, NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reports. Regardless of the accompanying time out, what's certain is that Rawls' absence, which follows a season-ending ankle injury last year, should result in Christine Michael assuming the bulk of Seattle's backfield work, with rookie Alex Collins a likely alternative while fellow first-year player C.J. Prosise (hand) returns from injury.