New details have emerged on the specifics of the Seattle RBs injury, and the news is better than expected. Head coach Pete Carroll confirmed a neck fusion surgery which likely worries many people. However, this is standard for a disc surgery. When one removes the disc, the safest way in a collision sport is to do fusion as opposed to an artificial disc. In my 17 year career, we had multiple players return to play the next season after undergoing cervical neck fusion after about a three to four month recovery timeline. As long as there's no residual nerve issues, Carson should be good to go for next season as early as offseason workouts. There is small worry for further problems developing down the road with adjacent cervical segments. That is where then bigger worries come into play, including more loss of motion and can put careers in jeopardy.