RENTON — Seahawks coach Pete Carroll isn’t sure about the availability of starting left guard Robert Gallery for Sunday’s season opener at San Francisco, as Gallery sprained his knee in Seattle’s preseason finale on Friday.
So to help compensate for Gallery’s loss, rookie right tackle James Carpenter did some work at left guard in Gallery’s absence at practice on Monday.
Guard switch?
James Carpenter worked out at guard on Monday. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) (AP)
“He’s had a couple good days here. He had a sprained knee and we’re just going to have to see how it goes day to day,” Carroll said of Gallery. “We’ll watch him carefully. He’s hopeful that he can make it back by the weekend. We’ll have to wait and see.”
Carpenter said he’s more comfortable on the left side, anyway, because he spent his college career at left tackle. He hasn’t played any guard since filling that position at the Senior Bowl, but didn’t seem particularly concerned about the prospect of making the switch.
“I’m pretty comfortable, because I played on the left side my whole life until I got over here,” Carpenter said.
“Now you have to develop all the flexibility when you can,” Carroll said. “We’ll be in a game with seven or eight offensive linemen so guys will have to fill spots. So we did move some guys around today. He did play guard a little bit today.”
