The MRI results for Lonnie Johnson Jr 'significant' leg injury and his timeline for return
After the game, head coach Pete Carroll said the injury was "significant", The question was simply what kind of significant injury was it and what it would mean for his 2025 season and beyond.
The MRI results are in and it's a broken fibula for Johnson, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.
This is not great news, but it could have been a lot worse. There were undoubtedly plenty of fears of an injury that was season-ending.
Typically the recovery time for a broken fibula is about two months. And we are still over a month from the start of the season, which means there's a possibility Johnson could only miss 4-5 games.
Still, Johnson had just spoken to the media the day before the game and was very excited about the opportunity he had in Las Vegas to get his career back on track. He was slated to be a starter and rotational safety along with Isaiah Pola-Mao and Jeremy Chinn.
"With me playing my role on different teams and starting, and then having to go to straight special teams for three years straight, and now I've got an opportunity to go earn a better contract for myself this year," Johnson said of his career struggle.
"I think Pete [Carroll] has been trying to chase me for so long, and he finally got an opportunity to, like, put his hands on my game. So, everything is just complementing, and like I said, I get a chance to just earn it and prove that I'm their guy. I never really had the opportunity to show a team. I've always been, 'Hey, he's a role player.' I've got an opportunity to show like I'm Pete's guy, I'm M-Rob's guy, I'm Spytek's guy, so that's what I'm here to do."
This will be one more hurdle the seven-year vet will have to clear in his efforts to find a long term NFL home.
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