Seahawks Stay Mum as Tory Horton Faces Extended Absence
Mike Macdonald says the second-year WR will be 'out for a period of time' — and he's not saying why. Horton scored 5 TDs on just 13 catches in 2025.
Vague timeline and secrecy make him undraftable until we know more.
- Macdonald: Horton 'out for a period of time'
- No injury or timeline disclosed by Seattle
- 2025: 13 rec, 161 yds, 5 TD in 8 games
- 59 PPR points as a rookie last season
- Our rank: #276 overall, #96 at WR
Seahawks receiver Tory Horton is missing practice, and head coach Mike Macdonald isn't in the mood to explain why. Asked about the second-year wideout on Friday, Macdonald said Horton is still working through his stuff and will be out for a period of time — then flatly declined to say what was actually wrong, admitting with a smile that he just didn't want to tell the room.
That's not a great sign for fantasy managers already circling Horton as a late-round dart. He flashed real upside as a rookie in 2025, turning just 13 catches for 161 yards into five touchdowns across eight games — a 59-PPR-point season. Efficient, touchdown-dependent, and now shrouded in mystery.
The silence is technically business as usual. Teams have no obligation to disclose injury details during training camp or the preseason, and that reporting requirement doesn't kick in until the days before Week 1. So while Macdonald's stonewalling is frustrating, it's fully within the rules — no team has to say a word about a player's health until September.
Still, there's a difference between a coach being coy and a coach telling you a guy is going to be sidelined for an unspecified stretch. Macdonald volunteered the 'period of time' part. That phrasing, combined with the refusal to name the injury, reads less like camp gamesmanship and more like a real absence Seattle would rather not detail yet.
The Fantasy Fallout
Horton was already a deep flyer, sitting at #276 overall and #96 among wideouts in our rankings. He's a touchdown-or-bust profile buried in a crowded Seattle receiver room, and an open-ended injury only pushes his floor lower. There's no version of this where you feel good drafting him in the next week without more information.
The move is simple: watch and wait. Don't spend a pick on Horton until Seattle clears up the timeline, and don't let his five-TD rookie flash lure you into reaching. If he's practicing and healthy closer to Week 1, revisit him as an end-of-bench stash. Until then, let someone else guess.
