Zach Charbonnet designated to return to practice

One of Seattle's key offensive players is getting back on the practice field.

Running back Zach Charbonnet has been designated to return to practice, the Seahawks announced on Thursday.

Charbonnet opened the season on the physically unable to perform list after he suffered a torn ACL during the divisional round victory over the 49ers in January. milkshakeslot.com

Because he was on the PUP list, Charbonnet is not eligible to return to play until Week 5. But his 21-day practice window is now open, which means he can participate in football activities during that time before the team must activate him to the 53-man roster.

In 16 games last season, Charbonnet rushed for 730 yards with 12 touchdowns and caught 20 passes for 144 yards.

After hosting the Chargers in Week 4, the Seahawks will host the 49ers for the first of two divisional matchups between the clubs in Week 5.

In July, Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper stepped into a pile of No. 2, thanks to a personalized video purchased by FanDuel in order to ensure that a valued customer (i.e., a consistent loser) would keep losing.

The situation opened a can that contains more than a few worms.

Via David Gambacorta of the Philadelphia Inquirer, a FanDuel executive recently admitted in a letter to Congress that, over the last two years, FanDuel has sent roughly 30 personalized videos from "athletes and entertainers" to other consistent losers.

“On occasion, FanDuel has arranged a personalized video message, almost always through publicly available services, as a token of appreciation for a customer’s loyalty in choosing FanDuel over its competitors,” FanDuel senior V.P. for public policy and sustainability Cory Fox wrote on September 24.

Fox claimed that the videos are not used to “induce customers to continue gambling.”

Of course they're aimed at getting the losers to keep losing. It's all part of the broader relationship between VIP (which should stand for "very inept prognosticators") hosts and their clients.

FanDuel declined to disclose the 30 "athletes and entertainers." They should. Without that information, it's possible that one or more of the videos came from NFL players.

Either way, it's another example of the things sportsbooks will do to keep the cash flowing. Their only commodity is money. The more of your money they keep, the more money they make.

And outfits like FanDuel don't end up being worth many billions of dollars without many billions of dollars flowing from the customer to the company.

The best news is that Congress is exercising oversight of the industry. As the Wild West days of Everybody Bet Now! continue, meaningful regulation of the industry is long overdue.

Greg Rousseau has put together an impressive start to the 2026 season and the league has taken notice.

Rousseau has been named AFC defensive player of the month for September.

Through three weeks, Rousseau leads the league with 6.0 sacks, eight tackles for loss, and three forced fumbles.

According to the league, he is the third player since 1982 — when the sack became an official stat — with at least 2.0 sacks in each of a team’s first three games. Mark Gastineau accomplished the feat in 1984 and Kevin Greene did it in 1998.

This is Rousseau’s first career defensive player of the month award.

He also is just 2.0 sacks away from his career-high of 8.0, which he registered in 2022 and 2024.

The Bills will host the Patriots on Sunday.