Overview
- The NFL upheld a one-game suspension for outside linebacker Derick Hall, who will miss Seattle's Week 17 game against the Panthers and be eligible to return the next day.
- The league said Hall unnecessarily stepped on Rams guard Kevin Dotson's leg, citing unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct rules.
- Mike Macdonald said he does not believe Hall acted with bad intent and relayed Hall's account that he tried to step over Dotson to avoid being rolled up on.
- Hall will forfeit roughly $87,700 in pay and is barred from team facilities while serving the suspension.
- Dotson left with an ankle injury and was later seen on crutches with a walking boot, and Seattle is adjusting its edge rotation as it leads the NFC West at 12-3.