Overview
- Seattle declined to sign Joe Mixon after he did not pass a team physical following a workout and a planned practice‑squad deal fell apart hours later.
- Head coach Mike Macdonald said the situation “didn’t work out” and declined to give further detail about the reversal.
- Mixon missed the entire 2025 season with a foot injury that Texans GM Nick Caserio called a “freak” injury and reporters have raised the possibility of a degenerative foot problem.
- To fill immediate depth needs the Seahawks signed Robert Henry Jr. and Dontae McMillan to the practice squad while Emanuel Wilson serves as the lead healthy back.
- Mixon remains an unrestricted free agent and the lack of full medical clarity and limited disclosure from his former team are the main factors likely keeping teams from taking a chance on him.