The status of center Justin Britt's for Sunday's game versus the Houston Texans remains unknown until the game status report comes out later in the day, but it is known that the final decision won't be made until Sunday.

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Head coach Pete Carroll told KIRO Radio's Dori Monson on Friday that Britt had a chance to play but will be a gametime decision. The veteran center sprained his ankle last Sunday vs the Giants but once he returned during the same first-quarter series, he never left the game again.

Carroll took exception on Wednesday with the idea that his center was already being penciled out of the lineup.

"[We'll take it] one day at a time. But no, I’m not thinking that at all," Carroll retorted when asked if he expected Britt not to play Sunday. "We are not thinking that far down the road. We are thinking he is working to get back this week. It’s going to be a challenge, but we are thinking that by Friday we will have decided whether he can practice or not. We will give him a couple days.”

As planned, Britt has not practiced this week and Friday's final injury report will give the last glimmer into the team's thought process on Britt; however, they do have a solid backup plan in rookie Ethan Pocic, who filled in during the snaps Britt missed vs the Giants without a hitch.

"He's good to go," Tom Cable said Wednesday or Pocic. "We're ready to play him. I mean he jumped right in no issue. He's got so much of it in his background. We practice it everyday. He gets a certain amount of snaps at center. Not worried about that, he's ready to play."

Pocic's been everywhere on the line for the Seahawks in 2017 but made his bones at center for LSU during his senior year in 2016. He also happens to be currently competing at left guard for the starting spot with Mark Glowinski.

"Practice wise, we're working Mark and Ethan at left guard, as well as Ethan at center and Joey [Hunt] at center as well," Cable said. "So kind of covering all our bases here a little bit."

If Pocic does have to move to center, it'll likely trigger a roster to move to call up Joey Hunt to back him up. Hunt remains on the team's practice squad after being Britt's backup in 2016.

So, the final decision on Britt doesn't just affect center. It pulls Pocic out of the left guard battle and puts Glowinski there full time while also causing Hunt to be moved to the active roster, meaning they'll have to free up a spot.

The Seahawks have to do what's best for their player and his health moving forward but moving Britt out of the lineup has quite the ripple effect in this case.

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