Seahawks DT Chartric Darby suffered a torn patellar tendon Sunday. He will be placed on injured reserve, ending his season.
Rookie third-round pick Brandon Mebane will move into the starting lineup next to Rocky Bernard. Darby's injury comes at an inopportune time, as he's in the final year of his contract and will turn 33 before 2008 free agency. Oct. 15 - 6:48 pm et
Source: Seahawks Insider Blog
This is bad news for us Seahawks fans. This could hurt him as well when he becomes a free agent as lots of teams will be careful now before they try to sign him because of the injury this year. Bringing in Mebane and Bernard are good moves to cover up for Darby.