RENTON, Wash. — Seahawks long snapper Kevin Houser is hoping to be out of the hospital in time for Christmas Eve after doctors re-inflated his collapsed lung.

Seattle coach Jim Mora praised Houser on Monday for continuing to play after getting hurt while covering a punt in the second quarter Sunday against Tampa Bay.
The Seahawks’ only true kick snapper went into a photographer’s shed on the sideline to get a painkilling injection. He returned to snap for Seattle’s only extra point later in the half.
Houser then ran at Tampa Bay’s Sammie Stroughter at the end of a 33-yard punt return midway through the third quarter and collapsed in pain on the sideline.
Mora says Houser is likely going on injured reserve.