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Seahawks WR Percy Harvin returns after first concussion test, leaves game after second

Percy Harvin went down after a brutal hurt, but eventually returned to the field. (Ted S. Warren/AP) UPDATE (6:15 p.m. ET): Harvin was hit hard in the end zone
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Seahawks WR Percy Harvin returns after first concussion test, leaves game after second
Seahawks WR Percy Harvin returns after first concussion test, leaves game after second

Percy Harvin went down after a brutal hurt, but eventually returned to the field. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

UPDATE (6:15 p.m. ET): Harvin was hit hard in the end zone by Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins late in the second quarter, and he was sent back to the locker room for a second concussion evaluation. At the start of the second half, it was announced that Harvin would not return to the game.

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SEATTLE -- It didn't take long for things to get medically complex for Seattle Seahawks receiver Percy Harvin. On the third play of Seattle's first drive against the New Orleans Saints in the divisional round of the playoffs, Harvin went up the left seam against defensive back Trevin Wade from the New Orleans 41-yard line. Harvin heard footsteps and dropped the Russell Wilson throw just as he was absolutely clocked by safety Rafael Bush.

Bush was called for a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty, and though it seemed like exactly the sort of flag people reference when they wonder if the NFL has gone too far in enforcing player safety rules, Harvin was a defenseless receiver on the play.

(GIF via Bleacher Report.)

Harvin came off the field, and Stephen Hauschka kicked a 38-yard field goal to end the drive. Harvin talked with trainers and had his helmet taken away. He then was taken to the locker room for a concussion evaluation. However, the news was good for the Seahawks -- Harvin was deemed able to come back in the game, which he did on the next series. He seemed no worse for wear, looking aggressive on several plays through the first and second quarters.

The Seahawks gave up a first-round draft pick to the Minnesota Vikings for Harvin in the offseason, and then signed him to a six-year, $67 million contract with $25.5 million guaranteed. But he was bedeviled by hip injuries all season and played just 20 snaps. Head coach Pete Carroll thought about putting Harvin on injured reserve for the postseason, but the team activated him this week.

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SI.com contributing NFL writer and Seattle resident Doug Farrar started writing about football locally in 2002, and became Football Outsiders' West Coast NFL guy in 2006. He was fascinated by FO's idea to combine Bill James with Dr. Z, and wrote for the site for six years. He wrote a game-tape column called "Cover-2" for a number of years, and contributed to six editions of "Pro Football Prospectus" and the "Football Outsiders Almanac." In 2009,  Doug was invited to join Yahoo Sports' NFL team, and covered Senior Bowls, scouting combines, Super Bowls, and all sorts of other things for Yahoo Sports and the Shutdown Corner blog through June, 2013. Doug received the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse from SI.com in 2013, and that was that. Doug has also written for the Seattle Times, the Washington Post, the New York Sun, FOX Sports, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine.  He also makes regular appearances on several local and national radio shows, and has hosted several podcasts over the years. He counts Dan Jenkins, Thomas Boswell, Frank Deford, Ralph Wiley, Peter King, and Bill Simmons as the writers who made him want to do this for a living. In his rare off-time, Doug can be found reading, hiking, working out, searching for new Hendrix, Who, and MC5 bootlegs, and wondering if the Mariners will ever be good again.

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