The Seattle Seahawks have a rather significant shakeup along their offensive line. On Friday, head coach Mike Macdonald announced that starting center Connor Williams has decided to retire from the NFL.

The Seattle Seahawks have made their game-time designations for Sunday's Week 11 showdown against the San Francisco 49ers, and it is a mixed bag of good and bad news. Let us get the bad news out of the way first: starting center Connor Williams,

Seahawks starting center Connor Williams is retiring from the NFL due to personal reasons, coach Mike Macdonald announced on Friday.

Coach Mike Macdonald didn’t have this week in his rookie head-coaching manual. Now they get to play the 49ers.

Seattle Seahawks starting center Connor Williams is calling it a career. Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald told reporters Friday that Williams has officially decided to retire immediately due to personal reasons after starting all nine games at center for Seattle this season.

Well, we have some idea now… after Friday’s practice, head coach Mike Macdonald announced Connor Williams had decided to officially RETIRE from the NFL. According to Macdonald, Williams has his reasons and any possibility to perhaps return later does not seem likely.

Left tackle Trent Williams’ ankle and wrist injuries could force him to miss his first 49ers game this season Sunday against the Seahawks.

Seattle Seahawks starting Connor Williams missed Wednesday's and Thursday's practice. His designation on the injury report is "personal reasons." Members of the media are unaware of the reason behind his absence.