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,

Seattle Seahawks center Connor Williams has retired because of personal reasons, coach Mike Macdonald said on Friday. The Seahawks coach said Williams' departure did not have anything to do with the ACL injury he sustained last year that required surgery.

Seattle Seahawks starting center Connor Williams retired on Friday, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. Williams signed a one-year contract with

Williams retiring nine games into the season adds to Seattle’s black-hole situation at center the last 10 years.

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.

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

Williams' career lasted seven seasons — above average for the NFL — but his decision to retire at 27 years old was abrupt. Seattle coach Mike MacDonald confirmed that Williams' decision was for personal reasons and that he doesn't believe the offensive lineman will change his mind.

Seattle Seahawks center Connor Williams has unexpectedly decided to retire at 27 years old, walking away from the team with eight games left this season. Coach Mike Macdonald said Friday the seven-year veteran made the decision earlier this week for "personal reasons.