Seattle Seahawks optimistic Geno Smith will play on Sunday

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RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald is optimistic that Geno Smith will play Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings after tests revealed good news on the quarterback's right knee.

Macdonald didn't know exactly what to call the injury that knocked Smith out of the Seahawks' 30-13 loss to the Green Bay Packers Sunday night, but he reiterated his postgame comments about how Smith's knee is structurally intact.

"We're fortunate," Macdonald said Monday. "A lot of positive, optimistic signs coming out of the tests. Geno's a beast, man. He's in here working out in the morning, working through it. I know he's still feeling it, but this guy's tough as…