Seahawks Injury Report: DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett Ready to Go vs. Ravens
Despite being limited at practice during the week, Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks will have their full arsenal of receivers against the Baltimore Ravens with DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett being removed from Friday's final injury report.
Dealing with a hip injury, Metcalf missed Seattle's Week 7 win over Arizona, but the fifth-year wideout returned to action last week and produced six receptions in a victory over Cleveland. Lockett has missed practice time three consecutive weeks, but he has been active on game day and tied a season-high with eight receptions along with scoring his third touchdown last Sunday.
Set to face the NFL's top scoring defense in Baltimore, the Seahawks will be counting on big performances from Metcalf and Lockett as they seek a third consecutive win to stay atop the NFC West standings.
Without any players listed as questionable or doubtful on Friday's report, coach Pete Carroll feels Seattle is the healthiest it has been in weeks going into a critical non-conference matchup.
“It certainly feels like that," Carroll said after Friday's practice. "This week, so many guys on the practice field and guys fighting for reps, which was great. This was the first time we felt like that in a long time. It would be like if you came off a bye or something like that, you would feel really good. We feel like we got a big boost from the guys that are out there battling. No time like the present.”
While the Seahawks have been resting Metcalf during the week, the star receiver will be ready to suit up and start against the Ravens on Sunday.
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While Seattle had one of its cleanest injury reports of the season, the team did list four players as questionable, including guards Phil Haynes and Anthony Bradford.
Haynes, who opened the season as the Seahawks starter at right guard, has missed three of the previous four games with a nagging calf injury. The fifth-year veteran practiced every day this week and looks to be trending towards returning to the lineup alongside center Evan Brown and right tackle Stone Forsythe, though Carroll remained non-committal on whether he would play Sunday.
“Let me wait until we get a little bit closer. We have to see how this whole week hit him and see what we get from the docs. We don’t know that yet," Carroll said.
As for Bradford, the fourth-round pick out of LSU tweaked his ankle while making a block on a screen play against the Browns, but he only missed two plays before checking back in and played the rest of the game. After being limited on Wednesday, he sat out Thursday's practice and was limited on Friday, putting his status in question.
“He couldn’t do much today," Carroll said of Bradford.
The Seahawks also listed running back Kenny McIntosh and defensive tackle Austin Faoliu as questionable, but neither player has been added to the 53-man roster yet after returning to practice last week. The team would need to make corresponding moves to add them to the roster by Saturday and if they aren't activated, their respective 21-day windows coming back from injured reserve and the PUP list would expire at the end of next week.
This gives Seattle a bit of flexibility roster-wise, as McIntosh and Faoliu could be granted one more week of practice reps to get back into game shape. McIntosh has been out since spraining his knee in the team's mock game scrimmage in August, while Faoliu underwent knee surgery in the spring and has been on the PUP list since training camp opened in July.
When asked about McIntosh and Faoliu, Carroll expectedly didn't answer whether either player would be activated in time for Sunday's game in Baltimore, but provided positive updates on their respective returns.
“They’re both going. They’re both practicing and going. They look like they’re right in the flow of it. We’ll see how that goes. Again, that just continues to help us fill the depth and guys being healthy and they’re out there working and taking reps. It’s a good thing.”
