Seahawks Injury Updates: Drew Lock ‘up in the air’ for next week

SEATTLE – Backup quarterback Drew Lock sustained an oblique injury during the Seattle Seahawks’ 17-3 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday and his status for the coming week is “up in the air,” head coach Mike Macdonald said postgame.

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Lock, who started in place of injured Sam Darnold, was evaluated in the medical tent for an oblique injury in the third quarter but finished the game. He completed 19 of 28 passes for 175 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions.

Macdonald said he doesn’t have an early read on Darnold’s status for this week. Darnold missed Sunday’s game with a quad injury and also is dealing with a cracked rib.

“I think we’ll probably re-evaluate early in the week,” Macdonald said. “I’m assuming we’re probably going to have to make a decision on who we’re gonna get ready and how we’re gonna do that.

“Drew’s situation, we’ll have to evaluate that as well. Unfortunately it seems like it’s kind of up in the air right now.”

After the game, Lock expressed confidence that he’ll be able to play next Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders. Seattle has a bye the following week.

“We’ll get it looked at tonight,” Lock said. “I was able to finish with it, but we’ll get it looked at and go from there. But not too bad.”

Lock said the in-game adrenaline helped him power through.

“It’s a crazy experience of being out there and just not feeling anything,” Lock said. “(With) adrenaline, … it just kind of goes away. You kind of don’t think about it until you come sit down on the sideline and you’re like, oh yeah, that’s still there.

“I didn’t feel like there was anything I couldn’t do as far as throwing goes, so I relayed that to the sideline, and we just kept moving forward.”

Lock also has been dealing with an elbow injury in his throwing arm, which an NFL Network report on Saturday described as “severe tendinitis.” The injury caused him to be inactive for the Seahawks’ previous two games, and he’s been listed as limited in practice on all 12 of the team’s injury reports over the past four weeks.

“He’s a beast,” Macdonald said. “… He just went after it, and I think our medical people deserve a shout-out too for putting a great plan together and treating Drew.

“Both quarterbacks that have played, I mean, I don’t know how you get any tougher,” Macdonald added, referring to Darnold and Lock. “Both guys are tough as nails.”

Lock credited the training staff for helping him throughout the week.

“It was really well done,” Lock said. “Just hats off to this building, to this team, for being able to stick with me throughout this week and get us here to Sunday as healthy and as ready as we could be.”

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