Seahawks Injury Updates: Sam Darnold could return after bye

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold could return from injury later this month after the team’s Week 11 bye, head coach Mike Macdonald said during his Monday afternoon news conference.

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Macdonald already ruled out Darnold (quad, ribs) for Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders during his appearance Monday morning on Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk. It will be Darnold’s second straight missed game, with backup Drew Lock expected to start again in his place despite dealing with an oblique injury and an elbow injury.

The Seahawks then have a bye next week before traveling to the Bay Area for a showdown against the NFC West-leading San Francisco 49ers on Nov. 29.

“I think so, yeah,” Macdonald said when asked if Darnold could return after the bye. “He’s making progress. We’re gonna need some more time.”

Macdonald didn’t have any other definitive updates on Seattle’s long list of injured players. That includes three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Leonard Williams (stinger), left tackle Charles Cross (ankle), edge rusher Uchenna Nwosu (ankle) and wide receiver Rashid Shaheed (knee).

“I’d say we haven’t ruled anybody out yet, but I think everybody needs to make progress,” Macdonald said. “So nobody’s in, nobody’s out.”

Asked about Williams’ stinger, Macdonald acknowledged it can be a tricky injury to maneuver.

“They vary in severity,” Macdonald said. “And coming from a guy in my very amateur career that suffered from stingers, there’s not much you can do. … So I know we’re trying all the things, and you just kind of have to go with it.

“If Leo can play, he’s not a type of guy that needs a ton of reps, so you can kind of exhaust timelines and things like that. But it’s definitely not a straightforward pathway on how we move forward.”

Macdonald confirmed on Brock and Salk that three-time All-Pro left guard Quenton Nelson (knee) will miss Sunday’s game, but said “it’s possible” the recent trade addition could return after the bye. Nelson is undergoing what Macdonald termed as a “minor” knee procedure.

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