Injury Report: Seahawks have 7 on DNP list, but a WR returns

It’s a new week for the Seattle Seahawks, but they’re still plenty banged up on the injury report. Not only that, but some of their best players remained out of action for Wednesday’s practice.

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A total of 15 players were listed on the initial injury report to begin the week going into Sunday’s road game against the Las Vegas Raiders.

Seven of those players did not practice, including defensive tackle Leonard Williams (stinger), quarterback Sam Darnold (ribs, quadriceps), tackle Charles Cross (ankle), guard Quenton Nelson (knee) and defensive tackle Brandon Pili (back) – all of whom did not play in last Sunday’s win over the Arizona Cardinals.

Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said on Monday that both Darnold and Nelson were not expected to return in time for this week’s game.

There was one good sign for Seattle, which is that wide receiver and return man Rashid Shaheed practiced fully. Shaheed has missed the past two games with a knee injury and did not practice at all last week.

Quarterback Drew Lock, who is set to start in place of Darnold for the second straight week, was limited Wednesday with right elbow and oblique injuries.

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One player who was out last week but participated in practice at a limited capacity Wednesday was linebacker Uchenna Nwosu, who has an ankle issue.

The other two players who did not practice Wednesday were not for injury reasons: wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (resting player) and defensive tackle Jarran Reed (personal matter).

The Raiders (4-5) had just four players listed on their injury report Wednesday.

Here are the full injury reports for both the Seahawks and Raiders.

Seattle Seahawks

• Did not participate

T Charles Cross (ankle)
QB Sam Darnold (ribs, quadriceps)
G Quenton Nelson (knee)
DT Brandon Pili (back)
DT Jarran Reed (personal matter)
WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba (resting player)
DT Leonard Williams (stinger)

• Limited participation

G Anthony Bradford (knee)
LB Derick Hall (back)
QB Drew Lock (right elbow, oblique)
LB Uchenna Nwosu (ankle)
LB Patrick O’Connell (toe)
LB Connor O’Toole (foot)

• Full participation

TE AJ Barner (finger)
WR Rashid Shaheed (knee)

Las Vegas Raiders

• Limited participation

DT Thomas Booker (ankle)
DT Folorunso Fatukasi (shoulder, back)
C Trey Zuhn (concussion)

• Full participation

TE Ian Thomas (ankle)

Sunday’s Seahawks-Raiders game is set for a 1:05 p.m. kickoff in Las Vegas. Seahawks Radio Network coverage on Seattle Sports will begin at 11 a.m. with the pregame show.

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