Injury notes: Seahawks eyeing Week 10 for Jeremy Lane’s return to practice

RENTON – Jeremy Lane’s recovery from the wrist and knee injuries he sustained in the Super Bowl is coming down the home stretch as coach Pete Carroll said Monday that the team is eyeing Week 10 for his return to practice.

Seattle’s health at nickelback will improve before then with Marcus Burley returning this week from his broken thumb, which required surgery and sidelined him for the last three games. Burley began the season as Seattle’s nickelback, filling in while Lane continued his rehab from a torn ACL and a gruesomely broken wrist.

Lane is on the Physically Unable to Perform list and became eligible to begin practicing last week, though he wasn’t ready. Carroll said it has been Lane’s knee and not his wrist that has kept him from practicing but that the team hopes he can do so in two weeks, following Seattle’s bye.

“He’s close and he really wants to go,” Carroll said. “He’s anxious, and the trainers just want to make sure that they do everything they can to get him as ready as possible. At this time, after you’ve waited this long, it’s good to I think exercise caution here and make sure that we don’t go too quickly.”

Burley broke his thumb in Week 4 against Detroit, had surgery three days later and returned to practice last week with a protective cast that Carroll said he’ll continue to wear.

“He’ll be ready to play, we think. Again, we’ll see how he does during the week and figure out what that means, but he practiced last week and looked good and stayed out of trouble with it,” Carroll said. “It’s amazing. He had a pretty sophisticated surgery and is back already, so we’re thrilled about that. He looks good and doesn’t seem to be bothered by it at all.”

DeShawn Shead has been playing nickel since Burley went down.

Here are some more injury updates to come from Carroll’s media availability:

• As previously noted, wide receiver Paul Richardson returned to practice on Monday. Carroll said it’s not out of the question for Richardson to play Sunday based on his progress and how he looked on Monday, but he added that the team will take its typically cautious approach: “The guys have been raving about him in the training workouts. He’s been at top speed for some time now. They’ve worked him really hard, so they think he’s going to be able to withstand the practice mode. Just got to see how he takes to it and see where he is. He’s really anxious to contribute and play right now. Would love to help, but we’ll just go at it making sure that we don’t overdo it for him right now. That’s the main thing.”

• Carroll said fullback Derrick Coleman is “back and ready to go,” which means he passed the league-mandated testing for players with concussions. Coleman was reinstated last week from his suspension but had not yet been cleared to practice.

• Defensive tackle Jordan Hill is among the other players who are expected to return this week. Hill has missed the last two games because of a quadriceps injury.

• Carroll said the team is hopeful that center Patrick Lewis (ankle) and defensive lineman Demarcus Dobbs (shoulder) can practice this week. Both missed Thursday’s game against San Francisco.

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