Injury updates on Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch, Fred Jackson

The Seahawks are hopeful that running back Marshawn Lynch can return this week after sitting out Monday night’s game with a hamstring injury.

Lynch did not practice at all last week and was initially expected to be a game-time decision before the team ruled him out on Sunday. Lynch worked out on the field before the game, showing enough to leave coach Pete Carroll optimistic about his chances of playing next weekend against Cincinnati.

“He wasn’t quite right,” Carroll said of the decision to sideline Lynch, who missed his first game since 2011 and only his second since joining the Seahawks. “His best day was today; he ran pretty well in pregame (but) they did not think he could sustain through the game and come out healthy again the next week. So we’re hoping that by using patience here that he’ll be ready to go this next week.”

Rookie Thomas Rawls started in Lynch’s absence, carrying 17 times for 48 yards.

Cornerback Marcus Burley sustained the most notable injury for Seattle, a broken thumb that forced him out of the game for good in the first half.

Running back Fred Jackson left the game for good in the third quarter with a sprained ankle. Carroll did not know about the severity of the injury, which looked like it could have been much worse based on how hard Jackson’s leg was hit from the side.

Wide receiver Ricardo Lockette left the game in the first half and did not return due to what the team called “shortness of breath.”

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