Pete Carroll says Marshawn Lynch’s hamstring injury ‘nothing to be alarmed by’

Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch couldn’t start Sunday’s game nor was he able to finish it. Afterward, coach Pete Carroll said the hamstring injury that kept him from playing in the second half of Seattle’s 26-0 win over Chicago doesn’t appear to be serious.

“We’ve checked it all out and there was nothing to be alarmed by,” Carroll said, “so we’ll just have to wait and see.”

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In addition to the hamstring injury, Lynch was dealing with a calf issue that kept him out of two practices last week (though he typically gets one day off for rest) and had him listed as questionable entering Sunday’s game. He missed the Seahawks’ first two series, carried six times for 14 yards in the first half but didn’t play after that, giving way to rookie Thomas Rawls.

Carroll said Lynch wasn’t able to get loose before the game, which explains why he wasn’t on the field for most of the team’s warmup period and why he missed the first two offensive series.

“He has a sequence that he goes through to get ready to go,” Carroll said. “It’s happened before where he just can’t get into rhythm and get right and all that. He had a calf during the week and his hamstring kinda bothered him a little bit here today. He just couldn’t get ready. He tried to get out there and did a little bit of running and all but couldn’t answer it in the second half.”

Carroll mentioned that Lynch has been unable to get loose prior to games before. That was the team’s explanation for why Lynch didn’t start games last season at Washington and at Arizona.

Nose tackle Brandon Mebane sustained the other notable injury for Seattle, leaving in the first half after hurting his groin. Mebane didn’t return. Carroll said he wasn’t sure of the severity of the injury.

Tight end Luke Willson was among Seattle’s inactives, sidelined due to back spasms that flared up late last week. Carroll said Willson could have played Sunday if necessary.

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