Seahawks injury notes: Jeremy Lane returns to practice

Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane began practicing Monday, a significant and expected step in his return from the broken wrist and torn ACL he sustained in the Super Bowl.

BY BRADY HENDERSON

Nov 9, 2015, 6:09 PM Updated: 6:13 pm

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"He looked really quick and looked comfortable and all of that," Pete Carroll said of Jeremy Lane Monday. (AP)

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RENTON – Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane began practicing Monday, a significant and expected step in his return from the broken wrist and torn ACL he sustained in the Super Bowl.

When exactly Lane will resume playing is still up in the air. As with any player coming off a serious injury – in Lane’s case, injuries – the Seahawks want to see how he responds in his return to practice before making any decisions. Coach Pete Carroll said Lane’s workload was limited on Monday but that it will ramp up beginning on Wednesday, a typical progression following such a long layoff.

But so far so good, according to Carroll.

“He looked really quick and looked comfortable and all of that,” Carroll said. “He’s worked really, really hard to get to this point. It’s fun to see him back out there. It’s been a long haul for him, of course, and it’s great to get him back.”

Lane was injured in the first quarter of Super Bowl XLIX while running back an interception, the first of his career. He tore his ACL when he was upended then sustained a compound wrist fracture while trying to break his fall.

He became eligible to practice after Seattle’s sixth game per rules of players who begin the season on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list, but Carroll had identified the Monday following the team’s bye as the target date. Lane is still on PUP list and can remain there for up to 21 days, by which point the Seahawks have to activate him to their 53-man roster or else he won’t be eligible to play this season.

Coach Pete Carroll didn’t rule out of the possibility of Lane playing as soon as Sunday against Arizona, but his comments didn’t suggest that it’s likely, either.

“It’s possible. We’ll just wait and see, though,” Carroll said. “We have no information other than what we just saw. I’m sure he’s going to want to, and we’ll want to get him out there. We’ll just take him one day at a time and see how he recovers and all that normal stuff that we say, and see how it goes.”

Lockette returning to Seattle

Wide receiver Ricardo Lockette indicated via his Instagram account Monday that he was traveling back to Seattle a week after having surgery on his neck, which sustained disc and ligament damage when he was hit hard during a special-teams play on Nov. 1 against Dallas.

Carroll said he anticipated seeing Lockette on Tuesday.

“He bounced back, he’s got a great spirit so he bounced back with an attitude that wouldn’t surprise us,” Carroll said. “He couldn’t wait to get back to his teammates and get back with us.”

Carroll said Lockette won’t be doing a great deal of rehab right away.

“No, it’s going to be a considerable recovery, so he’s going to be just laying low,” Carroll said. “There’s stuff that he’ll be doing but not extensive right now. He needs to rest for a good while.”

Richardson appears ready

Wide receiver Paul Richardson is on track to play Sunday, which would mark his first game back since tearing his ACL in the divisional round of last season’s playoffs.

Richardson began the season on PUP and started practicing the week before the Dallas game, which preceded Seattle’s bye. Carroll said that with those two weeks, Richardson “is really ready to go now” and that he’s battling for playing time in Seattle’s wide-receiver rotation.

“He’s in great shape, running as fast as the wind out here,” Carroll said. “He looks really good, so we’re really excited to see what he can do and see how he can push the other guys.”

Notes

• LT Russell Okung practiced Monday. Carroll indicated that he’s recovered from the ankle injury that kept him from playing against Dallas.

• Carroll said DE Cliff Avril and TE Luke Willson didn’t practice Monday but should participate on a limited basis Wednesday.