Seahawks injury notes: Thomas Rawls’ status still uncertain, Patrick Lewis to practice Wednesday

RENTON – Seahawks coach Pete Carroll confirmed on Wednesday that the team’s decision to sign running back Bryce Brown was due to uncertainty over the status of backup Thomas Rawls, who’s dealing with a calf injury of unknown severity.

Rawls was hurt in Seattle’s win over San Francisco on Thursday. Carroll said he has a chance to return this week but that Brown’s addition is insurance in case he can’t.

“It’s kind of a nasty calf thing he’s got going on,” Carroll said of Rawls. “The trainers are trying to determine whether it’s a strain or it’s just a bruise, and they’re trying to figure that out. He did run a little bit yesterday, he’s going to run a little bit today. He may have a chance to even return this week – we don’t know that yet – but it was really that uncertainty.”

Carroll the starting center job will be up for grabs now that Patrick Lewis is coming back from the ankle injury that sidelined him last week. Drew Nowak was re-inserted back into the starting lineup in Lewis’ absence.

“He’ll practice today some in limited fashion and he’ll be back out full-go tomorrow if everything goes well,” Carroll said of Lewis, “and then we’ll just let them battle for the week and we’ll see what happens there.”

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