Seahawks injury updates: The latest with Marshawn Lynch

RENTON – The Seahawks won’t know until Tuesday at the earliest what lies ahead for running back Marshawn Lynch, who is traveling to Philadelphia to see a specialist who will examine the abdominal injury that sidelined him on Sunday.

Coach Pete Carroll said Monday that while the purpose of the trip is for Dr. William C. Meyers to examine the injury, it’s possible that Lynch has surgery before returning to Seattle.

“It could happen,” Carroll said of surgery. “I don’t know that. That’s a possibility. But it was to go back there for the evaluation to find out what’s next and there are a couple choices possibly, depending on what the doctor feels is necessary. We’ll just wait and see what that all means.”

Carroll said Sunday that the Seahawks have not ruled out the possibility that Lynch has a sport hernia, an injury that would require surgery and would sideline Lynch for the remainder of the regular season.

Carroll is holding out some hope that Lynch could be available to play Sunday against Pittsburgh, but his comments didn’t suggest it’s at all likely, either.

“I don’t know about that now,” Carroll said when asked if there’s any scenario in which Lynch plays Sunday. “It’s legitimately bothering him. He would have played yesterday if he could have. So I don’t know that. Maybe. That’s why they treat you. They’re going to treat him back there. Maybe the doc’s got something – I don’t know – that they can help him with.”

Here are some additional injury-related notes from Carroll’s media availability:

• Cornerback Jeremy Lane will be activated from the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list this week, but Carroll offered no assurances on how much or even if he’ll play Sunday. Players coming off PUP must be activated within 21 days of when they begin practicing. In Lane’s case, Monday marks the end of that time-frame, so his activation wouldn’t necessarily indicate that he’s fully healthy and ready to play immediately. Carroll: “I told him that this afternoon, that this is his week to go for it. So we’ll just determine it as late in the week what that means. I don’t know that yet. But he has practiced well, he’s looked good out there. As I’ve said to you guys before, it’s always the day after, how does he feel after he gets the work? He’s been a little sluggish at times, took some time to get loosened up, and that’s just part of the conditioning factor I think. This is three weeks into it now so we’re hoping he turns the corner now. We’re going to go for it now.”

• Carroll reiterated that the early indications are positive with center Patrick Lewis and wide receiver Doug Baldwin, who both injured their ankles Sunday. Carroll said Lewis seems to have a minor sprain but that he has a chance to play Sunday. He said Baldwin is optimistic that he’ll be able to play but that Baldwin likely won’t practice until Thursday or Friday.

• It doesn’t sound as though wide receiver Paul Richardson or linebacker Bruce Irvin will return this week. Carroll said the hamstring injury that sidelined Richardson on Sunday usually takes 10-14 days to heal. With Irvin, Carroll has previously stated that his sprained MCL would likely keep him out at least two weeks.

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