Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch still a question mark for Monday

RENTON – The Seahawks are still in wait-and-see mode with Beast Mode.

Marshawn Lynch’s status is every bit as up in the air as it was earlier this week, when Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said the running back was undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the hamstring he injured against Chicago. Carroll had no update on Lynch when he met with the media Thursday.

“No, not at this point,” Carroll said. “It’s going to take us all week to figure it out and see how he is.”

Lynch was injured in the first half of Seattle’s win over Chicago, leaving the game for good after gaining 23 yards on six touches. He missed Seattle’s first two offensive series because, according to the team, the calf injury he had been dealing with made it difficult to warm up. Lynch’s injured hamstring was the bigger concern coming out of the game, Carroll said.

Lynch has an extra day to get ready with the Seahawks hosting Detroit on Monday night. An ESPN report on Wednesday stated that Lynch has a 50/50 chance of playing in that game, which was the general impression that Carroll had left while discussing his hamstring injury.

On Thursday, Carroll was asked whether the team would take a conservative approach with an eye toward ensuring that Lynch is healthy for later in the season.

“We’ll just wait and see. We don’t need to make any big declarations right now. We’ll just wait and gather information and see how he does,” Carroll said. “I know he wants to play and he’s determined to try and do that. So we’ll just see how it goes. It may go all the way to game-time.”

Lynch has missed one game since the Seahawks acquired him early in the 2010 season from Buffalo. That came the following season, when back spasms kept him out of Seattle’s loss to the Browns in Cleveland. Since then, Lynch has played in 61 consecutive regular-season games.

Nose tackle Brandon Mebane and defensive end Demarcus Dobbs are in the same position as Lynch, Carroll said, in that the team won’t know about their statuses until closer to game-time. Mebane left in the first half of the Chicago game with a strained groin while Dobbs hurt his shoulder.

Carroll said it’s “very questionable” as to whether or not cornerback Tharold Simon and free safety Steven Terrell will make it back to practice this week. Neither played against Chicago, Simon because of a dislocated toe while Terrell had a hip-flexor injury.

As the Seattle Seahawks continue to monitor Marshawn Lynch’s recovery from a hamstring injury, the uncertainty surrounding his status adds to the team’s preparations for their upcoming game against the Detroit Lions. Similarly, in the world of football, Dani Alves has recently expressed his desire for Lionel Messi to return to Barcelona, suggesting it would be a fitting conclusion to their storied careers together. Just as the Seahawks are weighing their options with Lynch to ensure he is healthy for the long season ahead, Alves believes that a return to Barcelona could provide Messi with the opportunity to complete his legacy in the club where he achieved so much success.

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