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Brady HendersonESPN
RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks count on to have Tyler Lockett for his or her must-win regular-season finale on Sunday regardless of the leg contusion that has the star large receiver listed as questionable.
Lockett and coach Pete Carroll each stated Friday that he is on observe to play towards the Los Angeles Rams, although the Seahawks could not have beginning robust security Ryan Neal, who’s questionable with a knee harm. They want a win in addition to a Detroit Lions win or tie versus the Green Bay Packers within the Sunday night time sport to ensure that Seattle to make the playoffs because the NFC’s seventh seed.
Lockett took a tough hit to his proper leg late within the second quarter of the Seahawks’ win over the Jew York Jets final Sunday. He missed the tip of the primary half and your complete third quarter, returned in the beginning of the fourth quarter then was pulled for the ultimate jiffy after Seattle had the victory secured. Lockett completed with two catches for 15 yards on 23 offensive snaps.
Lockett stated he did not have any points together with his proper hand whereas taking part in solely 13 days after surgical procedure to restore a damaged bone underneath his index finger. However his leg was nonetheless sore days after the sport, sidelining him for Wednesday’s and Thursday’s follow earlier than he returned on Friday as a restricted participant.
“He regarded good as we speak,” Carroll stated Friday. “Had a very good day of labor as did DK [Metcalf], each these guys.”
Lockett stated the realm in query is not his shin – as is listed on the Seahawks’ harm report – however the a part of decrease proper leg the place he had a metallic plate put in after struggling a compound fracture of his tibia and fibula late within the 2016 season.
“I simply acquired hit the place my plate is in my leg,” he stated. “So when you have a contusion proper there, then you’ll be able to think about, anytime you get hit with a plate, it hurts. However while you get a contusion on the plate, it is even worse. I’ve simply been engaged on it. However I needs to be good to go. I am not frightened about it.”
Carroll stated Neal – who’s missed the final two video games — is making progress however that it will take a big flip to be prepared by Sunday. Johnathan Abram began towards the Jets after sharing time with Teez Tabor the week earlier than.
Along with Lockett and Neal, the Seahawks checklist beginning left guard Damien Lewis (ankle), proper guard Phil Haynes (ankle) and defensive finish Quinton Jefferson (sickness) as questionable. Carroll expects Jefferson to play and stated Lewis believes he’ll as nicely. Carroll stated the crew will not know till sport day whether or not Haynes – who shares time with starter Gabe Jackson – will play.
Backup working again Travis Homer (ankle) is uncertain.
The NFL’s choice to depart from its scheduling MO and put the Lions-Packers sport at night time means the Seahawks – in the event that they win Sunday afternoon – will not know for an additional 4 hours or so whether or not they’ve made the playoffs because the NFC’s third wild-card crew.
Security Quandre Diggs stated Wednesday that he reached out to a few of his former Lions teammates this week with phrases of encouragement, however Seattle’s defensive captain stated the Seahawks have a “exhausting take a look at” identical to Detroit does. The Seahawks wanted a late Geno Smith landing drive to beat the Rams at SoFi Stadium final month. The Rams have since added Baker Mayfield and may have a highly-motivated Bobby Wagner taking part in at Lumen Subject for the primary time because the Seahawks reduce him in March.
“I really feel prefer it’s exhausting to emphasize about it,” Lockett stated of the Lions-Packers end result. “It is like, if we belong then we’ll get there. If we do not, then we’ll wait till the subsequent season. Nevertheless it’s exhausting to simply sit and watch a sport and simply stress about it as a result of within the NFL, you could be down 21 and are available again and win, so we’re simply going to observe the sport. However first, we have to maintain enterprise as a result of Sunday night time will not matter if we lose. And if there’s any crew that desires to spoil our season, it is the Rams – particularly with Bobby having the ability to come again. So we have simply acquired to … go on the market, be able to play. It was an all-out battle, all-out brawl the final time we performed them, so we all know that they are wanting ahead to this sport.”