The Seattle Seahawks’ injury report on Thursday was not too encouraging on the defensive side of the ball.
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The following players were listed as not participating in Thursday’s practice: starting outside linebacker Boye Mafe (knee), starting inside linebacker Jerome Baker (hamstring), starting defensive end Leonard Williams (ribs), defensive tackle Byron Murphy II (hamstring) and outside linebacker Uchenna Nwosu (knee). Anthony Bradford, the starting right guard, was also listed as not participating due to a knee injury.
Meanwhile, one of the six select players was starting running back Kenneth Walker III (oblique). Additionally limited were outside linebacker Derick Hall (hip), nose tackle Johnathan Hankins (calf), starting left guard Laken Tomlinson (ankle), tight end Pharaoh Brown (foot), and starting tight end Noah Fant (toe). The Seahawks will play the Detroit Lions on the road on Monday Night Football, and this was the first of three practice reports they would be receiving.
Williams and Murphy were hurt during Sunday’s Week 3 victory over the Miami Dolphins by the Seattle Seahawks. Murphy suffered a hamstring injury close to the halfway point of the second quarter, and Williams left the game with a rib injury during the Seahawks’ opening defensive series. Before being officially ruled out at halftime, both players were first labelled as doubtful to return. Since sustaining a damaged MCL during Seattle’s preseason finale on August 24, Nwosu has been sidelined. The senior player of seven years should be back in the lineup later this week, according to head coach Mike Macdonald’s Monday statement.
Baker had a hamstring injury during Seattle’s Week 2 victory against the New England Patriots, which caused him to miss last week’s game versus the Dolphins. Following his oblique injury that forced him to leave the Seahawks’ Week 1 victory over the Denver Broncos in the fourth quarter, Walker has missed the last two games for the team. Following a dubious categorisation last Friday, Mafe, Hall, and Brown are all back on the injured report after participating in the game on Sunday.
Additionally, seven players were listed as full participants on Seattle’s injury report: safety K’Von Wallace (shoulder), starting inside linebacker Tyrel Dodson (shoulder), tight end Brady Russell (shoulder), wide receiver Jake Bobo (knee), starting wide receiver DK Metcalf (hand), and starting wide receiver Tyler Lockett (thigh).
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