Update (Saturday morning): Just hours before the Seahawks are set to take on the San Francisco 49ers in the divisional round, the news out of Seattle remains ominous.
Sam Darnold hasn’t thrown the football since injuring his oblique on Thursday, according to Adam Schefter. Seattle believes Darnold will be ready to play tonight, but isn’t sure.
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If Darnold can’t go, Drew Lock will start:
Previous: The Seattle Seahawks clinched the top seed in the NFC and a bye the week before the divisional round, where they will face the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday.
But they suddenly faced injuries.
Starting quarterback Sam Darnold was on the injury report Thursday as he was placed on the list with an oblique injury and designated questionable for Saturday’s game against the 49ers:
Darnold isn’t alone, tackle Josh Jones has been ruled out.
While Darnold practiced Thursday, backup quarterback Drew Lock also saw the field and practiced for the first time.
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Speaking to the media after practice, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak deferred all questions about Darnold’s status to head coach Mike Macdonald, who will speak with the media on Friday:
The two teams met again in Week 18, with the Seahawks clinching the NFC West and the NFC’s top seed with a 13-3 victory. Darnold has started every game for Seattle this season.
Update (Thursday afternoon): Speaking to the media after practice, Darnold noted that while he had some feelings at the start of practice, he believed the likelihood of not playing on Saturday was “close to zero”: