The tackle on the right Brandon Shell is also listed as questionable, though not because of injury. Shell, who has been dealing with an ankle injury for more than a month, was initially not in the final injury report, indicating that he was ready to go, but as Carroll explained, there was a close contact situation with COVID-19 that caused he will be removed from practice on Friday and is now listed as questionable. Shell did not test positive for COVID, Carroll said, but he was close to someone outside the team who did.
“There was a situation of close contact,” said Carroll. “He was negative and all that, but we are just monitoring to make sure he is fine, so he was not out today, we did not have him on the field today. It is a situation in development that we have to find out. He was tested without problems. , but someone he worked with, not outside the program, so we just have to make sure he’s okay. We don’t know, I don’t know what to say about that other than that. “
Asked if Shell would be placed on the reserve / COVID-19 list, Carroll said: “I don’t know yet. I don’t know all the details yet, it happened as we were in training.”
Also questionable is the running back Carlos Hyde, who stayed home sick all week with a non-COVID disease.
“He was sick all week,” said Carroll. “He’s not a sick COVID, but he had other symptoms. He had flu-like symptoms, so he just got home. We kept him away to make sure, and he wasn’t feeling well enough today. We thought that he would practice today, but we will carry him until tomorrow and see what happens tomorrow. “
The cornerback Tre Flowers is expected to activate from the injured reserve, Carroll said: “He is ready to go. He has had a great week of practice and is ready to play.”
Flowers’ return does not necessarily mean a return to the starting lineup with DJ Reed playing so well, but at least it will give the Seahawks better depth in the cornerback.
In news not related to injuries / illnesses, the University of Arizona announced that it has appointed Brennan Carroll as its new offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Seattle run-game coordinator Brennan and one of Pete Carroll’s two sons on the Seahawks’ technical team, along with trainer Nate Carroll, will end the season with the Seahawks before joining the Wildcats.
“I am so grateful – Brennan and I are so grateful to have the chance to be so close to our family, kind of intact for a while here,” said Carroll. “We valued that and feared the time would come (at the end). He had a few chances on other occasions, and we were able to keep him here, but this is right with the right guy with Jedd Fisch and all that. And he’s very excited about it, so we’re excited about it. But we were very lucky to have that kind of connection that we had, and he did an incredibly good job for us. I loved having him here. “
- RB DeeJay Dallas (ankle, did not participate)
- CB Jayson Stanley (hamstring, did not participate)
- G Mike Iupati (neck, did not participate)
- TE Greg Olsen (standing, limited participation)
- RB Carlos Hyde (illness, did not participate)
- S Damarious Randall (standing, limited participation)
- T Brandon Shell (ankle / non-injury related, limited participation)
- WR Brandon Aiyuk (ankle, did not participate)
- DT Kevin Givens (not related to injuries, did not participate)
- DT Javon Kinlaw (knee, did not participate)
- WR Deebo Samuel (hamstring, did not participate)
- CB Richard Sherman (calf, did not participate)
- CB K’Waun Williams (shin, did not participate)
- LB Dre Greenlaw (calf, did not participate)
- S Tarvarius Moore (ankle, limited participation)
- CB Emmanuel Moseley (hamstring, limited participation)
- LB Mark Nzeocha disease (limited participation)