Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said Drew Lock’s status remains uncertain after the quarterback injured his oblique during Seattle’s 17-3 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
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Quarterback Drew Lock’s status is “kind of up in the air” after he played through an elbow injury and then left Sunday’s Seahawks game against the Arizona Cardinals with a new oblique concern.
Lock entered the matchup dealing with an elbow ailment that had limited him in practice for three straight weeks, and he also had an abbreviated pregame warmup because of the injury. He made his second start of the season while playing in place of the injured Sam Darnold.
Seattle’s offence managed the game with efficient, turnover-free play, and Lock helped the Seahawks secure a 17-3 win. Lock finished 19 of 28 passing for 175 yards and threw a touchdown pass to AJ Barner.
During the second half, Lock injured his oblique after an incomplete pass on third down and went to the injury tent. He returned the next time Seattle had the ball.
After the game, Macdonald said the team does not yet know whether Lock will be available next week, and also said Darnold’s status is still being evaluated. “I don’t,” Macdonald said when asked if he knows Darnold’s status on Sunday, adding that the Seahawks will “re-evaluate early in the week.” He added: “Drew's situation, we'll have to evaluate that as well. Unfortunately, it seems like it's kind of up in the air right now.”
Lock, asked if he was confident he could play next week, responded “Yeah. Yeah.” He said the injury did not affect him while he was on the field, but that he could feel it on the sideline. “I was able to finish with it, but we'll get it looked at and go from there, but not too bad,” he said, later adding, “I wouldn't say it (affected the ability to throw). I went into the tent, had it looked at, came back out… You feel it, but it was nothing that is going to keep me on the sideline.”
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