Wednesday’s Injury Report
The Seahawks opened their week of preparation for the NFC championship game on Wednesday, and as head coach Mike Macdonald said would be the case, quarterback Sam Darnold was a limited participant due to the oblique injury he suffered in practice last week. Darnold said he’s “feeling really good” coming out of Saturday’s win over the 49ers, but Macdonald said the plan this week will be to manage his reps.
Darnold was one of four players limited due to injury along with outside linebacker Uchenna Nwosu (hamstring), fullback Robbie Ouzts (neck) and guard Bryce Cabeldue (knee).
Three players did not practice due to injury, all of them offensive tackles, starting left tackle Charles Cross (foot), Josh Jones (knee/ankle) and Amari Kight (knee). Cross returned from a three-game absence to start Saturday’s divisional round game, but exited in the second half with a foot injury, though Macdonald said after the game that it was somewhat of a precautionary move with the Seahawks leading by a large margin. Jones, who had started the previous three games in place of an injured Cross, was inactive for Saturday’s game due to a knee injury, so Kight took over at left tackle and finished the game in Cross’ place.
For the Rams, safety Quentin Lake did not practice due to illness, while outside linebacker Byron Young was a non-participant due to a knee injury. Cornerback Emmanuel Forbes was limited in practice due to a shoulder injury.