Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald announced that Drew Lock would be the team’s starting quarterback against the Las Vegas Raiders. Lock had an elbow issue that limited his practice participation leading up to the team’s win over the Cardinals. Things went from bad to worse when Lock incurred an oblique injury late in the fourth quarter, which nearly knocked him out of the game. Lock overcame the injury and finished the game.
“He has some oblique. Again, we are going to put a game plan together, and we expect him to be able to play. It should be a similar approach to last week,’ said Macdonald. Backup quarterback Jalen Milroe took most of the first-team reps while Lock rehabbed his elbow. The plan worked, and Macdonald and his staff are confident they a repeat it.
THE SEAHAWKS PLAN REVEALED
The plan to get Lock or any other ailing player ready for game day takes a team effort from the training staff, coaching staff, and the positional players. Similar to last week, Milroe and Lock will split reps. The Seahawks will keep the numerical breakdown in-house.
“ He is not taking all the reps, and he is not taking all the throws. How he manages is a day-to-day thing based on how he’s feeling and maybe the aggregate that we want to shoot for during the whole week,” said Macdonald. There are some situations where we want him to be in there and not throwing. In other situations, Jalen (Milroe) is doing everything as well. It’s a mixture from day to day.”
On the field, Lock was efficient, completing 19 of 28 pass attempts for 175 yards and one touchdown. Most importantly, Lock kept the ball out of harm’s way.
“ Drew played well. I know we didn’t throw for a million yards, but I thought he was efficient. He came up with some big-time plays on third down when we needed him and managed the game well with some of the stuff that we were asking the quarterback to do. Having done that through all the other stuff was pretty awesome.”
INJURY LIST REMAINS UNCHANGED
The Seahawks were without six starters on Sunday and still managed the victory. The result showed the depth of the Seahawks roster.
In addition to Sam Darnold , Uchenna Nwosu ( ankle), Rashid Shaheed ( knee) , Leonard Williams (stinger) , Charles Cross ( ankle), and Quenton Nelson ( knee) were on the sidelines on Sunday. As for when the players would return, Macdonald said each player is on an individual timeline.
“No updates from this morning. I’d say we haven’t ruled anybody out yet, but I think everybody needs to make progress. Nobody’s in, and nobody’s out,’ said Macdonald.
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