Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold is unlikely to be placed on injured reserve with a gut injury, although the timing of his return is unclear, leaving his status for the Week 2 game against the Arizona Cardinals up in the air.
Darnold was injured Wednesday night, a Seahawks spokesman said Monday. The New England Patriots won 13-10He is dealing with a “very specific soft-tissue injury” that is “short-term,” but added that there is “no firm timetable.” The Seahawks will play Sunday in Glendale, Ariz.
The team initially attributed Darnold’s issue to a hip injury, but a spokesman said Monday that the hip joint was intact. Coach Mike McDonald on Thursday He called the injury “more like a muscular thing.”
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Excluding injured reserve means Darnold, who left Wednesday’s game after playing just five games, could return for the next four games.
Backup Drew Lock and third stringer Jalen Milroe were the only quarterbacks on the field during Monday’s practice. The Seahawks’ next practice will be Wednesday.
Speaking Thursday, McDonald said he doesn’t know who will play against the Cardinals in Week 2, but added, “In my mind, I’m thinking Drew will play.”
Locke, 29, finished the opener 16 of 22 for 187 yards and a touchdown, plus a 14-yard touchdown run. The Seahawks rallied from a 10-0 deficit In the third quarter. His last regular season start came in 2024 with the New York Giants, where he spent one season with two stints with Seattle.
Also absent from Monday’s practice were linebacker Ernest Jones IV and safety Tai Okada. Jones played 71 snaps in the season opener, while Okada missed the game with a hamstring injury. Rodney Thomas II moved up from the practice squad and started in his place.
