Seahawks’ Pete Carroll says Russell Wilson ‘definitely making progress,’ won’t put timetable on QB’s return

Russell Wilson is assured to overlook not less than two extra video games whereas recovering from a finger damage on injured reserve, however the Seahawks quarterback was within the highlight throughout Seattle’s Week 6 loss to the Steelers, warming up earlier than the sport and even taking the sphere for the extra time coin toss. Requested to replace Wilson’s rehabilitation on Thursday, coach Pete Carroll confirmed the quarterback is “positively making progress” however declined to supply a timetable for the Professional Bowler’s return.

“Russ is making progress,” Carroll told reporters. “He is positively making progress. He is very optimistic in all of that. I do know it is arduous on him. He desires to be on the market so dangerous. (However) he is actually conditioning arduous to arrange himself bodily and mentally … It is actually admirable the best way he is going about it … We’ll preserve our fingers crossed for good outcomes.”

Requested if he is obtained any replace on Wilson’s projected return, Carroll was blunt.

“Subsequent,” he stated. “No, we’re not calling it. We’re gonna wait and see. The medical doctors cannot inform you that, and Russ cannot inform you that.”

The soonest Wilson could be eligible to return is Week 10 towards the Packers, who will play host to Seattle after the Seahawks’ bye. When the QB underwent surgical procedure for a ruptured tendon in his finger previous to touchdown on IR, early stories indicated he might be sidelined for up to six weeks, which might imply returning round Week 11, when the Seahawks play the Cardinals.

Within the meantime, Carroll reiterated that veteran backup Geno Smith will begin at quarterback. Seattle simply this week claimed former Colts fourth-round choose Jacob Eason off waivers, giving the group one other emergency possibility underneath heart.