Seattle Seahawks running back Chris Carson has been nearing a return to practice. Carson was placed on the injured reserve after fracturing his lower leg and injuring his ankle in the Seahawks Week 4 battle with the Indianapolis Colts.
Coach Pete Carroll had been recently optimistic that Carson’s return was imminent, but the running back apparently suffered a setback in his recovery and the date had been pushed back. Carson resumed running last week.
“He’s running and doing all the rehab stuff and he may have had a chance to be a little bit . . . I don’t know if he would have been able to play this week anyway, but he had a chance,” Carroll said Wednesday before the Rams matchup. “We were entertaining the thought. So that probably goes to next week is how we think of it.”
Now that week has come, but Carroll isn’t calling anything certain just yet.
“We’ll see,” Carroll said Monday afternoon. “I don’t have the final from his workouts today, but we’ll know by Wednesday if he is practicing.”
Carroll did confirm Carson would not be available this Sunday against Dallas.
