DK Metcalf's Surgery & Other Seahawks – Pete Carroll Updates

Blair left Sunday's game with spasms on the back and was not back on the field on Wednesday.

"He had back spasms in the match and he just could not get back today," Carroll said. "He tried and could not go, so it's a daily problem."

Collier, Seattle's first pick in the 2019 draft, remains unscathed with an ankle injury, but continues to progress.

"We just talked about it today, and it does a lot of things," Carroll said. "He's on the move and all that, and on the AlterG treadmill (anti-gravity treadmill) and so on. Not quite where he can charge and change direction at the moment, so not quite.

Griffin missed Sunday's game with a knee contusion in the pre-season opener and did not train.

"He has not responded yet," Carroll said. "He had a good day yesterday. it was not so good this morning. He has a bruised knee which he has not yet returned. "

Lynch took a hard blow to the head on Sunday, and has not yet cleared the concussion protocol, Carroll said. As a result, he will be out of Saturday's game, while Geno Smith, who missed the game last weekend after having a knee cyst, should have considerable play time.

"We're going to hold him this week," Carroll said of Lynch. "He did not manage to come back and pass all the protocol and everything. We are just going to take care of him, we think it's a good idea. Geno has to play a lot, so it's going to work. But it's really because we want to take care of Paxton, he took a bad hit. His neck is still painful. "

Jones has a knee ache and did not train on Wednesday.

"He has knee problems," Carroll said. "We are answering this week. He was not here today. He works hard to try to calm him down, it did not work as we wish. He has a type of tendonitis that bothers him – it's not an official assessment. So, you'll know that in the next two days, we'll watch it carefully. "

Darboh, who did not play in the pre-season, but was able to train, is expected to play Saturday.

"He's ready to come back this week," Carroll said. "It should be really good – it should be his week back. He practiced all last week and he did a good job, but we just felt that he needed an extra week to do it. He is in shape. He needs his playing time because he has not yet had the chance to show. "

Haynes remains on the list of people physically unable to perform his job while he was coming back from an out-of-season surgery to repair a sports hernia.

"It's only a matter of time," Carroll said. "He's running now and doing things that bring him closer. He has not yet overcome the bump, but it is a race in the first game, whether he succeeds or not. The fact that it happens next week is going to be difficult for him. We have high hopes for him.