Ziggy Ansah should play and updates on Seahawks injuries from head coach Pete Carroll

Although there is still a week of training before making a final decision, it seems that defensive end Ziggy Ansah will make his debut with the Seahawks during the match of the third week of Seattle against the New Orleans Saints.

Ansah, one of the top players in the Seattle independent team this season, had a shoulder surgery last season, which delayed his preparation for the season. If things go well this week, however, the former Pro Bowler will play an important role for Seattle against the Saints.

"We are expecting him to play this week," said Seahawks coach Pete Carroll on Monday. "It took us all this time to get through, we wanted to make sure everything was fine – he was right, the mentality was good, he had enough representatives. He has had three good weeks of work now, and he is really fit. He worked very hard, he is in exceptional condition. So, he will be able to play if he spends the whole week and everything goes well, and he will play a lot because he's trained enough to do it. It will be really fun to see him there. You will see how we use it and where it will fit in and all that at the time of the game, but I am really excited about it. He was a guy who was really important to us during the off-season, so he could help us defeat the defeats of the guys who were going elsewhere. It is now that everything is fine together. "

Here's what Carroll said about the rest of the injury situation in Seattle this week:

Fluker was the only injury reported in Sunday's game, after being briefly injured in the ankle before returning to the match.

"D.J., we have to wait and see, I do not know," Carroll said. "His attitude about this is that he will play and all that, but we have to wait and see Wednesday, Thursday and see what happens." I can not tell you more than that.

Iupati made her first start after missing almost the entire camp and preseason due to foot and calf injuries. He came out of the match without problems, except for the cramps that made him miss two games.

"Mike is fine, he just felt a bit late in the game," Carroll said. "We had planned to replace him, but he was doing well, but in the end we had to give him a break."

Ford missed Sunday's game with a calf injury in the opening game, but will be training this week in hopes of playing against the Saints.

"He's going to train, yes," Carroll said. "He's really determined to try something."

Thompson, who started the first leg safely, missed Sunday's game due to a sore hamstring injury.

"He's going to do things," Carroll said. "It will be a challenge for him to come back this week, but we are not sure he can get there."

Thorpe also missed the match due to a hamstring injury sustained in the opening game, and he will also be fighting hard to come back this week.

"Neiko looks a bit like Tedric in the sense that it will be a race before the end of the week," Carroll said.