Seahawks center Max Unger briefly left Monday night’s win with a foot injury, and while Unger did return to action, his foot is enough of a concern that Seattle made a roster move to bolster depth at the position.
The Seahawks signed Patrick Lewis, who was briefly with the team in the preseason, playing in the final game against Oakland, and waived cornerback Josh Thomas.
Lewis, who went undrafted out of Texas A&M in 2013, most recently was on Cleveland’s practice squad. He has also spent time with Green Bay, and Jacksonville, though he has not appeared in a regular season game.
On Unger, Pete Carroll said, “Max strained his foot. We’ll have to see him day-to-day, see how that goes.”
If Unger were unable to play, Stephen Schilling would start in his place, and Carroll said they’re confident in the former Bellevue High standout.
“He’s ready to go,” Carroll said. “He’s had a great offseason, a great camp with us. We’ve been really, really excited about his play, so if he gets a chance to play this week, we’re going to expect him to play really well.”
Other injuries
On tackle Alvin Bailey, who missed Monday’s game with an oblique injury suffered in practice last week, Carroll said, “We’ll still wait and see how he comes back, he’s on kind of a day-to-day watch too. So other than that we’re in pretty good shape.”
On the two players recovering from surgery—Zach Miller (ankle) and Tharold Simon (knee), Carroll said, “Tharold is really getting close. Tharold and Jeremy (Lane) are both racing to get back. Zach is in the normal process of getting there. It’s going to be a couple of weeks past this time, but everything’s gone well so far.”
While it seems unlikely Simon would play this week having not practiced so far (Wednesday’s practice report isn’t out yet), he’s likely getting close if the Seahawks felt comfortable parting ways with Thomas while still carrying seven receivers on the roster.
On running back Marshawn Lynch, who didn’t start because of a stiff back, but still played Monday, Carroll said, “He went through the walkthrough today, he looked fine.”
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