The Seattle Seahawks had to turn to backup quarterback Drew Lock for their home game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, as Seattle starter Sam Darnold was sidelined with a quad injury and a cracked rib.
Lock helped the Seahawks earn a 17-3 win over the Cardinals that improved Seattle to 5-4 on the season, but he suffered an oblique injury in the third quarter of that victory. During a Monday appearance on Seattle Sports 710, Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald confirmed that Lock is on track to start over Darnold for Seattle’s Week 10 game at the 4-5 Las Vegas Raiders on Nov. 15.
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“Good exam for Drew,” Macdonald said, as shared by ESPN and Andrew Destin of The Athletic. “He’s dealing with an oblique. And, I think it’s something we can manage.”
Against the Cardinals, Lock completed 19-of-28 passes for 175 yards with a touchdown. He also rushed for 16 yards on five attempts as Seattle earned a third win this season in a game that featured Lock taking most or all of his team’s offensive snaps.
As Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk noted, Darnold won’t be active for Seattle’s matchup against Las Vegas. Jalen Milroe will serve as Lock’s primary backup.
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In total this season, Lock has completed 54-of-76 pass attempts for 597 yards with five touchdowns and no turnovers. Meanwhile, Darnold’s struggles from when he returned to the starting lineup in Week 3 from a glute injury he suffered in the campaign’s opening game through when he was dinged up in Seattle’s Week 8 loss to the Chicago Bears on Nov. 2 raised eyebrows among members of the NFL community.
As of Monday afternoon, there was no indication that the Seahawks could consider making a full-time switch at quarterback. That said, Macdonald may not be in a rush to go back to Darnold following Seattle’s Week 11 bye if Lock plays well against the Raiders.
On Monday, DraftKings Sportsbook had Seattle as a three-point road favorite over Las Vegas.
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