Seattle got a little good news on Thursday: Charles Cross was back on the practice field.
The Seahawks’ starting left tackle, sidelined the past two games with an ankle injury, returned as a limited participant and at least put himself in the mix for Sunday’s Week 10 road game against the Las Vegas Raiders. It was the biggest development on a practice report that was otherwise mostly steady.
There was no movement for Leonard Williams, who remained out with a stinger after missing Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. Edge rushers Uchenna Nwosu and Derick Hall were both limited again, while Rashid Shaheed stayed on the full-participation side for the second straight practice after missing the past two games with a knee issue. Hall has not missed a game this season.
Drew Lock also stayed limited as he prepares for another start with Sam Darnold unavailable. Lock is dealing with a right elbow and oblique issue, but head coach Mike Macdonald said the plan is to manage his workload in practice the same way the team did last week.
“Drew’s been making good progress,” Macdonald said prior to Wednesday’s practice. “We have a plan and similar to last week, we will go from there.
He’s not going to take every rep, and he’s not going to make every throw again. That’s just trying to be as prudent as possible with the process to make sure that he is feeling his best on Sunday.”
Seattle also continued to be without veteran nose tackle Jarran Reed, who missed a second straight day because of a personal matter.
Macdonald had already ruled out Darnold, dealing with ribs and a quadricep injury, along with three-time All-Pro left guard Quenton Nelson, who is out with a knee injury.
Here’s the full Thursday report:
Did not participate
• QB Sam Darnold (ribs, quadricep)
• G Quenton Nelson (knee)
• DT Brandon Pili (back)
• DT Jarran Reed (personal matter)
• DT Leonard Williams (stinger)
Limited participation
• QB Drew Lock (right elbow, oblique)
• T Charles Cross (ankle)
• EDGE Uchenna Nwosu (ankle)
• EDGE Derick Hall (back)
• G Anthony Bradford (knee)
• EDGE Connor O’Toole (foot)
• LB Patrick O’Connell (toe)
Full participation
• WR Rashid Shaheed (knee)
• WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba (rest)
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