Drew Lock’s status for Week 10 is suddenly murky after the Seahawks quarterback went down with an oblique injury in Seattle’s 17-3 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
Mike Macdonald said Lock’s availability for next week’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders is up in the air. The injury briefly sent Lock to the medical tent, adding another layer of uncertainty to a quarterback situation that was already thin.
Lock was already dealing with elbow tendinitis and was only in the lineup because Sam Darnold was unavailable with quad and ribs injuries. Darnold picked up the quad injury near the end of Seattle’s Week 8 loss to the Chicago Bears and has also been playing through a cracked rib.
Even with the physical issues, Lock managed to finish his second start in place of Darnold this season, going 19 for 28 for 175 yards and a touchdown. Still, it was obvious he wasn’t operating at full strength.
If Lock and Darnold both can’t go in Week 10, Seattle would be forced to turn to third-string quarterback Jalen Milroe. Adrian Martinez is also on the practice squad.
The Seahawks, now 5-4, don’t have much margin for mistakes. Entering “Sunday Night Football,” the reigning champs were sitting as the No. 8 seed in the NFC, one spot outside the playoff field.
Milroe’s name is the one to know if Seattle has to dip deeper at quarterback. The Seahawks selected the Alabama product in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft.
Now 23, Milroe’s college run came with plenty of highs and lows. In 2023, as a redshirt sophomore, he threw for 2,834 yards, 23 touchdowns and six interceptions while adding 531 rushing yards and 12 more scores on the ground.
That performance landed him sixth in Heisman Trophy voting. The expectation was that 2024 would be even bigger, but his passing numbers slipped and he threw 11 interceptions.
He still produced on the ground with 726 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns, but the season didn’t match the momentum he had built the year before.
If Milroe is called on, Seattle’s offense would likely tilt even more toward the run. He has taken just three NFL snaps so far, and all three were rushing plays for a total of 4 yards. The Seahawks did put together one of their stronger ground efforts Sunday with 120 yards, and the Raiders have struggled to stop the run.
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