The Seahawks are hoping to get back several players who missed last week's game due to injuries and illness, and while Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said that the status of most if not all of those players won't be known until the end the week, several of them were back on the practice field Wednesday. That group includes two players who were full participants, defensive end Ziggy Ansah (neck) and tight end Luke Willson (hamstring).
Carroll said Monday that Willson should be back this week after missing four games with a hamstring injury. On both Ansah, who has missed the last two games, and Jadeveon Clowney, who was out last week due to illness and who also has a core injury, Carroll said, "We'll just see as we progress and see if it's right for those guys to play."
Cornerback Shaquill Griffin and linebacker Mychal Kendricks, who were both out last week with hamstring injuries, were limited participants in practice, though their status will likely be unknown until late in the week as well.
Linebacker Bobby Wagner, who left last week's game with an ankle injury, didn't practice Wednesday, but is "probable/questionable" to play this week, as Carroll put it.
"He would probably be probable/questionable at this time, if we had to label it," Carroll said. "We don't know. He wanted me to make sure to not be optimistic. I said, 'I can't do that. You're going to play. I know you're going to play.'"
Safety Quandre Diggs also left last week's game with an ankle injury, though his is more serious than Wagner's.
"I don't know how he's going to do," Carroll said. "He couldn't do anything yet today. We'll see later in the week like all our guys are going all the way to game day."
Here are the full Wednesday practice reports for both teams:
Seattle Seahawks
Did not participate in practice
S Quandre Diggs (ankle)
T Duane Brown (biceps/knee)
T George Fant (illness)
LB Bobby Wagner (ankle)
DE Jadeveon Clowney (core)
Limited participation in practice
C Joey Hunt (fibula)
LB Cody Barton (thigh)
CB Shaquill Griffin (hamstring)
LB Mychal Kendricks (hamstring)
DT Al Woods (ankle)
G Mike Iupati (neck)
Full participation in practice
TE Luke Willson (hamstring)
DE Ziggy Ansah (neck)
Arizona Cardinals
Did not participate in practice
WR Larry Fitzgerald (not injury related)
LB Jordan Hicks (calf)
LB Chandler Jones (NIR)
WR Christian Kirk (ankle)
DL Corey Peters (NIR)
OL Justin Pugh (back)
OL J.R. Sweezy (NIR)
Limited participation in practice
DUL Caraun Reid (knee)
LB Joe Walker (ribs)
Full participation in practice
WR Pharoh Cooper (thigh)
LB Haason Reddick (groin)
The Seahawks celebrated this holiday season with the patients and staff of Virginia Mason and Seattle Children's for the annual Captains Blitz. The Players and the Seahawks Dancers got to meet with 12s of all ages and give out Seahawks themed Build-A-Bears and Starbucks goodies.