The Seahawks were fortunate to come out of last week's win over the Cardinals without any significant new injuries, and they're also hoping to get some players back from injuries soon, among them starting nose tackle Al Woods.
Woods, who left Seattle's Week 5 game in New Orleans with a knee injury, is expected to practice Wednesday, and Carroll said Woods, "feels good" after taking last week off.
Also missing last week's game was guard Gabe Jackson, and his status heading into Week 7 is less clear due to the hip injury that took him out of the New Orleans game.
"We don't know anything today," Carroll said. "We'll just go day-to-day."
Carroll also gave updates on several players who are trying to get back from the Physically Unable to Perform List or from Injured Reserve.
Second-year corner Tre Brown, who is on the PUP list, the result of the knee injury that ended his rookie season, is "really starting to go," Carroll said. "He's really close. He's running really fast, he's changing direction, it's just, can he endure it and he keep coming back? He's not very far away now. I would say we're a couple of weeks away maybe and he should really be fighting to get back out there. I'm really excited to see him. I loved when he was playing for us, he did a really good job, and to add him to the competition would be great."
Running back Travis Homer, who has missed the past three games with a rib injury, is eligible to return from IR next week and is hoping to do just that.
"Travis is really making progress, he's a week away now—he'll be eligible to come back next week, we'll see if he can do that," Carroll said. "He has worked really hard, he's really chomping at the bit to get back
The timeline for outside linebacker Darryl Johnson, who is on IR with a foot injury, is less clear.
"Bam is a little less known right now," Carroll said. "He hasn't been able to do as much, so he's not as close right now."
Also uncertain is the timeline for outside linebacker Alton Robinson, who is on IR, the result of a knee injury suffered in Seattle's final preseason game.
"I don't have a good one for Alton right now," Carroll said. "He's still kind of in the middle of it."
Carroll said receiver Penny Hart, who missed Sunday's game with a hamstring injury, was a candidate to go on injured reserve, but with his history of making quick recoveries, the Seahawks are hoping he'll be back sooner than the four weeks required for players on IR. Carroll added that Hart "ran really hard, changing directions and cutting" on Wednesday morning.
Defensive end L.J. Collier, who is on IR due to an elbow injury, but returned to practice, is now dealing with a new thumb injury, but will practice this week.
"He's going to practice," Carroll said. "He's really close, now. We need to see how well he can deal with it. He just kind of barely made it through practice last week, really couldn't put his hand in there, because his thumb was really hurting."
Though not injured, outside linebacker Bruce Irvin is also trying to work his way back into being game-ready after signing to Seattle's practice squad last week.
"He's ready to go," Carroll said. "He's fired up about it. He thought he'd be able to kind of casually handle this and all, he was jacked and wanted to play in the game when we got to gametime. We'll just see what happens, he's going to put the pads on today for the first time and bang around a little bit and try to make the transition and see if he will be available. Soon he will be."
Go behind the scenes with team photographer Rod Mar as he shares moments from Week 6 vs. the Arizona Cardinals on October 16, 2022 at Lumen Field. Eye On The Hawks is presented by Western Washington Toyota Dealers.
Seahawks defensive lineman Poona Ford came armed for the Week battle against division foes, the Arizona Cardinals.
Head coach Pete Carroll enters the field during pregame on a warm late fall afternoon where temperatures in the Seattle area reached a record high.
In the locker room, running backs coach Chad Morton helps DeeJay Dallas with his pads.
Newly acquired running back Tony Jones, Jr., puts on his helmet and heads to the field.
Running back DeeJay Dallas and the return specialists gather in the tunnel before pregame warmups.
Seahawks great Shaun Alexander signs autographs for fans before he raised the 12 Flag prior to kickoff. Alexander was inducted into the Seahawks Ring of Honor at halftime.
Quarterback Geno Smith jogs onto the field.
Tight ends Will Dissly and Colby Parkinson run onto the field for pregame warmups.
Seahawks defensive backs huddle before taking the field.
Seahawks offensive linemen Abraham Lucas, Stone Forsythe and Damien Lewis enter the field for pregame warmups.
Head coach Pete Carroll talks to receiver Dee Eskridge during warmups.
Quarterback Geno Smith fires a pass during warmups.
Safety Ryan Neal makes a one-handed grab during pregame.
Seahawks receiver Marquise Goodwin visits with his daughter on the sideline before the game.
The Seahawks wait in the tunnel to be introduced.
Joey Blount carries the 12 Flag and leads the Seahawks onto the field.
Tight end Will Dissly is introduced.
Early in the game, running back Kenneth Walker III finds running room as quarterback Geno Smith provides blocking.
Seattle's Uchenna Nwosu reacts after sacking Arizona's Kyler Murray.
Seattle's Geno Smith escapes the pocket.
Defenders Ryan Neal and Darrell Taylor celebrate after Neal's sack of Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray.
Seahawks linebacker Darrell Taylor knocks the ball away from Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray for a fumble.
At halftime, former Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander was inducted into the team's Ring of Honor.
Quarterback Geno Smith fires a pass in the third quarter.
Receiver Dee Eskridge looks for running room after a pass reception from Geno Smith.
Seahawks cornerback Coby Bryan uses his left hand to punch the ball away from Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray resulting in a fumble recovered by Seattle's Tariq Woolen.
Tariq Woolen and teammate celebrate his fumble recovery in the third quarter.
Coby Bryant celebrates with Quandre Diggs after Bryant's fourth forced fumble in four games.
12s in the north end zone bring the noise in the fourth quarter.
Seahawks linebacker Uchenna Nwosu and teammate Quinton Jefferson snag Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray for a sack.
Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll celebrates a stop by his defense.
Seattle's Cullen Gillaspia celebrates after a special teams tackle.
Seahawks defensive lineman Poona Ford sacks Arizona's Kyler Murray.
Seattle's Poona Ford celebrates after sacking Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray.
Seahawks mascot Blitz wore special shoes for the NFL's Crucial Catch Month, which raises cancer awareness.
Seattle's defense pressures Kyler Murray as he throws on fourth down.
Seahawks defenders Myles Adams, Jordyn Brooks, Darrell Taylor and Ryan Neal leave no room for escape.
Seahawks cornerback Tariq Woolen celebrates with fans in the end zone after his interception.
Seattle's DK Metcalf goes high to make a grab.
After the game Tariq Woolen records a video to be posted to social media for Seahawks fans.
Seahawks cornerback Tariq Woolen is all smiles as he signs autographs on his way to the locker room after the game.
Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll talks to the team in the locker room after the win.
Seahawks cornerback Tariq Woolen talks to members of the media from the podium after the game.
