Update (1/8/16, 2:15 p.m. PT): Lynch is officially listed as questionable for Sunday's game. After the team's practice on Friday, when Lynch was again a full participant, Carroll said Seattle will use all of the time available to see how Lynch responds to the week of work before determining his status for gameday.
Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll joined KIRO Radio 97.3 FM's Dori Monson show on Friday morning, two days before his team's wild-card playoff matchup with the Vikings in Minnesota, and shared a couple of notable personnel updates.
Running back Marshawn Lynch, who has fully participated in each day of practice this week, his first week back since rehabbing from surgery on his abdomen, will play in Sunday's game at University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium.
"Yeah, he's going to play," Carroll said of Lynch, who missed Seattle's final seven games of the regular season. "He's looked really good in practice. He's practiced as hard as he ever has throughout the week just to prove to himself that he was right, and I think as well as everybody else, so he's ready to go and we're anxious to see him fit in."
Carroll said the only player that won't be available for the Seahawks this weekend is tight end Luke Willson, who missed the team's regular-season finale with a concussion. That means players that had been battling injury, like strong safety Kam Chancellor, left tackle Russell Okung, and right guard J.R. Sweezy, should all return to the starting lineup after sitting out to end the regular season.
"The only guy that's not going to make it is Luke Willson," Carroll said. "He hasn't quite got back from the concussion that he had. We're taking really good care of him and we'll wait another week for that."
Willson's absence will mean another increased workload from tight end Chase Coffman, who Carroll said "can play for us" earlier this week. Coffman had four catches for 29 yards and a touchdown subbing for Willson in Seattle's Week 17 win over Arizona.
The Seahawks play their 11th wild-card game in franchise history this Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. This gallery throws you back to each of the Seahawks' previous 10 wild-card games, including their first-ever playoff game in 1983 facing the Denver Broncos and their most recent in 2012 versus the Washington Redskins.
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2000, file photo, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Jon Kitna (7) scrambles away from Miami Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas (54) during the third quarter of their AFC wild card playoff game in Seattle. Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Wash., has called a news conference Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, to introduce Kitna as the school's new football coach. Kitna is a graduate of the school who was recently hired as a math teacher after his 15-year career as an NFL quarterback. (AP Photo/John Froschauer, File)
Miami Dolphins J.J. Johnson (32) dives between Seattle Seahawks Jay Bellamy (20) and Cortez Kennedy to score the game-winning touchdown on a two-yard run during the fouth quarter of the AFC wild card playoff game Sunday, Jan. 9, 2000. Miami won 20-17. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino looks for a receiver downfield a toss against the Seattle Seahawks in their AFC wild card playoff game Sunday, Jan. 9, 2000 in Seattle. Marino, who was 17-of-30 for 196 yards and one touchdown pass, led the Dolphins to a 20-17. win (AP Photo/Matt Wallis)
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Koren Robinson (81) runs a pass pattern as Green Bay Packers defensive back Mike McKenzie (34) in pass coverage during a Wild Card NFL Football Playoff game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin on January 4, 2004. The Packers defeated the Seahawks 33-27 in overtime. (AP Photo/Scott Boehm)
Seattle Seahawks players tackle a Green Bay Packer Player during a Wild Card NFL Football Playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin on January 4, 2004. The Packers defeated the Seahawks 33-27 in overtime. (AP Photo/Scott Boehm)
Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green (30) runs with the football during a Wild Card NFL Football Playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin on January 4, 2004. The Packers defeated the Seahawks 33-27 in overtime. (AP Photo/Scott Boehm)
Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett and his daughters, Blake, 6, and Peyton, 10, sign copies of a children's book authored by Bennett and his wife Pele titled 'Three Little Monsters Have a Wild Day'
Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett and his daughters, Blake, 6, and Ollie, 3, sign copies of a children's book authored by Bennett and his wife Pele titled 'Three Little Monsters Have a Wild Day'
Seahawks defensive tackle Nazair Jones works with youth at Michael Bennett's youth camp in Hawaii.
Seahawks defensive tackle Nazair Jones works with youth at Michael Bennett's youth camp in Hawaii.
San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ronald Blair works with youth at Michael Bennett's youth camp in Hawaii.
Seahawks defensive tackle Nazair Jones works with youth at Michael Bennett's youth camp in Hawaii.
Seahawks defensive tackle Nazair Jones works with youth at Michael Bennett's youth camp in Hawaii.
