The Seattle Seahawks will turn to Drew Lock against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at Lumen Field, with the quarterback set to start despite a sore elbow. The switch comes after Sam Darnold was ruled out with a quad injury and a cracked rib, leaving Seattle to patch together a roster already hit harder than it has been all season.
That is why Cardinals Vs Seahawks is drawing so much attention today. The Seahawks have the longest injury report of their season, and the losses run deep: Quenton Nelson, Leonard Williams, Uchenna Nwosu, Charles Cross and Rashid Shaheed are all out. Seattle also signed defensive tackle Deven Eastern and elevated two players from the practice squad ahead of the game, a sign the margin for error is thin before kickoff.
For Seattle, the timing is awkward. The team lost to the Bears on Monday night and now gets a quick chance to reset against an Arizona team in the middle of the same rematch window, but the injury sheet is not cooperating. Sam Darnold is also in danger of missing Seattle's Week 10 game against the Raiders, which adds another layer to a quarterback situation that is already unsettled.
The question Sunday is not just whether Lock can play through the elbow issue. It is how much Seattle can ask of a reshuffled lineup when the club is leaning on emergency depth, a new banana punt from Michael Dickson and the possibility that Jalen Milroe could take some snaps. If the Seahawks are going to steady themselves, they may have to do it with a quarterback who is less than fully healthy and a roster that has already been stretched to the edge.
