Tag: Illness

Hindered last few outings, Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett on the mend

After suffering a leg bruise and then battling an injury, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett appears to be on the mend for Week 14.

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett has had a rough couple of weeks. First sidelined after the Week 10 outing against the San Francisco 49ers, Lockett was battling an illness Monday night in the team’s win over the Minnesota Vikings.

Lockett has not yet been 100% since suffering the leg bruise in San Francisco. He did recover well enough over the bye week to appear in the next matchup against the Eagles but only posted one reception in the game.

Last Monday, Lockett also saw the field, although he was struggling to fight the illness that had been circling the Seahawks locker room throughout the week. He logged no catches in the win over the Vikings.

Coach Pete Carroll is hoping Lockett will be back to his usual self Sunday night when Seattle travels to Los Angeles to face the Rams in primetime.

“I’m anxious for him to have this week and get back at it, you know,” Carroll told reporters Wednesday. “He was really sick last week – real sick as a couple guys were – and it just takes a lot out of you. He’s doing better.”

The first practice report of the week will be released later Wednesday afternoon so we’ll get a glimpse at Lockett’s participation status then.

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Seahawks list several players on Week 13 injury report with illness

A number of Seattle Seahawks players were added to the injury report Week 13 with an illness that has been going around the team.

The Seattle Seahawks had a fairly lengthy injury report to finish out the practice week before the Monday night matchup against the Minnesota Vikings.

While a number of players were battling injuries, quite a few popped up on the report with an “illness” that coach Pete Carroll said was “going around” the team.

“It’s been an interesting week for us, the practices have been really good,” Carroll told reporters Saturday after the walkthrough. “We’ve had some guys that have had the illness that’s going around. So, we’ve kept some guys out. Everybody we think of those guys are going to play. There’s no reason that they won’t other than they feel lousy. It’s been a very good week and very pointed.”

Carroll said he allowed a few players to stay home in an attempt to quarantine those who were sick.

Players listed on the report with an “illness” included linebacker Shaquem Griffin, defensive tackle Poona Ford, cornerback Tre Flowers, guard Jordan Roos and wide receivers Tyler Lockett and David Moore.

Carroll did confirm there were no new cases of the illness as of Saturday and he expects all the impacted players will be available against the Vikings Monday night.

Seattle and Minnesota kick-off at 5:15 p.m. from CenturyLink Field.

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Lonzo Ball will play Sunday against Thunder

Alvin Gentry announced Ball is back after missing the last two games due to illness and will make his ninth start of the season against OKC.

The New Orleans Pelicans have updated the status of Lonzo Ball.

Ball was initially listed as questionable after dealing with a stomach virus, but Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry updated the guard’s status just after 2:30 p.m. CT Sunday.

Ball did not play in the Pelicans’ loss to Oklahoma City on Friday night and had missed the previous two games due to illness.

New Orleans also announced that Ball will return to the starting lineup after recently serving as a reserve. Sunday will be the ninth start this season for the third-year guard. In 11 games so far this season, Ball is averaging 11.1 points and 5.7 assists in 27.1 minutes per game.

Ball will take the place of Kenrich Williams who is out Sunday dealing with an ankle injury.

Williams did not score in the Thunder’s 109-104 win two days ago, and played only seven minutes, taking just one shot from the field.

The Thunder and Pelicans will tip-off inside the Smoothie King Center at 4 p.m. on Sunday.