On Wednesday, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll talked about the status of running back Chris Carson and his availability for this Sunday's game vs the Arizona Cardinals.

Carroll said that Carson will not practice Wednesday. He went on to say that the running back has not progressed the way the team had hoped to this point.

The Seattle Seahawks posted the entire press conference with Carroll and other players prior to Wednesday's practice.

 

This appears to be a setback, as Carson was able to practice last week with the team. Seattle Times writer Bob Condotta posted this a week ago.

Chris Carson has been out since he sustained a neck injury Week 4 vs the San Francisco 49ers. Alex Collins has primarily been filling in during Carson's absence, with mixed results.

After Carson practiced last week, it was thought he might be activated from the short-term IR. That did not happen. Coming out of an embarrassing shutout loss to the Green Bay Packers in Week 10, Carroll talked about wanting to run the ball more.

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