Seahawks rule out Charles Cross, Coby Bryant with toe injuries; Will Dissly, Riq Woolen doubtful

RENTON, Wash. - Seattle Seahawks left tackle Charles Cross and defensive back Coby Bryant were both ruled out for Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers due to toe injuries. Additionally, tight end Will Dissly (shoulder) and cornerback Riq Woolen (chest) are doubtful to play.

Cross will miss a second straight game due to a toe injury sustained in the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams while Bryant's injury occurred last week against the Detroit Lions.

The Seahawks had a lengthy injury report throughout the week with 11 total players being held out of practice on Thursday.

Cross is making progress in his recovery, but isn't able to return to practice yet.

"He's very upbeat about it, feels way different than he did," head coach Pete Carroll said. "So he's truly on the road to recovery. The treatment and the stuff they're doing is working. He knows. So he's very confident about that."

With Cross out and Abe Lucas on injured reserve, Stone Forsythe and Jake Curhan are in line to start a second straight game at tackle for the Seahawks. Both players held up quite well in last week's victory over the Lions.

Bryant was sidelined throughout the week with his toe injury as well. It's not the same toe injury he had over the offseason that kept him out of mini-camp work. This injury is to his opposite foot.

"It's not the same," Carroll said. "It's on his other foot and it's a little bit different injury and it's not nearly as severe as the other one, but something happened there you know, and so we're got to take care of him."

Woolen and Dissly were both injured in the Lions game as well. Woolen has an injury to the SC (sternoclavicular) joint in his left shoulder that occurred on a tackle of Lions receiver Antoine Green in the first half. Dissly has had an ongoing shoulder issue that was aggravated in Detroit.

"Diss is in the middle of the rehab for this deal. And Riq is getting really close," Carroll said. "He's run hard and all that. We'll see what happens here. Week isn't over yet. But I would really think we could count on him next week. We'll see what happens on the weekend."

The potential absences of Bryant, Woolen and Dissly were reflected in roster moves the team made earlier in the week. Cornerback Artie Burns was signed from the practice squad and tight end Brady Russell was added off the practice squad of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Burns had already played in each of the team's first two games after being a practice squad elevation prior to each contest. He played 15 defensive snaps against the Lions on Sunday. 

"This is by far the best we’ve seen Artie. He’s been the most consistent and the most directed all the way through the offseason. I’m really glad for him that he’s elevated his play," Carroll said about Burns earlier in the week.

Burns agreed.

"I feel like I'm playing pretty good ball, things started to fall together," he said. "We just keep stacking days and weeks, you know, just keep getting better throughout the season."

Burns said he hadn't played nickel before in the NFL, but that it wasn't completely new to him as he played safety in high school and there were a few things he could pull from that experience.

"It's been fun," he said. "I played safety in high school and so it kind of brings me back to those times, you know, so I've been kind of comfortable with it. So I just keep getting better at it. Week by week."

Russell joins practice squad tight end Tyler Mabry as additional tight end depth with Dissly doubtful and Noah Fant also briefly appearing on the injury report earlier in the week.

Safety Quandre Diggs (hamstring), safety Julian Love (hamstring), nose tackle Jarran Reed (groin), and guard Phil Haynes (calf) are among seven players listed as questionable and were new additions to the injury report during the week.

Diggs was held back in the final two practices of the week to keep his hamstring from becoming a bigger deal.

"He just had a little bit of a little tight hammy and we just want to make sure not (to) expose it. So we're just waiting it out. But he feels like he's playing," Carroll said.

Love was back at practice Friday as a limited participant.

"He did really well today in his workout. And we'll see. We've got to see how they respond to the work that they've done.," Carroll said.

Fellow safety Jamal Adams completed his second full week of practice as he works back from a quadriceps tendon tear sustained in last year's season opener. Adams was limited throughout practices last week while being a full participant twice this week. Carroll said that Adams' status for Sunday isn't tied to the availability of Diggs or Love, but that he's getting really close to returning to action.

"He practiced really well," Carroll said. "He's as close as he can get to going and we'll see how this winds up, but he'll be in the middle of it next week, for sure. So I'm really excited for him. He's done a fantastic job of conditioning and being on it so consistently that he's created an opportunity for him to get back here." 

Wide receiver DK Metcalf is listed as questionable due to a rib injury, but both Metcalf and Carroll were confident he would play this week on Wednesday. Carroll echoed those thoughts on Friday.

"Yeah, he had a really good day today," Carroll said. "He busted it all day long. He practiced full and he looked good today. He looked great."

Running back DeeJay Dallas is questionable due to an illness.

Carroll said both Haynes and Reed practiced on Friday and did well, which would be a positive sign for their chances on Sunday.

Guard Damien Lewis (ankle), linebacker Jordyn Brooks (knee/rest), linebacker Devin Bush (shoulder), outside linebacker Boye Mafe (knee), center Evan Brown (knee), tight end Noah Fant (ribs) and outside linebacker Derick Hall (shoulder) also appeared on the injury report throughout the week but are expected to play against Carolina.

Hall had his shoulder wrapped at the end of practice on Friday as the team left the field. Carroll said he banged it during the practice session, but he didn't believe it would be a problem.

"He banged his shoulder a little bit today. We iced him and stopped him from finishing the practice but I think he's OK," Carroll said.

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