Seattle head coach Pete Carroll said that linebacker K.J. Wright and offensive lineman James Carpenter will not practice today because they have not passed the concussion test in order to get on the field.

With Wright and Carpenter not available, Mike Morgan remains at outside linebacker with the first unit, and John Moffitt will continue to work at left guard with the starters.

“Neither one of those guys will work today,” Carroll said. “They will take their tests again today, and then we hope to get those guys out tomorrow if they can. It all depends on how they do.”

Carroll said that receiver Braylon Edwards (knee) will catch some balls today and run some routes, with the hope that he’s full-go tomorrow.

Defensive end Jason Jones also will be involved in some portions of practice today, according to Carroll, and could practice tomorrow fully depending on how his ankle handles it.

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Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said that he does not have any updates on the status of linebacker K.J. Wright and offensive lineman James Carpenter.

Wright appeared to suffer a concussion on Minnesota’s opening play of the game, and Carpenter had been ruled out of Sunday’s game because of concussion-like symptoms he experienced during practice at the end of last week.

Carroll said it’s likely that both players will not practice on Wednesday.

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The Seahawks have only three healthy receivers heading into this week’s game against Minnesota, so head coach Pete Carroll said he will consider making moves to beef up the team’s depth at the position, including the possibility of activating University of Washington product Jermaine Kearse from the practice squad.

Currently, Sidney Rice, Golden Tate and Charly Martin are the only healthy receivers on the roster.

“We have to consider our situation because there’s a little uncertainty there,” Carroll said.

Carroll said Doug Baldwin is a long shot to play this week. Baldwin missed the Detroit game with a …

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Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll had more bad news on receiver Doug Baldwin.

Seattle’s leading receiver from last year has a high-ankle sprain, and has been ruled out of Sunday’s game at Detroit.

Baldwin has dealt with a rash of injuries this season, starting with a hamstring injury that forced him to miss most of preseason play.

Baldwin also had a shoulder issue that kept him out of the Green Bay game.

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Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll told reporters after practice this afternoon that safety Kam Chancellor should be available for Thursday’s game at San Francisco, despite being limited during the short week of practice because of an ankle injury.

“He’s ready to go,” Carroll said.

Carroll said cornerback Byron Maxwell is doubtful because of a hamstring injury.

Defensive tackle Clinton McDonald is set to return this week after missing last week with a groin injury.

Both Chancellor and McDonald are listed as probable on the team’s injury report.

Offensive guard John Moffitt has been ruled out for a fourth straight week with a knee injury, but Carroll is hopeful the University of Wisconsin product can return for next week’s contest at Detroit.

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll did not rule out the possibility of cornerback Walter Thurmond being activated off the Physically Unable to Perform list for this Thursday’s game at San Francisco.

Thurmond started the regular season on the PUP list do to rehab for a broken leg that cut short his 2011 season.

But the University of Oregon product is eligible to come off the PUP list and be added to the active roster after sitting out the first weeks of the season. Seattle has three weeks to decide when they want to add Thurmond to the roster.

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Here’s a few notes and quotes from Pete Carroll’s weekly Wednesday press conference …

On the injury front …

OG John Moffit (knee),  DT Jay Howard (foot), DT Clinton McDonald (groin), C Max Unger (hip) will not practice today. Carroll called it “a hip deal” for Unger, but said he didn’t think it would keep him out for Sunday’s game. If Unger somehow couldn’t go on Sunday, Lemuel JeanPierre would be the starting center. Jean-Pierre vs. Vince Wilfork …. in a word: Yikes!

On the bright side, Carroll said cornerback Walter Thurmond is “one week …

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We asked Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll about Matt Flynn’s health status, after he told 710 ESPN Seattle that one of the reasons he’s sticking with Russell Wilson as the starting quarterback is that Flynn is still struggling with a sore elbow.

Flynn hasn’t been on Seattle’s injury report since Week 1 of the regular season when the Seahawks faced Arizona.

“Matt hasn’t had a lot of work,” Carroll said. “And we’ve hoped that it would help the elbow situation. He’s never thrown a lot in any of the practices, just he’s done the things we’ve asked him to do.

“We’ve counted on him to play in every game. We haven’t had a third quarterback on the roster because Matt can play. But we have had a pitch count on him in a sense, and made sure we didn’t work him past where we thought it was the right way to do it.

“And the one week we did, which was the Packers week, we called upon him because of the familiarity. And he had a very good week that week, and looked like he’s ready to go. But even at that, that was a limited amount of throws that week, and we’ve never had him throw the amount of throws a starting quarterback does.”

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