It's a mixed bag of uncertainty and hope for the Seattle Seahawks coming out of week 15.

Besides taking a 26-23 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the Seahawks were also damaged with a couple of new injury situations or one new injury situation and another being made worse. But, as the calendar turns to the penultimate week of the NFL season, the Seahawks have cause for hope with a couple of other injuries. But the consensus on all four injuries is a hardy Pete Carroll wait and see.

First, here comes the bad news.

The Seahawks still don't have any updates on strong safety Bradley McDougald and guard Jordan Simmons. McDougald reaggravated his patellar tendonitis versus the 49ers and left the game and did not return after playing only 12 snaps. He's fought the injury all season but has missed precious little time while doing so. But, the conditions of the 49ers field and the changing weather combined to hit him with his worse injury setback of the season.

"He's got a sore knee that's been bothering him for a long time and sometimes it acts up in the colder weather and on a slippery turf. He didn't even get hit. It just flared up when he planted it in the ground. It's just a patellar tendon thing. Those just bother you. I can't tell you what the prognosis is there," Carroll told 710 ESPN Seattle's Brock and Salk show.

McDougald sounds like he's headed to a repeat of his week 15 status without the practice reps. Last week, he missed Wednesday's practice but went limited over the final two days and was listed as questionable to play Sunday. He looked to be fine until the field conditions took him away from the Seahawks.

Another player lost during the game was right guard Jordan Simmons who left during the second half with a knee injury. Carroll had no further update on him either at this point.

"Don't know enough yet. He has a first-degree sprain. We'll see what happens. It all depends on how he bounces back," he said.

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A possible return of the regular starter could mitigate one of those injuries in week 16. Carroll says both right guard D.J. Fluker and weakside linebacker K.J. Wright could return versus the Kansas City Chiefs. The Seahawks have been without Wright for four-straight weeks as they try to get him fully back from a preseason knee scope. The veteran defender has appeared in just three and a half games in 2018 but has finally worked himself back into good health after special treatment in week 13, running in week 14 and light practice work in week 15.

They'll take the next step with him this week.

"K.J. is going to practice this week and so we'll see how he does," Carroll said. "He looked fine last week in the amount of work that we gave him. He has it in mind that he thinks he has a chance to play this week; so we'll give him a shot and see where it goes. That would be a much-needed return."

Fluker sounds like less of a possibility. Although he was listed as doubtful whereas Wright was listed as out in week 15; Fluker didn't practice at all last week while Wright went limited on Thursday and Friday. Still, Carroll's giving his usual right guard starter a chance.

"Possibly, yeah possibly. We'd like to see that happen, of course. We'll see where we are," he said.

As for any other injuries that could sneak into the mix like Mychal Kendricks' sudden knee injury and broken tibia that required surgery and suddenly placed him on Injured Reserve. Carroll has three words for you.

"Well, we'll wait and see. Let's wait and see. We got to see what the report is. It's too early to know that," he said.

It's always a "wait and see" game and the Seahawks are already playing it with four key players in week 16.