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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seahawks running back&amp;nbsp;Marshawn&amp;nbsp;Lynch will return to practice this week and the team is hopeful he will be able to play in Sunday\u2019s first-round playoff game against the Vikings on Sunday, head coach Pete Carroll said Monday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Carroll had initially been hopeful that Lynch would be able to return to practice last week but he remained sidelined as he recovered from his mid-November abdominal surgery. Lynch had been rehabbing near his home in Northern California.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;49ers QB Colin Kaepernick schedules thumb surgery&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rookie&amp;nbsp;Thomas Rawls, who rushed for over 100 yards in four separate games this season, broke his ankle in Week 14 and was placed on injured reserve.&amp;nbsp;Christine Michael&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Bryce Brown&amp;nbsp;have taken the majority of the carries since Rawls went down. Michael had 17 carries for 102 yards in Sunday\u2019s win over the Cardinals.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Vikings and Seahawks play Sunday in Minnesota at 1 p.m. ET.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Dan Gartland&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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