Seahawks coach Pete Carroll suggested Baldwin (knee) could return to practice in the final week of August, Gregg Bell of The Tacoma News Tribune reports.

EDGE Analysis

Baldwin ran sprints on a side field Thursday and is hoping to ramp up his activity level over the next few weeks. Carroll once again stated his expectation that the 29-year-old wideout will be available for the team's regular-season opener despite missing the entire preseason and the vast majority of training camp.

Baldwin (knee) ran sprints on a side field during Thursday's practice, Michael-Shawn Dugar of The Athletic Seattle reports.

EDGE Analysis

Since the Seahawks took the field for training camp July 26, Baldwin has been a non-participant. First, he was wearing a protective sleeve on his left leg on the sideline. By the end of last month, the injury had been clarified as a sore knee, which likely will force absences throughout the preseason slate. Coach Pete Carroll has nonetheless said Baldwin will be ready by Week 1, and sprinting in mid-August would seem to indicate the wideout is on the right path.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll reiterated Tuesday that he expects Baldwin (knee) to be ready for Week 1 against Denver, Brady Henderson of ESPN.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Baldwin aggravated a sore knee at the beginning of training camp and now seems destined to miss the rest of camp and probably all of the preseason. The Seahawks have declined to elaborate on the exact nature of his injury, but they have been adamant about Baldwin making it back in time for Week 1. Despite the optimism coming out of Seattle, this situation will need to be carefully monitored throughout August and into September. Tyler Lockett and Jaron Brown are the leading candidates to take on more targets if Baldwin ends up missing time during the regular season or simply isn't the best version of himself.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Friday that he no concern about Baldwin (knee) missing the start of the regular season, John Boyle of the Seahawks' official site reports.

EDGE Analysis

After fighting through some knee soreness at the beginning of training camp, Baldwin is now being held out of practice and may end up missing the entire preseason. The situation will require careful monitoring in the coming weeks, even though Carroll seems confident that Baldwin's knee will heal with rest. The Seahawks will be in serious trouble if the injury lingers, as Tyler Lockett is the only other player on the roster who reached 500 receiving yards last year.

Baldwin (knee) is in danger of missing the entire preseason, but his doctors are confident he will be ready for the start of the regular season, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.

EDGE Analysis

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll hasn't provided any details about the injury, merely referring to it as knee soreness. Baldwin noticed the issue prior to training camp and it apparently didn't respond the way he'd hoped after a few days of practice. He's been held off the field this week, though he did watch Tuesday's practice from the sideline with a protective sleeve over his left leg. While the missed time during training camp and preseason isn't a major concern for a player with Baldwin's level of experience, it is somewhat worrisome that the Seahawks are already thinking about holding him out for most of August, betting that rest will be enough to fix his knee. The 29-year-old wide receiver has missed just two games in seven NFL seasons, including an ongoing streak of 88 consecutive starts.

Baldwin is recovering from knee soreness and is expected to miss a couple more weeks of practice, Gregg Bell of The Tacoma News Tribune reports.

EDGE Analysis

Baldwin watched Tuesday's practice from the sideline and tossed a football around with coach Pete Carroll, but despite most signs pointing to a relatively minor injury, the veteran wideout is now slated to miss most of training camp and at least a portion of the preseason. Carroll declined to comment on the exact nature of the injury, though he did say that it's been bothering Baldwin since he first reported to training camp last week. While the situation needs to be watched carefully, it's a bit early to move Baldwin down draft boards more than a spot or two.

Baldwin (leg) isn't practicing Tuesday.

EDGE Analysis

While he isn't working with his teammates, Baldwin did come out on the field to watch practice and tossed a ball around with coach Pete Carroll. The veteran wideout still has a wrap over his left leg, but there hasn't been any suggestion of a significant injury. Baldwin is locked in as the No. 1 target in an offense that lost Jimmy Graham and Paul Richardson during the offseason.

Baldwin, who is sporting a wrap on left leg, did not practice Monday, Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times reports.

EDGE Analysis

At this stage, we'll operate under the assumption that the Seahawks are simply exercising caution with their top wideout. Following the free-agent departures of Jimmy Graham and Paul Richardson, Baldwin's import (and volume) in the team's passing game figures to grow this coming season, on the heels of a 2017 campaign in which he logged 75 catches (on 117 targets) for 991 yards and eight TDs.

The connection between Baldwin and Russell Wilson could be the key component of the Seahawks offense in 2017 due to the free-agent departures of Jimmy Graham and Paul Richardson, Andy Patton of USA Today reports.

EDGE Analysis

In the post-Marshawn Lynch era in Seattle, the onus of the offense has fallen on Wilson, who has averaged 256 passing yards per game the last two years. The receiving corps experienced upheaval this offseason, exchanging Graham, Richardson and Luke Willson for Jaron Brown and Ed Dickson. Like Wilson, who hasn't missed a contest in his six-year career, Baldwin is an ironman in his own right, starting 88 consecutive regular-season outings. Baldwin particularly has been productive the past three campaigns, ranking second in the entire NFL in TD receptions (29), eighth in catches (247), ninth in receiving yards (3,188) and 12th in targets (344). Due his rapport with Wilson, Baldwin is a great bet to surpass his career-best mark of 125 targets from 2016.

Baldwin finished the year nine yards shy of his third consecutive 1,000-yard season, posting 75 receptions and eight touchdowns.

EDGE Analysis

Baldwin has one of the quickest first steps off the line in the league, is an excellent route runner and has speed to be effective downfield. But he suffered in 2017 from an at times inept offense that couldn't protect the quarterback and couldn't keep defenses honest with a legit running game. Perhaps that helps explain why his catch rate dipped to by more than 10 percentage points to 64.7 percent after consecutive seasons at 75-plus percent and why his yards per target dropped to a three-year low 8.5. Maybe a new offensive coordinator will make life less difficult in 2018.