Seahawks optimistic QB Geno Smith (elbow) can go Thursday

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Geno Smith should be ready when the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers face off in primetime on Thanksgiving night.

Seattle lost 17-16 to the Los Angeles Rams Sunday but Smith avoided a long-term injury, according to head coach Pete Carroll.

"He'll make it back," Carroll said in a radio interview Monday.

Smith has a contusion on the tendon at the base of his right tricep