Adelaide coach Don Pyke has downplayed the severity of injuries to captain Taylor Walker and wingman David Mackay, who are both in doubt for the Crows' clash with Carlton at Adelaide Oval.
Walker (left hamstring) sat out the second half of Saturday night's 16.14 (110) to 9.8 (62) victory over Gold Coast while Mackay (glute) was sidelined after three-quarter-time.
Walker is the Crows' seventh hamstring victim this season, following Eddie Betts, Matt Crouch, Kyle Hartigan, Kyle Cheney, Sam Gibson and Lachlan Murphy.
Pyke indicated the decision to withdraw both men was precautionary due to the lopsided nature of the scoreline but recent history points to a cautious approach, meaning the luckless pair could miss out on facing the Blues.
"That (resting Walker) was my decision, to be honest," Pyke said.
"They (doctors) spoke to me at halftime and said it (hamstring) was a bit tight.
"For me it was (a decision to) take no risk with him.
"We'll scan that and see how it comes up.
"He (Mackay) didn't come on for the last quarter and it was a bit of stiffness and soreness.
"It was high hip or glute ... the messaging came up to me that he was a bit sore and we'd preferred not to take any risks.
"We were comfortable the game was in hand so we didn't expose David to playing in the last quarter."
Pyke expects Betts to be recuperated in time to tackle his old side but the club will take a wait-and-see approach with Rory Sloane (foot).
"Eddie should be fine to go and at this stage Rory's progressing well," Pyke said.
"Now that we've taken the opportunity to rest him (Sloane) and let him recover, I think it would be foolish to rush him back.
"I think it's important he comes back when he's ready and completely over that injury."
