Talk about NFL highlights and disasters. | Matt Hasselbeck: (Knee) Will Wear Brace | | Hasselbeck will wear a brace on his right knee in Monday night's game against the Packers. Hasselbeck, who returns after missing four starts, isn't thrilled with wearing the brace, as it could affect his mobility, but he'll give it a go Monday. If he experiences any sort of setback, Seneca Wallace waits in the wings. | |
| | Matt Hasselbeck: Status as Starter for Monday Night Still in Question | | Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said Wednesday it is not yet a sure thing that Hasselbeck (knee) will start Monday night's game against the Packers, the Associated Press reports.
Hasselbeck is listed as probable, but he still has to prove to Holmgren during practices this week that he has regained enough mobility to avoid pass rushers. We'll monitor his status closely in the coming days. | |
| | Hasselbeck's return not such a warm, cuddly Seahawks feeling | | Seattle's citizens couldn't wait for Matt Hasselbeck to get back playing. They've been in a Chicken Little fuss over the Seahawks' so-so season following a trip to the Super Bowl. But no one was looking forward to the Pro Bowl quarterback's return Monday from being out four weeks with a sprained right knee more than Hasselbeck's teammates. Next time, they may not be quite so anxious to get him back. Even before his first full practice back for the prime-time matchup with the Packers, Hasselbeck was chastising teammates to practice harder, prepare better and just plain buck up. By Wednesday, he was back running the offense at warp speed, compared with the pace at which never-used backup Seneca Wallace operated while going 2-2 in Hasselbeck's place. "In fact, some of the guys were complaining that he was going so fast, they couldn't make their (line) calls," quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn said. "Yet that's the tempo of the game. That's where the game's played." That hasn't been where Seattle had played entering Monday. The Seahawks are counting on a six-game surge back to their expected selves now that Hasselbeck... | |
| | Hasselbeck returns for Monday game against Packers | | Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck will return on Monday night when the first-place Seattle Seahawks host the Green Bay Packers. Hasselbeck has missed the last four games with a sprained knee ligament. The Seahawks went 2-2 with backup Seneca Wallace as the starter. Wallace was intercepted three times in the Seahawks' 20-14 loss at San Francisco last week. Last season, Hasselbeck led the Seahawks (6-4) to the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history and was the starting quarterback for the NFC in the Pro Bowl.
While Hasselbeck returns, Brett Favre will make his 252nd consecutive start, including playoffs, for the Packers (4-6). The NFL's only three-time MVP, Favre left the Packers' 35-0 loss to New England late in the second quarter with an elbow injury Backup Aaron Rodgers, a first-round pick in 2005, played the rest of the way and suffered a broken foot, ending his season. Favre won all three of his MVP awards from 1995-97 and a Super Bowl title with Mike Holmgren as his coach. Holmgren left the Packers after the 1998 season to sign an eight-year, $32 million deal with the Seahawks. Holmgren failed to win a playoff game in his first six years... | |
| | Green Bay (4-6) at Seattle (6-4) | |
Shaun Alexander and Matt Hasselbeck haven't played together in almost two months. The Seattle Seahawks might have to wait a bit longer as the NFC West leaders play the struggling Green Bay Packers on Monday night. Alexander and Hasselbeck have been sidelined with injuries for much of the season. Alexander -- who returned last Sunday -- suffered a broken foot which had sidelined him for seven weeks, while Hasselbeck has missed the last three starts for Seattle (6-4) because of a sprained knee. Hasselbeck tested the knee Monday in drills and ran the first-team offense efficiently Wednesday, but Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren refused to name Hasselback the starter for this game. "Hasselbeck worked pretty well this morning. I think there's a good chance he'll play," Holmgren said. "We're going to put him through the tests. ... I've got to see him move and get out of trouble, run around a little bit."
Hasselbeck and Alexander haven't played together since Sept. 24, when the team was 3-0. Holmgren also expressed doubt about center Robbie Tobeck, right tackle Sean Locklear, tackle Rocky Bernard and receiver Bobby Engram. Tobeck was expected to be back after... | |
| | Green Bay (4-6) at Seattle (6-4) | | Game Info: 8:30 pm EST Mon Nov 27, 2006TV: ESPN Add to Calendar
Buy Tickets Shaun Alexander and Matt Hasselbeck haven't played together in almost two months. The Seattle Seahawks might have to wait a bit longer as the NFC West leaders play the struggling Green Bay Packers on Monday night. Alexander and Hasselbeck have been sidelined with injuries for much of the season. Alexander -- who returned last Sunday -- suffered a broken foot which had sidelined him for seven weeks, while Hasselbeck has missed the last three starts for Seattle (6-4) because of a sprained knee. Hasselbeck tested the knee Monday in drills and ran the first-team offense efficiently Wednesday, but Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren refused to name Hasselback the starter for this game. "Hasselbeck worked pretty well this morning. I think there's a good chance he'll play," Holmgren said. "We're going to put him through the tests. ... I've got to see him move and get out of trouble, run around a little bit."
Hasselbeck and Alexander haven't played together since Sept. 24, when the team was 3-0. Holmgren also expressed doubt about center Robbie Tobeck, right tackle Sean... | |
| | Green Bay (4-6) at Seattle (6-4) | | Shaun Alexander and Matt Hasselbeck haven't played together in almost two months. The Seattle Seahawks might have to wait a bit longer as the NFC West leaders play the struggling Green Bay Packers on Monday night. Alexander and Hasselbeck have been sidelined with injuries for much of the season. Alexander -- who returned last Sunday -- suffered a broken foot which had sidelined him for seven weeks, while Hasselbeck has missed the last three starts for Seattle (6-4) because of a sprained knee. Hasselbeck tested the knee Monday in drills and ran the first-team offense efficiently Wednesday, but Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren refused to name Hasselback the starter for this game. "Hasselbeck worked pretty well this morning. I think there's a good chance he'll play," Holmgren said. "We're going to put him through the tests. ... I've got to see him move and get out of trouble, run around a little bit."
Hasselbeck and Alexander haven't played together since Sept. 24, when the team was 3-0. Holmgren also expressed doubt about center Robbie Tobeck, right tackle Sean Locklear, tackle Rocky Bernard and receiver Bobby Engram. Tobeck was expected to be back after missing... | |
| | Yet another Seahawks Pro Bowler out: Tobeck in hospital | | The unusual continues for the head-shaking Seattle Seahawks. The latest rarity has center Robbie Tobeck in a Seattle-area hospital indefinitely with an abscess in his left hip -- just as fellow Pro Bowlers Shaun Alexander and Matt Hasselbeck are returning to the offense.
"Only this year," coach Mike Holmgren said with a smirk following Friday's practice. Tobeck, a 13-year veteran whom the Seahawks (6-4) value for his sage line calls and blocking audibles, has missed the previous two games with a severe flu. In August, he had bone chips removed from his elbow. "Tobeck's in the New England Journal of Medicine about four times," Holmgren said. Tobeck reported to practice last Monday in preparation to start Monday night's game against Green Bay (4-6) with pain in his left hip. That left him questionable with what the team thought was a muscle pull or a tear. A midweek MRI exam revealed the abscess. Now, the 36-year-old veteran of two Super Bowls is spending his Thanksgiving weekend in the hospital under a regimen of antibiotics to fight the infection. "They've got to watch this thing. He is under heavy antibiotics, I think," Holmgren said. "He's... | |
| | Green Bay (4-6) at Seattle (6-4) | | Shaun Alexander and Matt Hasselbeck haven't played together in almost two months. The Seattle Seahawks might have to wait a bit longer as the NFC West leaders play the struggling Green Bay Packers on Monday night. Alexander and Hasselbeck have been sidelined with injuries for much of the season. Alexander -- who returned last Sunday -- suffered a broken foot which had sidelined him for seven weeks, while Hasselbeck has missed the last three starts for Seattle (6-4) because of a sprained knee. Hasselbeck tested the knee Monday in drills and ran the first-team offense efficiently Wednesday, but Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren refused to name Hasselback the starter for this game. "Hasselbeck worked pretty well this morning. I think there's a good chance he'll play," Holmgren said. "We're going to put him through the tests. ... I've got to see him move and get out of trouble, run around a little bit." ADVERTISEMENT
Hasselbeck and Alexander haven't played together since Sept. 24, when the team was 3-0. Holmgren also expressed doubt about center Robbie Tobeck, right tackle Sean Locklear, tackle Rocky Bernard and receiver Bobby Engram. Tobeck was expected to be... | |
| | Green Bay (4-6) at Seattle (6-4) | | Shaun Alexander and Matt Hasselbeck haven't played together in almost two months. The Seattle Seahawks might have to wait a bit longer as the NFC West leaders play the struggling Green Bay Packers on Monday night. Alexander and Hasselbeck have been sidelined with injuries for much of the season. Alexander -- who returned last Sunday -- suffered a broken foot which had sidelined him for seven weeks, while Hasselbeck has missed the last three starts for Seattle (6-4) because of a sprained knee. Hasselbeck tested the knee Monday in drills and ran the first-team offense efficiently Wednesday, but Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren refused to name Hasselback the starter for this game. "Hasselbeck worked pretty well this morning. I think there's a good chance he'll play," Holmgren said. "We're going to put him through the tests. ... I've got to see him move and get out of trouble, run around a little bit."
Hasselbeck and Alexander haven't played together since Sept. 24, when the team was 3-0. Holmgren also expressed doubt about center Robbie Tobeck, right tackle Sean Locklear, tackle Rocky Bernard and receiver Bobby Engram. Tobeck was expected to be back after... | |
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