Walter Jones was asked about the difficulty of last year, and having to play next to a bunch of different players at guard. He basically said he is not going to worry about who is playing next to him this year, that person is on his own.

"I think it was more of a situation where I was worrying about too much, making sure they was doing the right thing. I think I should have just been doing my thing. Not saying I wasn’t concerned but in this game you have to go out there and focus on your job. When you worry about somebody else’s job things happen to you that you don’t want to happen. I think that was something that I tried to do last year. I won’t do that again. Whoever they put out there, they have to figure it out on their own. (Sims) has done a good job of that, figuring that out on his own. I think it should be a lot easier for everyone this year."

Holmgren was asked if there were certain starting positions that had not yet been solidified, and the one name he brought up along the offensive line was Ray Willis at RG. I asked offensive line coach Bill Laveroni this: If Willis was the guy they viewed as next in line, why was he not inserted at right tackle when Walter Jones is out and Sean Locklear moved to left tackle? He said they are trying to get Willis to learn the right guard spot and they don't want to throw too much at him right now, and Tom Ashworth started six games at RT last year when Locklear went down and so he has experience at the spot. But it sounds like they like Willis and he will have a future in some capacity, particularly with Chris Gray starting his 15th season.

The two-hour practice in shorts and shells was relatively uneventful, though some interesting developments came out afterward.

Mike Holmgren announced that rookie wide receiver Courtney Taylor injured his left knee in Saturday's scrimmage and is out for four weeks. He walked off the field before the practice with a full-length brace. Now, I have to admit, this is where the vague aspects of the NFL throw me a little because if this was the NBA, reporters would be all over that. What does it mean? Will Taylor now get cut? If he is out the full four weeks, will he have a chance to impress the team enough with one week left to earn a roster spot? Is he headed for the IR? What I have concluded is that nobody really knows what it means, or at least is not saying. It certainly doesn't help Taylor's chances of making the team, and my guess is that with all the talent at WR this year he does not make it, but so many things can happen between now and the final cutdown day that it's too early to say definitively what the injury means.

Elsewhere, Ben Joppru seems to have suffered a serious hip injury, but Holmgren was not specific on the amount of time he will be out. Leroy Hill has a tweaked hamstring. The biggest surprise of all was that Ben Obomanu practiced. He left the scrimmage with a neck injury and went to an ambulance, but after a series of tests Saturday night he was cleared to go today and said he had not residual affect.

Walter Jones also missed his third straight practice, so I spoke with him about it. He said it is nothing serious and that he plans on playing in Sunday's game in San Diego. He has soreness in the shoulder but is not concerned about it.

Also out were Craig Terrill (knee), Will Heller (ankle), and then the regulars (Tubbs, Babineaux, Womack, Kirtman, Ghee).

First team offense vs. Second team defense

1-10 35 Hasselbeck to Weaver for 4 yds
2-6 39 Hasselbeck to Branch for 8 yards
1-10 47 Alexander 4 yds
2-6 49 Hasselbeck inc pass
3-6 49 Hasselbeck inc pass
4-6 49 39 yd FGA good Josh Brown

Second series

1-10 35 Weaver 3 yards
2-7 38 Hasselbeck inc pass
3-7 38 Hasselbeck to Hackett 13 yards
1-10 49 Morris 7 yards
2-3 42 Morris 4 yards
1-10 38 Hasselbeck to Hackett 13 yards
1-10 25 Weaver 7 yards
2-3 18 Morris 0 yards
3-3 18 Hasselbeck to Hackett 4 yards
1-10 14 Morris 0 yards
2-10 14 Hasselbeck to Hackett 6 yards
3-4 8 Hasselbeck to Weaver TD
PAT Kurt Smith good

Third series Second team offense vs. First team Defense

1-10 35 Greene to Weeks 5 yards
2-5 40 Greene to Taylor 7 yards
1-10 47 Weeks 5 yards
2-5 42 Greene to Obomanu 9 yards
1-10 33 Weeks -2 yards
2-12 35 Greene to Parry 6 yards
3-6 29 Greene inc pass
4-6 29 Josh Brown 48 FGA good

Fourth series

1-10 35 Harris 7 yards
2-3 42 Harris 1 yard
3-2 43 Harris -1 yard
4-2 43 Greene to Obomanu 4 yards
1-10 47 sack 0 yards
2-10 47 Greene to Fernandez 2 yards
3-8 49 sack -2
4-10 47 Greene to Obomanu 17 yards (I think this is the play Obomanu hurt his neck on)
1-10 35 Weeks 5 yards
2-5 30 Greene to Weeks complete then Weeks fumbles; Tapp recovers

From here they went to Red Zone offense, and then they went back to regular scrimmage conditions and my play by play fell apart a little, particularly as I watching Obomanu get in the ambulance. But the fifth series ended with Wallace hitting Hackett for a 39-yard TD. The sixth and seventh series went nowhere.