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Seahawks Insider
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Posted by Frank Hughes @ 03:34:23 pm

Matt Hasselbeck went through the entire Tuesday practice with his teammates and is expected to play against Washington on Saturday. Offensive tackle Walter Jones also practiced. Because it's the playoffs, there will be no details forthcoming from practice. Also, the Seahawks were not required to submit an injured list today, though there will be a more detailed injured list after tomorrow's practice.

[More:]

I asked Jim Zorn how much concern there was over Matt's wrist, and he said that Matt is concerned when he has a hangnail. But once he was able to go out on the field and realize that he could throw effectively, any concern evaporated.

I spoke with a couple players in the locker room about having to face a Washington team riding such emotion. Lofa Tatupu acknowledged that it is an issue, but said that is where home-field advantage comes in, and they hope that the crowd at Qwest offsets anything additional the Redskins bring regarding Sean Taylor. Deon Grant said he doesn't care about anything the Redskins are going through. He has his own inspiration, his own people who are alive that he has to play for, and this is the playoffs, everybody should be ramped up as it is. Lofa said he met Taylor at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii and thought he was a great guy.

Brian Russell said the shortened week does not have much impact. He has only been to the playoffs once in seven years, and so if they wanted to play this game on Thursday he would be ready. It hurts the Redskins because of the travel, but at this point in the season logistics don't matter. Russell said the team learned in the middle of its flight home that they were going to play Washington, though it was what they expected anyway because they knew Dallas was pulling many of its players. The team did not go over the Falcons loss on tape, though Russell said he watched it by himself to correct some mistakes that were made.

By the way, I am doing the morning show on KJR tomorrow morning with Ian Furness from 6-10. I'm sure we'll be talking a lot of Seahawks.

Categories: Notes from practice 23 comments

COMMENTS:

idahoseahawksfan @ 15:55 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Email
Glad to see Hass is ok!! Go Hawks!!
kjknight3 @ 15:56 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Email
I love Deon Grant's response. Gee, imagine actually playing for people who are alive. What a concept.
snydro22 @ 16:07 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Email
Deon Grant is awesome. Love the attitude.
Regis @ 16:12 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Email
Zorn's comment reminds me of that training camp video from 2005, where Hass is yelling "Stung by a bee!...What do I do...pee on it?" ;)
k2snowboarder07 @ 16:20 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Email
Washington doesn't know whats going to hit them. Their Taylor magic is going to fade away with the noise brought on by our fans. GO SEAHAWKS! SUPER BOWL BOUND!
Ruskell_Guy @ 16:26 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Email
Is anyone still looking for tickets? I have a couple of singles I am selling for face value. They are pretty good seats.
blue4life @ 16:58 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Ruskell_Guy-

I'm looking for a single ticket, please email me with info at wegetmoney21@gmail.com

thx
usafanarc @ 17:10 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
I saw an interview with SA on the NFL network today and during the interview they showed Matt practicing with a mustache...pretty funny. Frank, is Matt becoming Holmy Jr.?
emitch423 @ 18:47 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Email
I've got two tickets in upper level new southeast end zone (sect. 314). E-mail justmitch_74@yahoo.com if you are interested.
csungrad @ 19:48 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Email
I think emotion can only carry you so far. If Seattle establishes the pass, not necessarily the run, it forces the Skins to get away from their comfort zone, namely the run game. Emotion or not, you still have to line up and punch a guy in the mouth.
SharkHawk @ 22:00 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Email
Tell Ian he never should have left Utah. We miss him.
diznoid @ 23:03 - Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Email
Frank, it's my understanding that the 'Hawks have been wearing the 21 on their helmets voluntarily, not because the league mandates it anymore. Do you think/know if they will continue to do that against the Redskins? It would just seem odd to me for the Seahawks to be wearing a symbol of one of the very motivating factors for the team they're playing against.
kroffty @ 05:23 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Email
If you pull the 21 off now the skins will think you are disrespecting them. That will be even more motivation for them to win for Taylor.
elperrograndedos @ 06:36 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Frank, two days ago you were ranting and raving that Hass had broken his wrist and his career over. Now he's starting in the NFC playoffs. Moron alert!
PaulieP @ 06:47 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
http://www.seahawkblue.com/
"Moron alert!"

Never has Perro been more accurate. just aimed at the wrong party.
SpringfieldSeahawk @ 07:59 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Email
I got a screen capture of Hasselbeck's stache.. Check it out:

http://peelio.com/lookatme/2008/01/02/stachelbeck-demands-a-liter-of-cola/
SpringfieldSeahawk @ 08:02 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Email
By the way, Tampa Bay still hasn't sold out its game this Sunday, and part of the reason is they are restricting ticket sales to people with Florida mailing addresses.

The Seahawks game sold out in, what, 10 minutes?
PapaHawk @ 08:22 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Email
I think Hasselbeck is growing the moustache to keep people from asking more questions about his wrist. Its a nice distraction to keep the pressure away from his team, nice job Matthew!

That being said, the wrist thing concerns me. But I can't do anything about it, and neither can anyone on this weblog. If the Hawks drop Seneca on them that will really mess up the Skins defensive plans though!

Maybe they activated Payne because its Seneca's favorite receiver in practice...
QB_Sneak @ 08:44 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Email
As usual, national media not giving Seahawks much of a chance. On Fox over the weekend, I kept hearing Jimmy Johnson allude to a Redskins and Cowboys rematch in the playoffs. ESPN power rankings, under Dallas, says "they want no part of the Redskins in 2 weeks". Under Green Bay, it wonders if the Pack can beat Dallas.

Brother... does this team even stand a chance to beat Washington? Gimme a break.
SpringfieldSeahawk @ 09:50 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Email
Sneak,
I find it annoying too, but it's great fuel for our team. Disrespect is a powerful tool, no matter what the source. The great ones (MJ and Tiger Woods, for example), use any perceived slight as motivation.

As a fan, I feel that level of dismissal and disrespect not just from the media, but from other football fans out here in the midwest. When I was at the Browns game, one Cleveland fan kept saying "Come on Brownies, these are the Seahawks!" in a very derisive tone. In didn't matter to him that Seattle is among the NFL's elite franchises any way you analyze it. In his mind, the Hawks were a bunch of latte-sipping fancy-boys in strange uniforms.

The only way that attitude will ever change? A Lombardi Trophy sitting in our fancy new team headquarters next summer. :-]
klm008 @ 10:01 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Email
This game is all up to Hawks lines - O and D.
STTBM @ 11:26 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Klm--truer words have not been spoken.

Everyone not a Hawk fan wants the Skins to win, including the NFL. The NFL and the lame Media always love a cheesy story.

Expect some crappy calls against the Hawks. I wouldnt be surprised to see the Zebras call that silly "undue noise" rule, whatever they call it, and penalize the Hawks a timeout for excessive crowd noise. They did it to us in the early 90's against Detroit. They will probably call some phantom pass-interference calls too, just like early in the 05 season against the Skins.

It wont matter. hawks will prevail! Im betting Hackett and Engram have big day. Hopefully Mo and Shaun can run, but I aint holding my breath.
pdway @ 11:47 - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Email
"As usual, national media not giving Seahawks much of a chance. On Fox over the weekend, I kept hearing Jimmy Johnson allude to a Redskins and Cowboys rematch in the playoffs. ESPN power rankings, under Dallas, says "they want no part of the Redskins in 2 weeks". Under Green Bay, it wonders if the Pack can beat Dallas."

It's true, and it shows up all over the online media too. I think part of it is the geography of it, and part of it is also the thing that if you get to a super bowl and lose, you kind of become old news. Remember 3-4 yrs ago where we were actually the trendy team? It is annoying though . . .

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