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.

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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.