Seahawks safety C.J. Wallace apparently had an appendectomy last week in Sacramento, California and was told not to fly for a week, the reason he was missing from today's mini-camp.

Seahawks PR says he will be at next week's mini-camp, though it is unclear if he will participate or just be present. Kelin Johnson was filling in for Wallace at the safety spot on the second unit.

The Seahawks held a mini-camp practice for a little more than 90 minutes this morning, and it was a wild sensation because there is a huge cottonwood tree that sits along a row of trees bordering the field. With the wind blowing, there were little white puffs of cotton floating through the air, making it seem as if it was snowing even though it was 60 degrees out. The entire field was covered in the stuff.

There were a lot of non-participants, though most were expected: Marcus Tubbs, Walter Jones, Chris Spencer, Rob Sims, Deion Branch, Bobby Engram (contract), Rocky Berard (court, toe), Mike Green, Patrick Kerney, Will Herring. C.J. Wallace was the only one that was a surprise; I am still waiting to hear from the PR dept. about his absence.

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Seahawks defensive tackle Rocky Bernard was granted a two-week continuance this morning, meaning his pre-trial hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on June 16.

"This will give us a chance to do some more investigation," said Bernard's attorney, Jon Fox (the man on the far left in the picture above). "We also could have some meaningful discussion with the Prosecutor about the case."

What might that discussion entail?

"We would discuss the facts and see if there is a way to resolve it," Fox said. "We would also go over discovery and procedural standards."

While many of the other defendants were dressed in street clothes, Rocky was wearing a dark blue suit with a pinstriped dress shirt and tie. He entered the courtroom just before his case was called, sat down for less than five minutes then had his case called. From the beginning to end, it took about five minutes.

I'm heading out to Kirkland right now for the team's mini-camp, which started two minutes ago and ends in about 88 minutes.