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Eric D. Williams took over the Seahawks beat and Seahawks Insider blog in December. Williams has covered the Seahawks, Sonics and high school sports for The News Tribune since joining the paper in 2006. Eric lives in Tacoma with his wife and two children.

Tacoma News Tribune columnist Dave Boling also contributes to the Seahawks Insider blog.

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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Posted by Frank Hughes @ 01:20:20 pm

Running back T.J. Duckett: The oversized halfback looked almost disinterested, picking up nine yards on seven carries – and seven of those yards came on one carry. Worse for Duckett, he fumbed twice, an absolute no-no for Mike Holmgren. The Seahawks got them back both times, once because of a facemask penalty and once because the officials ruled Duckett was down. Still, that does not erase the memory.

Cornerback Josh Wilson: When he came in as the nickel back, he got beat. And when he was a starting corner, he was beat. On one play, after he let the receiver get past him, he stopped and watched two teammates make the tackle while he pulled up.

Cornerback Marcus Trufant: Not that he is in danger of losing his job, but he had a pretty rancid game. One blown coverage that resulted in a big gain, one missed tackle that resulted in a big gain and one interference penalty in the end zone that ultimately resulted in a Vikings touchdown. Though he didn’t call him out by name afterward, Holmgren clearly was not pleased.

Running back Julius Jones: He did not get many opportunities, but the one time he got the ball in a third-and-1 situation, he was stopped – and was clearly upset about it afterward. With all eyes on that aspect of the game, those are the plays that need to be converted into first downs.

Defensive end Darryl Tapp: Not that Tapp did anything noticeably bad. He just didn’t do anything noticeable, period. His competition, however, rookie Lawrence Jackson, was very noticeable, all over the field, even getting a sack of his USC teammate John David Booty. Tapp needs to begin making more of an impact or he may be relegated to a one-down defender.