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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.

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Seahawks Insider
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Posted by Frank Hughes @ 03:59:38 pm

Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said Lofa Tatupu suffered a bone bruise on his knee. He will not play Friday against Oakland but he should be OK for the season opener.

Frye could play this Friday, Holmgren said, though he then backed off and would not say if he definitively is playing. He kind of suggested Seneca Wallace and Dalton Bell would get the majority of the snaps but also said that Frye may play. A bit ambiguous but I guess the point is that Frye could play if he was needed.

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Seneca said he was not expecting to play against the Chargers until he saw Frye get hurt, and he was surprised when he had to go in and start tossing passes. He said he expected to play on Friday anyway and that is healed from his groin injury and ready to go.

As for Bell, he didn't look too good in practice. He tends to throw the ball high to receivers, which means there are interceptions aplenty. I will detail that in a later post, but Holmgren doesn't even seem to get angry when Bell throws pick, he just starts coaching the defensive backs on what they are supposed to do on the interception returns. Holmgren almost seems resigned to the fact. Should be interesting on Friday if he sees a lot of time against the Raiders.

Categories: Injuries, Notes from practice 11 comments

COMMENTS:

stormshadow @ 16:23 - Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Email
Thanks for the update. Such a relief on Lofa.
Osiris33 @ 16:31 - Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Email
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Hopefully Frye gets healthy and takes more snaps with the first teamers. I'd like to see him out there again.
D_Master @ 16:56 - Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Email
Was the Hass at practice?
Ray @ 18:06 - Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Email
"A bit ambiguous but I guess the point is that Frye could play if he was needed." More to the point: SW could could a receiver if needed.

"there are interceptions aplenty... Holmgren almost seems resigned to the fact." Bell is so gone. No practice squad, no IR, no nothing, just gone.
goneshootin @ 18:08 - Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Email
Wallace needs to pull his head out of his ass. HE ACTUALLY SAID HE WASN'T READY TO GO INTO A GAME? (pre-season or not.)

Hasslebeck is back in Seattle rehabing his back. Why? BECAUSE HE'S INJURED! And Wallace doesn't think the possibility of Frye getting injured, EVEN IF unlikely, might happen?

Now, I CAN SEE SOMEONE not thinking they're going to play. But, you can't predict injuries... and to make that comment PUBLICLY is assinine. Zero leadership.
BobbyK @ 18:24 - Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Email
I've never said anything good about Seneca except that he's athletic and I'm not going to start now...

I'm still trying to figure out how he passed his classes at Iowa State.
PDXCOP80 @ 22:47 - Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Email
Where does it say he wasn't ready to go into the game. It says he wasn't "expecting" to play. There is a big difference. I'm guessing the coaches had told them Frye was playing the whole game, so Seneca wasn't "expecting" to play. He looked prepared to me.
Sac_94 @ 23:57 - Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Email
Let's say your boss said to you "Hey guy, don't worry about coming into work on Friday, I'll cover the staff meeting and give the budget updates." Then unbeknownst to you, your boss gets run over by a bus. At 9:00AM, the CEO is sitting in a conference room waiting for your budget update and your not there. When the phone wakes you up from your dream about being a roadie for Joey McIntire, your telling me that's not UNEXPECTED??

Seneca wasn't supposed to play, so he admitted he wasn't part of the game plan for the day... big deal. I'm sure he was prepared for the possibility.

And, BobbyK, leave academics out of it, unless you want my company accountant taking snaps instead of Seneca. We all know when he got into the league he needed some extra tutoring for comprehension. So you wanna take a shot at a guy who admitted he was having difficulty and got help to overcome it? Nice.
ToddSchneider @ 09:44 - Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Email
Sac_94,
I understand the point you are making which makes sense, but it is a bit of a stretch to apply the business world to the sports world. I believe you have to expect to be called in to play after EVERY play, esp. quarterback. I was at the game and the difference between Charlie and Seneca was vast. Seneca just didn't look prepared, and IMO should have been ready. On the other hand if Charlie cont. to improve we may be able to see Seneca use some of that God given physical ability!!!
klm008 @ 11:54 - Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Email
Groin pulls are kinda painful. Going out and getting mauled by one of - well, the Charger's 1st stringers anyway - best D's in the league can't be fun. Well done SW, maybe you can just habituate to the pain to please the fans?
alexanderfan37 @ 08:52 - Friday, August 29th, 2008 Email
Wow, that assessment on Dalton Bell sounds hilarious. Holmgren is using his ineffectiveness as a DB drill.. awesome.

I think we should just play Bell all game, let him get killed.. and go into Buffalo with 3 healthy QB's.. that way we can use Seneca at WR for 4-6 plays, just to give the Bills an unexpected wrinkle.

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