SEAHAWKS

OUT

WR Bobby Engram

DID NOT PARTICIPATE

DE Baraka Atkins (back)
OT Sean Locklear (knee)

LIMITED PARTICIPATION

WR Deion Branch (knee)
LB Lofa Tatupu (knee)

BILLS

OUT

TE Derek Fine (hand)
TE Matt Murphy (shoulder)

For the first time since he tore his ACL, we spoke with Seahawks wide receiver Deion Branch, who clarified a few things regarding his knee and his comeback.

First, and perhaps most important, he had the surgery to repair the torn ACL on Feb. 7, which means that Sunday is the 7-month anniversary of his surgery.

He said there are three different ways to do the surgery. He chose the one that gives the knee more stability but takes a little while longer to heal. He could have had a cadaver's ligament placed in his knee, but Dr. James Andrews, who did the surgery, said he wouldn't do that surgery for him, he would have to go elsewhere. Instead, he chose to have a piece of his own patella tendon shaved off and made into his ACL.

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There was a great deal of stuff to cover from Mike Holmgren's press conferenc today, including the news that right tackle Sean Locklear is not likely to play Sunday against Buffalo.

As he tends to do, Holmgren danced around the issue and said that Ray Willis will get most of the work this week. He said if it was the Super Bowl that Locklear would play, but he thinks they should smart about it and not push him too quickly.

Deion Branch will practice today, but he is not likely to play either. Holmgren said the next hurdle is getting Branch comfortable with what he has to do on the job given the severity of the knee injury. I got the sense that Holmgren did not know a timeline until Branch himself got the chance to see how he feels actually running routes.

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We are meeting with Mike Holmgren in about 15 minutes for the first time since the roster cuts were made and in preparation for Sunday's game against the Bills. I'll detail that after the presser is over.

The funniest part about the Bills interviews were when Aaron Schobel forgot Walter Jones' first name, calling him Willie. Then he asked, "What is his name, you guys from Seattle?" When he was teased that he forgot Walter's name, he said, "I'm bad with names. Don't go telling him I forgot his name. That's why I hate doing these things."

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