The Seahawks worked on smoothing out the kinks and appeared crisp in the team's last full practice that lasted about 90 minutes this afternoon at the practice facility in Renton.

The first-team offense and defense ran through their offensive and defensive sets against Buffalo's scout-squad at game tempo. And practice moved at a brisk pace as they moved through down-and-distance situations, along with goal line and two-minute drill.

Wide receiver Deion Branch again suited up in full gear and participated in individual drills with receivers, catching a few balls before heading back to the locker room while the Seahawks went through team drills.

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According to the Buffalo News, linebacker Angelo Crowell will miss the season opener against Seattle because he just had his knee scoped.

In writing about the Deion Branch stuff yesterday, I did not get the chance to write much about practice and the locker room. I wanted to fire that stuff off this morning before this afternoon's practice, which starts at 1:30.

First, the team is back to its regular schedule, and is back to doing its game-week routines. Players wearing the yellow jerseys of opposing players, alternating first units on each side against the scout teams, special teams being worked in, most of the reps going to the starters while the backups work on the scout team.

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