Quick scribbles off the press conference and locker room, then I’ll work on a news story and a column:

The big news is Nate Burleson’s season-ending injury. Nobody thought it was that bad yesterday. It leaves the Hawks without the four top receivers heading into the season (Deion Branch, probably a week or two away; Bobby Engram, probably available after the bye week, and Ben Obomanu, broken collarbone, out for the season).

Holmgren had no immediate answers to the question of shoring up the receivers corps other than to say nothing will be overlooked. Seneca Wallace will “quite possibly” be more of an option, he said. Michael Bumpus is a logical choice, although adding another young receiver is not the complete answer for a situation that “is kinda drastic.” Holmgren said he was going into a personnel meeting right after his press conference. Ideally, they’d like to find somebody with experience in this offense or a similar one. For those of you throwing out Koren Robinson’s name already, I initially choked back laughter, but supposedly he’s so well rehabilitated the league had him speak at the rookie symposium about how NOT to behave in the league. Still, doesn’t seem a likely fit. Holmgren cited a time in Green Bay when he added free agent veteran Andre Rison. And don't forget the in-season addition of Jerry Rice in 2004.

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Nate Burleson tore his ACL in Sunday's game and is done for the season. Mike Holmgren said they are likely to go outside to sign somebody rather than pull inexperienced Michael Bumpus off the practice squad, though he was not certain because he said they are having that personnel meeting today.

He did not say Jordan Kent is stepping in to replace Burleson. I think there is a good chance that Seneca Wallace gets the assignment, depending on who they sign. Holmgren said the best-case scenario is that they sign somebody with some knowledge of the system. Bryan Gilmore comes immediately to mind because he was in camp and has experience, but there are other names out there as well.

Dave Boling is currently in the locker room and will blog about that and the rest of Holmgren's news conference when he gets back. Real quickly, Mo Morris has sprained knee and is out for this week but is not out for a long period. Deion Branch and Bobby Engram will not play this week. Sean Locklear is a maybe. No roster moves have been made yet, they don't have to be made until Wednesday.

Surely, this afternoon’s press conference with Mike Holmgren will result in a number of the “we have to go back and roll up our sleeves,” and “this was only one game” assessments that generally follow such a defeat. Fair enough. Reference to the 2005 opener at Jacksonville (26-14 loss) at the start of the 2005 Super Bowl season will be valid, too. When I saw guard Rob Sims rag-dolled by Marcus Stroud on Sunday, it was an immediate flashback to when Stroud and John Henderson did much the same in 2005 against a Hawks interior line that included Steve Hutchinson, Robbie Tobeck and Chris Gray. After that terrible start, when Matt Hasselbeck was harried into four turnovers, that turned into one of the best lines in the NFL that season.

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It should be interesting at the Seahawks facility today as head coach Mike Holmgren addresses the media after a gloomy start to his final season as Seattle’s head coach. Here’s some stuff to chew on until we hear a report from Holmgren from Renton this afternoon

Seattle Seahawks

Our coverage from Orchard Park, NY starts with Frank Hughes laying the groundwork for a Seattle team with high expectations heading into the season opener, but with several questions left unanswered after a disappointing performance against the Bills.

Special teams play was not so special for the Seahawks, as addressed in this story. Special teams coach Brad DeHaven offers no excuses.

News Tribune columnist John McGrath reminds us that this is the only the first game of the season, and Seattle went through a similar situation in losing its opener at Jacksonville in 2005 when they advanced to the Super Bowl.

With Nate Burleson injured Seattle had backup quarterback Seneca Wallace returning punts at the end of the game, Holmgren will have to find a replacement for Burleson this week.

Matt Hasselbeck finished 17 of 41 for 190 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Awful numbers to be sure, but he didn’t have a lot of helps from his young receivers.

Buffalo News reporter Mark Gaughan gives us the Bills perspective on the special teams plays.

Free Agent pickup defensive tackle Marcus Stroud pays immediate dividends for Buffalo, totaling six tackles and a sack against a struggling Hawks offensive line.

Here’s the gamer from the Associated Press.

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