(On if he envisions the possibility of going to the playoffs) – “I think every new season; every team goes into a new season thinking, obviously, the best. We went into the season thinking the best. We went into the season feeling like we had just as good of a chance to put ourselves in the mix as anyone else did. I don’t know right now whether or not that’s where we are, but I know is that today we wake up and we’re one of 15 teams, or 14 teams right now that have four or five wins in this league. We just kind of threw ourselves into the middle of something here and all we did right now; created an opportunity to have a real big game at home this week.”

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Nobody, it turned out, was in the locker room, so I am back sooner than expected.

Of the Kerney thing, I asked Holmgren if they have an interest in signing Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila if Kerney is done for the year. Holmgren said they have not yet had that discussion, but he is sure they have a "hot list" of people they want to sign if Kerney is out. Holmgren said he thought Jackson and Tapp did OK on Sunday, but that they wore down as the game went on because of the size of Philly's offensive line.

Matt Hasselbeck is getting stronger but is not likely to come back this week. Holmgren said he did have his doubts that Hass would play again this year, but he said he thinks Hass will be back sooner rather than later. Lofa and Weaver are likely to practice on Wednesday.

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I have to go to the locker room in a second, but wanted to blog real quickly that Pat Kerney is having exploratory surgery today or tomorrow, most likely. If it is a minor injury, he will be out for a few weeks. If he tore his labrum again, he is done for the year. I'll blog the rest of the news conference when I get back from the locker room.

It's probably time to stick a fork in the Seahawks for 2008. At 2-6, Seattle is three games behind Arizona, 34-13 winners over St. Louis on Sunday, in the NFC West division at the midpoint of the season.

After a promising performance against San Francisco last week, Seattle laid another egg against the Eagles. The offense in particular failed to get anything going, with seven drives of three-and-outs and 233 yards of total offense.

The Hawks now travel to Miami next week, followed by two home games against Arizona and Washington.

Seattle does still have two games against the Cardinals, but at this point it seems like the Hawks are playing for draft position.

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