| 17 October 2009
A few quick updates to pass along before kickoff tomorrow.
- Matt Hasselbeck told Danny O'Neil that he feels almost no pain in his injured ribs, which have healed a lot faster than expected.
- Patrick Kerney is almost back to 100 percent coming off his groin injury, and should be available tomorrow as well.
- As expected, Kyle Williams will start at left tackle, and Steve Vallos and Mansfield Wrotto will rotate at left guard. We can probably expect to see these two split time until Rob Sims comes back from his ankle injury.
- Damion McIntosh will be active for the game, but Mora says he still needs to learn the scheme before he'll see any significant time. (Please, Kyle Williams, stay healthy tomorrow...)
- Ken Lucas will return to the team today after burying his father in Mississippi. Kelly Jennings and Josh Wilson have been working with the first-team offense at practice this week, but I hope to see Lucas matched up against Anquan Boldin. I'm pretty sure "must start against Boldin every game against Arizona" was a clause in Lucas's contract.
- Nate Burleson is listed as probable for the game. He's been shaking off a back condition, but he's expected to be 100 percent.
- And finally, apparently Housh wants the ball. AP writer Gregg Bell calls Housh's outcry for more looks a sign of discontent with his first season in Seattle, but I view it as more of the way our coveted new receiver expresses confidence in his own ability. He's been getting hotter and hotter with every game, and we've already learned he's not always the most silent guy on the team. I say let him go on and on to whoever he wants, as long as he can prove it on the field.
- Wait, it looks like he's already ahead of me there:
"I just got to get these coaches to realize, throw me the ball," Houshmandzadeh said Friday, another variation on a public request he's had for weeks. "Maybe I've said it too much," he said. "I just got to show them now."
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