RENTON, Wash.(AP) -- Matt Hasselbeck didn't fully practice with
the Seahawks Wednesday because of a sore shoulder and healing
ribs, though he will start Sunday's key divisional game at
Arizona.
Coach Jim Mora reiterated before Hasselbeck shared some
first-team snaps with backup Seneca Wallace that there is
nothing structurally wrong with Hasselbeck's throwing shoulder.
The three-time Pro Bowl passer broke his ribs on Sept. 20. Mora
said he first injured the shoulder while getting hit two weeks
ago at Dallas. Hasselbeck reinjured it making a tackle following
an interception he threw to begin Sunday's game against the
Lions.
"No, it's not 100 percent," Mora said. But the coach downplayed
this latest injury to the 34-year-old Hasselbeck, Seattle's most
indispensable player.
"When you're a quarterback in this league, you take some (hits).
He'd taken a shot against Dallas. He was sore," Mora said. "So
he had to manage his way through the (Lions) game.
"He did a nice job really not letting on to the fact that he was
hurt, and did a great job of working the check downs and the
short, intermediate routes. We really didn't take any shots down
the field because it would have been tough for him to do."
This is how well Hasselbeck managed his latest injury: He broke
his own team record with 39 completions, in 51 attempts, while
rallying Seattle from 17-0 down to beat Detroit.
Tackle Sean Locklear practiced. He hasn't played since he
sustained a high right ankle sprain in Week 2 at San Francisco,
the same day Hasselbeck broke his ribs. Locklear was active for
the first time since then last weekend, though he did not play.
Mora said the team will wait to see how Locklear comes out of a
week's worth of practice before determining how much he will
play against the Cardinals, who lead the Seahawks (3-5) by two
games in the NFC West.
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