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Associated Press Seattle running back Justin Forsett makes his first NFL start Sunday against Minnesota.

It's an occupational requirement for a running back. The discipline to wait for a hole to open is just as important as the speed to burst through it, and the Seahawks' Justin Forsett has learned how to bide his time.

Good news, guys. The 'Hawks suck this year! Yesterday's 31-20 loss to the Arizona Cardinals dropped the Seattle Seahawks to 3-6. Their starting running back Julius Jones got hit so hard during the defeat that he's got blood in his lungs .

The Seahawks weren't quite as healthy at practice today as we thought they might be.

RENTON With starting running back Julius Jones likely out with a bruised lung for this week's game against Minnesota, the Seattle Seahawks will turn to the running back tandem of Justin Forsett and Louis Rankin to carry the load Sunday.

Five years ago, the Seattle Seahawks were on the precipice of NFL greatness. Were it not for a couple of bad calls , the Seahawks may have very well been crowned the NFL Champs instead of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006.

Opposing quarterbacks beware. Jim Mora is out for blood. Or, to be more precise, he's out for air.

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando CHICAGO -- A few notes to pass along before I board a Monday night flight bound for Seattle: That's it from O'Hare. Back at it Tuesday morning.

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Seattle Seahawks running back Julius Jones left Sunday's game against Arizona early in the first quarter with a chest injury.

The Seahawks will try to close the gap on Arizona wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and his Cardinals in Sunday's NFC West showdown in Phoenix.

Last season was a breakthrough season for the Arizona Cardinals. For the first time in 33 years the Cards won their division.

Greg Knapp was having a San Francisco flashback. The former assistant to Steve Mariucci and George Seifert thought he was coaching another one of Steve Young's aerial circuses with the old 49ers.

Seahawks coach Jim Mora placed Sunday's game in Matt Hasselbeck's hands when his quarterback threw 51 passes against Detroit.

Renton Seattle Seahawks coach Jim Mora preached balance offensively before the season started.

Given good blocking and a fresh start, Larry Johnson might still be the power-running Pro Bowler who had back-to-back 1,700-yard seasons for Kansas City.

The comeback is complete. T.J. Houshmandzadeh's 2-yard TD catch puts the Seahawks ahead.

LB David Hawthorne intercepts a third-down pass from Matthew Stafford, his second interception of the season, which means that the guy who began this season as a backup linebacker now has as many interceptions as the entire secondary combined.

It's safe to say this wasn't the start Jim Mora envisaged when he took control of the Seattle Seahawks.

Keith Brooking slept in, enjoyed the final few hours of a visit by his brother, then went to Dallas Cowboys headquarters during the afternoon of his "Victory Monday," an extra day off players received as a reward for beating the Atlanta Falcons.