Walter Jones News

Several times during his first season as head coach of the Seahawks, Jim Mora has referred to himself as an optimist - an assertion that has been continually tested during a 3-6 start.

Adrian Peterson doesn't know much about "poison pills" in contracts. All the Vikings superstar running back knows is that six-time Pro Bowl guard Steve Hutchinson is clearing holes for him.

What has gone right: Nate Burleson has recovered wonderfully from knee surgery. Burleson leads the team in receptions, yards and is tied for the lead in touchdowns.

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

Sean Locklear will start at left tackle for the Seahawks in Sunday's key divisional game at Arizona.

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.

To attain coach Jim Mora's stated goal of reaching the playoffs, the Seattle Seahawks have some work to do.

Seahawks running back Edgerrin James was released Tuesday after failing to live up to past seasons.

ARLINGTON, Texas Today, Seahawks fans discover whether contesting a game in a new venue will mean a better outcome for a trip to Dallas.

If only Jim Mora could create as many wins as messages right now. Seattle's new coach just released some veterans, including Edgerrin James, the NFL's active leading rusher.

Losses are piling up as much as the injuries in Seattle. Fans spoiled by five consecutive trips to the playoffs earlier in the decade - was it really in this decade? - want answers.

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Do not write off Walter Jones just yet. His former coach, Mike Holmgren, thinks the Seahawks' left tackle will recover well enough physically to continue his career in 2010.

Matt Hasselbeck watched most of Wednesday's practice to rest his broken ribs, though the Seahawks expect the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback to start again Sunday against Detroit.

Riding a two-game sack streak, which began with two in Kansas City and continued with two more against Atlanta on Sunday, DeMarcus Ware will next go against a Seattle team who could be -- and has been, in several instances -- described as 'porous.' Indeed.

Seattle fans will want to keep an eye on the big guy wearing No. 77 at left tackle this morning when the Seahawks take on the Dallas Cowboys at 10 a.m. on FOX-TV. Damion McIntosh That would be big Damion McIntosh, the latest in a long line of candidates to replace Walter Jones.

Seahawks tackle Walter Jones says, "when it's time to play football, I've always been on that field," but he's been sidelined for nearly a year with a knee injury.

The reference point for Sunday's game in Dallas was a sore subject for Seattle. Very sore.

Walter Jones is done for the season. So too, it was announced Thursday, is Lofa Tatupu.

RENTON, Wash. -- Even though Walter Jones has gone on the Seahawks' injured reserve list, ending his season and perhaps his illustrious career, the six-time All-Pro left tackle wants to attempt a return in 2010.

With the long overdue news that Seahawks tackle Walter Jones is headed to IR, that leaves a roster spot up for grabs.