Aug 11th 2008 2:00AM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Seahawks, NFC West, Fantasy Football, NFL Injuries, NFL Rumors
The very last thing that Mike Holmgren needs on his farewell tour is Matt Hasselback dealing with a bad back for most of the season. The timeframe certainly isn’t guaranteed to be lengthy, but there was at least, via Seahawks Insider, a troubling sign during Sunday’s practice that all might not be well for the Seattle signal caller.
Probably as more of a precaution than anything else, Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck sat out this morning’s practice to rest a sore back. Hasselbeck came out with the rest of the team and stretched, but apparently couldn’t get his back warmed up and ran past a perplexed-looking Mike Holmgren as he headed toward the locker room, saying he would be back. But Hasselbeck never returned.
Now, maybe it’s just me but “totally unaware of why my quarterback left the field and never returned” doesn’t exactly jive with “precautionary removal from practice”.

Maybe there’s nothing there and Hassyback is fine. Or maybe, in addition to dealing with a depleted receiving corps and a makeshift running back three way tandem, the Seahawks offense is slowly coming apart at the seams.Continue Reading