Hasselbeck Likely to Miss Third Consecutive Game - 12/15/2008
Source: Associated Press Seattle Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck is likely to miss Sunday's game against the struggling Jets. QB Seneca Wallace will get another start, having performed well in the past two weeks. Fantasy Impact: The Jets have been vulnerable against the pass the past few weeks (save the shellacking of the Titans), and Wallace could make an interesting spot start. |
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QB Matt Hasselbeck 3rd QB; Wallace to Start Under Center - 12/14/2008
Source: AP Recovering QB Matt Hasselbeck will be the Seahawks 3rd QB this week against the Rams. NFL rules make it especially difficult to get the 3rd QB into the game, so don't expect to see him unless it's an emergency. Fantasy Impact: Wallace has been guiding the offense fairly effectively, especially with the return of Deion Branch. Nobody is very scared of the Rams defense, so I'd think he should be in for a good day. |
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Hasselbeck coming back, Holmgren cooling down - 11/21/2006
Source: National Football League News Wire Pro Bowl quarterback Matt Hasselbeck will
be following league MVP Shaun Alexander out of the training room
and back into the Seahawks' offense this week.
That alone could cool the possibility of another Mike Holmgren
postgame eruption.
Seattle's perfectionist coach ripped into his sloppy,
undisciplined players so fiercely following Sunday's 20-14 loss at
the San Francisco 49ers that he was home Sunday night regretting
it. And when he met with his players Monday morning, he apologized.
The loss made the NFC West a race again.
Holmgren has lit into his uneven team (6-4) previously this
season. But by all accounts, this was bigger.
Holmgren's anger centered on his belief that his players
underestimated the 49ers (5-5).
"It was bad," Holmgren said. "I don't like doing that, I
really don't. And I said some things I wasn't too proud of. In
essence, I said (Monday), 'I'm not going to do that again with you
guys.'
"But it was a little grim in there."
Backup Seneca Wallace had played well in his first three NFL
starts while Hasselbeck recovered from a sprained knee. But he
threw three interceptions Sunday. Two led to 10 San Francisco
points. The third ended Seattle's last legitimate chance to win the
game with 1:38 left -- immediately after Frank Gore had fumbled to
give the Seahawks renewed hope.
The defense repeatedly missed tackles and was out of position,
part of a season-long problem -- and part of the reason Gore romped
for a 49ers-record 212 yards on 24 carries.
"(Shoot), we played horribly. We deserved it," end Grant
Wistrom said of Holmgren's outburst.
"I was surprised when he came to apologize to us, to be
honest," Wistrom said. "He didn't say anything that was out of
line or wasn't warranted."
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Turnovers key in 49ers' 20-14 victory - 11/20/2006
Source: NFL.com For a few gut-wrenching moments, Frank Gore thought his fumble had ruined it all. The best game of his career, the 49ers' biggest upset bid in years -- it was all in the San Francisco defense's hands against the defending conference champs.
Yet the defense didn't drop the ball, stuffing the Seattle Seahawks over and over again in the final minutes of a watershed win for a long-suffering franchise that finally might be on the rise again.
Gore rushed for a team-record 212 yards, and San Francisco's maligned defense stopped Shaun Alexander and the Seahawks three times in the final 4½ minutes of the 49ers' third straight victory, 20-14.
Gore broke Charlie Garner's team record of 201 yards on a 17-yard romp in the final seconds, but only after he fumbled to give Seattle (6-4) its second last-minute chance. He had no reason to worry: Even Alexander and Matt Hasselbeck at full strength would have had trouble against this inspired unit.
Though Gore was chastened by his sole blunder, he shared his teammates' good feelings about the brightest day in years around fog-shrouded Candlestick Park.
"We want to let everybody know the 49ers are coming on," said Gore, who didn't practice until Friday after getting a concussion in last week's win at Detroit. "I haven't had 200 yards since high school. Our offensive line doesn't get any respect, so we've been saying we've got to get it ourselves."
Alex Smith passed for 163 yards, threw a TD pass and rushed for another score for the 49ers (5-5), who went scoreless in the second half, yet still hung on to snap a six-game losing streak against their NFC West rivals. Arnaz Battle caught a TD pass as San Francisco jumped to a 20-0 halftime lead in what coach Mike Nolan thought was its best performance in his two seasons.
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