Shaun Alexander

JEREMY SHOCKEY : Ugh. Where am I? What is this place? Why… why am I wearing this Giants jersey? I’ve been a Saint for years now. SHAUN ALEXANDER : Jeremy? Jeremy, is that you? JEREMY : Shaun, what is this place? What’s going on? SHAUN : No one knows. We all woke up here like you did, most of us wearing uniforms we hadn’t worn in years. Even though most of us have retired or been traded, we all showed up like this. CHAD PENNINGTON...  

ST. LOUIS – How low can the Seattle Seahawks’ running game go?

Well, right now, they are at an historical low for the organization. The Seahawks’ current average of 84.4 yards per contest ranks last in the league and would be a franchise-worst if the Seahawks finish there at season’s end. They would surpass the current record low of 87 yards a contest set in the 1989 season, when Seattle finished 7-9.

 

NFL ← Previous revision Revision as of 08:37, 27 November 2009 Line 29: Line 29: == NFL == == NFL == - Along with [[Shaun Alexander]], Chris McIntosh was drafted by the Seahawks in the first round in 2000; McIntosh's playing time increased as the [[2000 Seattle Seahawks season|2000 season]] went on. McIntosh [[Starting lineup|started]] in 10 games for the Seahawks as a...  

Although Justin Forsett wasn't going to start the game at running back for the Seahawks, the 49ers expected to see plenty of the former Cal star considering A.) starter Julius Jones was coming back from a serious chest injury that at ...  

His team had dropped a dud minutes earlier, a 27-3 hammering at the hands of NFC West division rival Arizona.

Yet Seattle Seahawks running back Julius Jones shot straight when asked how his team would recover from the nose-pinching loss heading into the bye week.

 

The Seahawks declared running back Julius Jones ready to start again on Friday, the same day his backup got hurt in practice. Coach Jim Mora said Jones has recovered from the bruised lung that had him out of Seattle's last two games, and had him coughing up blood and miss half the game the week before at Arizona on Nov.  

Seahawks defensive end Cory Redding is inactive for their game against San Francisco, while the 49ers are without wide receiver Isaac Bruce. Also inactive for the 49ers Sunday is starting right tackle Adam Snyder, out with a shoulder injury. He was listed as probable on the injury report Friday. Bruce was questionable with a knee injury.  

Matt Hasselbeck is back practicing with the Seahawks -- and tired of talking about his health. The 34-year-old three-time Pro Bowl quarterback practiced Thursday, after taking another Wednesday off to rest a sore throwing shoulder. He will start Sunday at Houston. The shoulder that had been paining him got worse last weekend on a tackle at the end of a scramble against San Francisco.  

Matt Hasselbeck is goal-oriented. Right now, that leaves him and his Seahawks in an altered state. Seattle's captain and three-time Pro Bowl quarterback has stopped talking about the goals the team set this summer -- winning the NFC West for the fifth time in six seasons, or at least returning to the playoffs after a one-year absence.  

The Seahawks are essentially out of the playoffs -- again. They just shoved out Tim Ruskell, their president and general manager, weeks before his five-year contract was to expire. Yet Patrick Willis thinks Seattle (4-7) has some things to play for Sunday against San Francisco (5-6): Matt Hasselbeck's broken ribs.  

The Seattle Seahawks have retired their neon-green jerseys after just one game. The Seahawks were widely panned for wearing the jerseys during a home loss to the Chicago Bears on Sept. 27. They haven't been seen since. Coach Jim Mora chooses the uniforms combinations the team wears each week, with input from the players.  

This season, Wednesday has become quarterback Matt Hasselbeck's routine day for rest. And he has almost as many aches as weeks in the season. The battered 34-year-old, three-time Pro Bowl passer sat out another practice with a sore throwing shoulder, but coach Jim Mora said Hasselbeck is probable to start for the Seahawks on Sunday at Houston.  

Put a game on the line with one swing of his leg, send 11 men charging after him, throw in some wind -- and Olindo Mare stays eerily unflappable. Not to mention accurate. Yet ask the accomplished 36-year-old kicker who is carrying a Seahawks record of 18 consecutive made field goals into Sunday's game at Houston about having to fight for his job this summer with an unproven kid?  

The Seahawks braced for another rampage from Frank Gore. Instead, they got a career passing day from Alex Smith, the 49ers' new spread offense -- and a gift win. "It's a load off when they take care of one of our problems for us. It was ... beautiful," Seattle rookie outside linebacker Aaron Curry said, beaming that the same Gore who had romped over the Seahawks for 202 yards three...  

RENTON, Wash. (AP) -- Seahawks running back Julius Jones will be a game-time decision for their game against the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.