Tatupu back with Seahawks after DUI arrest

The 25-year-old Tatupu and Pro Bowl quarterback Matt Hasselbeck conduct the team's offseason drills during periods the league prohibits coaches from being on the field.

"I didn't have to say a whole lot to him. He knew. He knows. He's that type of young man," Holmgren said. "He felt bad and he knows what his role is on this football team. I didn't have to say anything, really. He felt horrible."

The Seahawks pride themselves on the character of their players - and they've used Tatupu as an example for teammates.

"He epitomizes for us what a Seahawk should be," team president Tim Ruskell said in March.

That was when the Seahawks - who traded up in the second round of 2005's draft to get Tatupu - gave him a contract worth $42 million. It could keep him in Seattle through 2015.

"This will never happen again, and I hope through hard work on and off the field to begin earning your respect and trust again," Tatupu said in his statement after his arrest.

The arrest was the latest in a series of off-the-field issues for the Seahawks, who have won four consecutive NFC West titles.

In April, starting defensive tackle Rocky Bernard, 29, was arrested in Seattle. He is accused of hitting his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend in the forehead at a nightclub and then pounding on the windows of a car as she fled.

Bernard pleaded innocent to domestic violence assault and was released from jail pending a pretrial hearing. On Monday, Seattle's Municipal Court granted Bernard a continuance until June 16. He is not practicing as he recovers from surgery in April on his left foot.

Also, Bobby Engram skipped another voluntary minicamp day Monday. The 35-year-old wide receiver, who set career highs of 94 catches and 1,147 yards receiving in 2007, wants more than the final year and $1.7 million he has remaining on his contract.

"Absolutely, he will be here at training camp," Holmgren said of Engram.

Yet Holmgren doesn't see this as Seahawks running amok.

"I don't think it's been any different than any offseasons that we've had before, to be honest with you," said Holmgren, who is entering his 10th and final year as Seattle's coach. "You know, there is always a chance you will have a contract thing, and we've got that thing with Bobby.

"There's always a chance like a good guy gets jammed up a bit, and that's what's happened with Lofa."