RENTON, Wash. -- 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.
Seattle coach Jim Mora said Hasselbeck "was a little bit beat up, like what happens to a lot of quarterbacks in this league" after playing in all of last weekend's 38-17 loss at Dallas.
Hasselbeck was crumpled on the turf after a hit in the third quarter but finished the game. Mora said that was because he wanted to send the message to his 2-5 team and its fans that he wasn't giving up on that game or this season.
"I wasn't considering coming out," Hasselbeck said -- before he added with a smile, "except for the one time I was on the ground."
Seneca Wallace ran the first-team offense Wednesday. Wallace lost both games he started when Hasselbeck was out because of the ribs he broke during a game against San Francisco on Sept. 20.
Doctors had estimated this to be the final week in the usual recovery time for Hasselbeck's injury, but that's under normal circumstances. Playing three games with the ribs still broken is not the prescribed way to heal quickly. Full story
Packers linemen Clifton, Tauscher might return
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- After watching Aaron Rodgers get roughed up for yet another afternoon, the Green Bay Packers could welcome back two veteran tackles to their offensive line this week.
Packers coach Mike McCarthy hinted strongly that Chad Clifton and Mark Tauscher will start Sunday's game at Tampa Bay.
Clifton hasn't played a full game since the opener because of a nagging right ankle injury, and Tauscher re-signed with the team last month after spending most of the year rehabbing from a torn left anterior cruciate ligament last December.
The Packers have allowed a league-worst 31 sacks, including six in Sunday's loss to Minnesota. To make matters worse, Rodgers is now nursing a sprain on one foot and a sprained toe on the other, but expects to play Sunday.
Dolphins LB Crowder practices
DAVIE, Fla. -- Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder returned to practice but was limited after missing one game with a shoulder injury.
Nose tackle Jason Ferguson (elbow) was also limited in preparation for the Dolphins' game Sunday at New England.
Crowder sat out practice last week and the team's victory over the New York Jets. He's fifth on the team with 22 tackles.
