Deion Branch News

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando The Seahawks are functioning on offense this week, a big improvement from their previous game, and the left side of the offensive line gets some credit.

ARLINGTON, Texas As the Seattle Seahawks have struggled this season, coach Jim Mora repeatedly assured us that his guys are competitors who love the challenge.

RENTON Early in the day Wednesday, the Seattle Seahawks had strong hopes that oft-injured left tackle Sean Locklear could be a viable contributor in the game Sunday, when the Seahawks play host to the Detroit Lions at Qwest Field.

In the first half, the Seahawks couldn't get a break. In the second half, the Cowboys simply broke the game open in a 38-17 victory at the new Cowboys Stadium.

Seahawks wide receiver Deion Branch told KJR-950 radio Tuesday that he doesn't want out of Seattle despite his comments into a television camera after he scored a touchdown Sunday in Dallas.

The skidding Seahawks aren't worried about T.J. Houshmandzadeh's stomping and gesturing after he doesn't get the ball.

LM Otero / Associated Press Cowboys wide receiver Sam Hurd scores a touchdown after escaping the tackle attempts of Seahawks cornerback Ken Lucas , safety Jordan Babineaux and linebacker Aaron Curry during the first half of Sunday's game.

I'm in Arlington at the new Cowboys Stadium, which is one large and impressive building.

With the team's announcement that Walter Jones was placed on the injured reserve with a knee ailment, ending his season, local writers paid homage to the Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle with the possibility of this being his last season.

I woke up one day this week to find out I did not acquire Laurence Maroney on waivers, and I was disappointed.

Greetings from a gray and rainy VMAC .... kind of abbreviated links because I got to get to practice.

A fourth-string left tackle's stock should never be high in the first place, and Williams' struggles Sunday affirmed as much.

If you thought Seattle's game against Jacksonville last weekend was big, well, it was.

Two years ago the Seattle Seahawks traded a late round pick to the Cleveland Browns for then second stringer Charlie Frye who had been benched in favor of Derek Anderson.

It's not exactly "Give Me the Damn Ball!" that old autobiography by Keyshawn Johnson, the outspoken former New York Jets receiver.

A couple of years ago, the Seahawks made a deal with Cleveland for a quarterback after the season had begun.

Dan Miller, from left, celebrates the failed Jacksonville Jaguars fourth-down conversion attempt while his daughter's friend Alyssa Larson and his daughter Jordan Miller of Sequim, Wash., enjoy the moment as their Seattle Seahawks start taking control in the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct.

For most of last week, no one knew if Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck would be able to play on Sunday.

Seattle's T.J. Houshmandzadeh celebrates a touchdown reception as Deion Branch looks on during the first half Sunday.

One win won't save Seattle's season. It's going to take more than four quarters of work for the Seahawks to dig their way out of this 1-3 hole.