Deion Branch News

It's Monday so it's time to kick some players to the curb. We're not putting them in the recycle bins either.

Player of the game Carnell Williams, Tampa Bay running back, finished with 66 yards rushing, but it was his 22-yard touchdown catch on a... Player of the game Carnell Williams, Tampa Bay running back, finished with 66 yards rushing, but it was his 22-yard touchdown catch on a third-quarter screen pass that broke an 11-quarter touchdown draught for ...

Team released a statement saying the former coach has declined an offer for a senior leadership position.

I watched the Houston debacle and squirmed in my chair for a couple hours, then tried to write something interesting about the whole thing.

" Devin Aromashodu, Chicago Bears: Aromashodu torched the Packers' vaunted defense for 76 yards and a single score - I say "torched" cause it's very difficult for ANY rookie to do that to the Packers.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that ex-Seahawks general manager Tim is a candidate worth paying serious attention to for the Browns' vacant general manager position.

Luckily the Hawks saved me from an ulcer from having to watch the team by stinking up the game with only 16 SECONDS played with a pass to Johnson.

Matt Hasselbeck, who has a sore throwing shoulder after taking a hard in in the third quarter of last week's game, did not practice today.

Seahawks rookie Deon Butler pulls in the 32-yard reception that set up the winning field in Sunday's game against San Francisco, with 49ers cornerback Keith Smith in pursuit.

The Seahawks won the toss and will start with the ball. That's a change of strategy for Jim Mora, who in previous home games has deferred when winning the toss.

When you only get one or two passes thrown to you per game, perhaps the most prudent thing to do to increase that number is catch them.

Olindo Mare kicked a 30-yard field goal in the closing seconds Sunday as the Seattle Seahawks pulled out an improbable 20-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.

"You could tell how much he cared about the team. Like all of us, a little disappointed with the way things have shook out this year.

Lawyer Milloy is in his 14th year in the NFL and he's never had a general manager walk away or get fired in the middle of a season.

The Seahawks are searching for an identity on offense heading into Week 13. Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh still do not seem to have an intuitive feel for one another.

Tuesday programming: Our scheduled weekly programming was interrupted by a travel snafu so we take a one-day late look at just how surprising Seattle's game was.

If you have read previous blogs, you could certainly accuse me of being a cynic.

The Seahawks travel to the Minnesota hinterland for a rendezvous with a team that looks eerily like the team the Seahawks had in 2005.

For awhile there, this looked like the Seahawks team that I expected to see before the season started.

Seahawks rookie wide receiver Deon Butler and Seattle Times sports columnist Jerry Brewer continue with Part 9 of their weekly diary about what life in the NFL is like for a rookie.