Will Herring News

A relatively uneventful practice on an otherwise gorgeous day up here in Renton.

While the Seattle Seahawks listed both quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and offensive tackle Sean Locklear as limited in practice on their injury report to the league following Wednesday's workout, the two veterans are in far different situations heading into this weekend's game against Detroit.

Seahawks coach Jim Mora joked that Friday was a special day because everyone--aside from the three players on injured reserve--practiced without limitation today.

SEAHAWKS Did not participate in practice FB Justin Griffith WR Ben Obomanu Limited Participation in Practice QB Matt Hasselbeck LB Will Herring T Sean Locklear Full Participation in Practice S Jordan Babineaux Offensive coordinator Greg Knapp indicated that Locklear probably won't be ready to start this week, but that he might be well enough by the ...

Seattle's 12th Man is restless, angry and perhaps even a little bitter this week.

The Seahawks may be a 2-5 team coming off consecutive blowout losses, but hey, at least they're a 2-5 team coming off consecutive blowout losses that is getting healthier.

The Cowboy's offense has been on a role lately, albeit against two defenses that are having an even tougher time than the Seahawks'. A large part of Dallas' success has been their quality depth at running back, and the emergence of Miles Austin.

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando The facts: The Seahawks fell to 2-4 with a 27-3 home defeat to the Cardinals in Week 6. The upside: Even the worst defeats tend to feature a bright spot or two.

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.

First quarterSeattle allowed its first sack of the season on its third play of the game when Seattle had a formation with four receivers, one back and gave up a sack.Seattle punted after three plays.Tight end Vernon Davis made the early difference for San Francisco, with two first-down receptions.Joe Nedney 37 field goal at 5:38, San Francisco 3, ...

Jim Mora made it a point to pull aside David Hawthorne as the Seattle Seahawks started preparations for Chicago this week.

SeahawkS: Defense has foiled opponents' passing attacks, but the level of competition is about to rise ERIC D. WILLIAMS; The News Tribune Published September 23, 2009 Comments Renton Don't look now, but the Seattle Seahawks' pass defense is ranked second in the NFL after the first two weeks of the season.

Now we know where the Seahawks stand. Well, at least the ones who are still standing.

Mercifully, the injuries have decided to strike the unit of perhaps greatest depth this year.

Seahawks promote Will Herring to starting linebacker spot By Percy Allen, The Seattle Times Will Herring was a fifth-round pick in 2007 who developed from a special-teams contributor into a backup linebacker last season and now will start for the next five games at least with Leroy Hill out.

Word is the Seahawks believe they have sufficient manpower at the LB position to compensate for the absence of starting WLB Leroy Hill , who team sources tell us could be out until after the Oct.

RENTON – In the past few days, Will Herring's life as an NFL linebacker has taken a decidedly different turn.

Will Herring made a name for himself as a special-teams maniac since the Seahawks selected him in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL draft.

That was coach Jim Mora's reaction to Lawrence Jackson's breakout performance Sunday when the second-year defensive end had a sack and stood strong against the run.

Linebacker D.D. Lewis has signed with Seattle after two of the Seahawks' starting linebackers left Sunday's season-opening victory with muscle strains.