Wide receiver Nate Burleson is out for the season with a knee injury. An MRI Monday showed Burleson tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee while trying to cut outside on a pass pattern on a rain-slicked, synthetic field in Buffalo on Sunday during Seattle's 34-10 loss in its season opener. The non-contact injury occurred midway through the third quarter when he appeared to trip over his own feet -- or the 20-yard line.
Burleson joins Deion Branch, Bobby Engram and Ben Obomanu with major injuries at a position where Seattle now has just three healthy bodies heading into this Sunday's game against San Francisco. Coach Mike Holmgren says Branch and Engram remain out indefinitely. Obomanu is on injured reserve.
"It's a huge loss," said Hasselbeck, the three-time Pro Bowler who missed almost all of the preseason with a bad back then was 17-for-41 throwing to Burleson and a cast of unknowns Sunday. "And we've got to get some answers."
The coach also said dynamic backup quarterback Seneca Wallace, who fair caught two punts for Burleson late in the loss to the Bills, "quite possibly" will have a primary receiving role against the 49ers. The Seahawks also may promote from the practice squad rookie free agent Michael Bumpus out of Washington State.
The only healthy wide receivers on the roster are Jordan Kent, a former basketball player and track runner at Oregon, 2007 undrafted free agent Logan Payne and second-year man Courtney Taylor, who has seven career catches and dropped two passes on Sunday.
And there's more: starting running back Maurice Morris will also miss at least the next two games with a sprained right knee. Former Dallas lead runner Julius Jones will have the starting job at least until Morris returns, with T.J. Duckett as the backup.
They have five days to get a grip before the 49ers arrive.
Sea is a 9 pt fav.
Burleson joins Deion Branch, Bobby Engram and Ben Obomanu with major injuries at a position where Seattle now has just three healthy bodies heading into this Sunday's game against San Francisco. Coach Mike Holmgren says Branch and Engram remain out indefinitely. Obomanu is on injured reserve.
"It's a huge loss," said Hasselbeck, the three-time Pro Bowler who missed almost all of the preseason with a bad back then was 17-for-41 throwing to Burleson and a cast of unknowns Sunday. "And we've got to get some answers."
The coach also said dynamic backup quarterback Seneca Wallace, who fair caught two punts for Burleson late in the loss to the Bills, "quite possibly" will have a primary receiving role against the 49ers. The Seahawks also may promote from the practice squad rookie free agent Michael Bumpus out of Washington State.
The only healthy wide receivers on the roster are Jordan Kent, a former basketball player and track runner at Oregon, 2007 undrafted free agent Logan Payne and second-year man Courtney Taylor, who has seven career catches and dropped two passes on Sunday.
And there's more: starting running back Maurice Morris will also miss at least the next two games with a sprained right knee. Former Dallas lead runner Julius Jones will have the starting job at least until Morris returns, with T.J. Duckett as the backup.
They have five days to get a grip before the 49ers arrive.
Sea is a 9 pt fav.
