WR Marshall visit Seahawks, causing trade speculation

Although it is really a big challenge for the Seattle Seahawks to acquire wide receiver Brandon Marshall from the Denver Broncos, they still welcomed him when the receiver decided to have visit with the team on Saturday. Would Marshall like to put on Seahawks jersey or will the Seahawks be willing to spend as much as the Broncos require to obtain the talented receiver? Well, I guess things will be worked out in the next couple of days.

The Broncos slapped a first-round tender on Marshall earlier this week, thus the Seahawks would have to pay the No. 6 pick in April’s draft as the compensation to the Broncos if no trade can be agreed. It really depends on how the Seahawks value Marshall, who has caught more than 100 passes in each of the last three straight seasons. Even he was benched by Coach Josh McDaniels for several games last season, Marshall still managed to catch 101 passes and 10 touchdowns.

The first-round tender offer will guarantee the 26-year-old Marshall a 14.7 percent raise in salary to $2.521 million if he continues playing for the Broncos in 2010 season. However, the receiver has made it clear that he would like to leave Denver for a new team. Some reports said that he was angry with the team’s medical staff for misdiagnosing a hip injury that required surgery, some said he was unhappy with his current contract with the Broncos, and there were also reports saying that Marshall wants to leave because of the death of his former teammate, Darrent Williams, who was with Marshall and other teammates before being shot to death on New Year’s Day 2007.

Houser on season-ending IR, Robinson to replace

For the third time in the last three seasons, Jeff Robinson wore back Seattle Seahawks jersey to help the team. In order to get replacement to Kevin Houser who was placed on season-ending injured reserve, the Seahawks signed Robinson back to their roster on Tuesday.

Houser suffered a collapsed lung during the Seahawks' 24-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. He went to the hospital following the game, and a team spokesman said that he was still there as of Tuesday afternoon.

"I feel bad for Kevin, and that's a serious deal," Robinson said. "Obviously the situation with the team isn't super great either, so I'm just happy to fill in and glad the organization had me back."

Houser had played well for the Seahawks before he was hurt while covering a punt against the Bucs during the second quarter. He returned to snap on an extra-point attempt at the end of the first half but ran at Buccaneers wide receiver Sammie Stroughter at the end of a 33-yard punt return and collapsed in pain on the sideline midway through the third quarter.

Seahawks LB Curry will play Sunday despite hip injury

Although he was even unable to walk earlier this week, the Seattle Seahawks rookie linebacker Aaron Curry will be able, or at least very likely to wear back his Seahawks jersey and play for the team on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

By so far he has been able to fully participate in practice for the last two days with a hip pointer injury, which Curry suffered late in the fourth quarter of the Seattle Seahawks’ 34-7 loss to the Houston Texans last Sunday when he was trying to get off a block to tackle Texans running back Arian Foster but teammate David Hawthorne came flying in and put his helmet in Curry’s right hip

Remaining briefly on the field with face down before being carted off, Curry still struggled to even get dressed following the game, despite wincing in pain with every movement. Fortunately, X-rays came back negative and Curry was able to move around better on Monday, thus Jim Mora became optimistic that the linebacker would be able to play this week.

Seahawks expect QB Hasselbeck to play Sunday against Jaguars

On this Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks will play against the Jacksonville Jaguars, very likely with their starting quarterback Matt Hasselbeck wearing back his seahawks jersey.

The three-time Pro Bowl passer was hurt on a dive for the goal line on Sept. 20 at San Francisco. He has not practiced or played since the injury, but according to Seahawks Coach Jim Mora, Hasselbeck moved around some before he missed his 11th game in two seasons Sunday at Indianapolis and was able to breathe deeply without as much pain as before. So it is hopeful that the quarterback could test his broken rib when his 1-3 team returns to practice on Wednesday.

During the game against the Colts, the Seahawks lost another player-third starting offensive linemen Robs Sims, who sprained his ankle. Sims is expected to miss at least two games, including this Sunday’s game against the Jaguars.