The Seattle Seahawks (2-4) are on the road Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys (4-2).  After Matt Hasselbeck missed two games with broken ribs, he came back with authority two weeks ago and led the Seahawks to a 41-0 win over Jacksonville.  It looked to be a fluke though, as the offense was nearly non-existent and lost 27-3 to Arizona.  If they want to keep up with the Cowboys and their high scoring offense, they will need a big game out of Hasselbeck and will definitely need more than 5 yards out of Julius Jones, which was the running back’s total last week.

The Seahawks defense will have their hands full with Tony Romo and his new favorite target Miles Austin.  Austin was a nobody up until week five when he got his first start of his career.  In the Cowboys last two games, Austin has 421 yards on 16 catches and four touchdowns.  They also have to deal with a Cowboys running game that averages 153 yards a game, with Marion Barber leading the way for them.  I think the Cowboys offense will put too many points on the board for the Seahawks to keep up with and it may be a blowout.

FINAL SCORE PREDICTION:  Seattle Seahawks 14, Dallas Cowboys 31

The Seattle Seahawks have shut down veteran offensive tackle Walter Jones for the season to continue his rehab for surgery on both knees.  Jones will go right into the Hall of Fame five years after he retires and the Seahawks will miss him the rest of the year.  The Seahawks really need someone to step up at LT and protect Matt Hasselbeck’s back side or the season will end in disappointment once again.

The Seahawks have released 25-year old OT Kyle Williams.  Williams played in 3 games (1 start) for the Seahawks this season but it was his start last week that pretty much ended his career in Seattle as he couldn’t block anyone.  Williams played 2 years with the Seahawks appearing in 7 games (3 starts) in his time there.  The Seahawks won’t miss Williams at all even if he hooks up with another team which is likely to happen.

The Seahawks have likely lost starting inside linebacker Lofa Tatupu for the remainder of the season due to a torn pectoral muscle.  He likely ends this season with 32 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss and 2 passes defensed.  David Hawthorne will likely replace him and he has had a solid year so far with 27 tackles, 3 tackles for a loss, 1 pass defensed and 1 interception.  Hawthorne will likely do a decent job replacing Tatupu but this really hurts the linebacker depth of the Seahawks.

The Seattle Seahawks (2-4) could not get anything going offensively against the Arizona Cardinals (3-2) and got crushed.  Going into this game I thought Matt Hasselbeck would continue the success he had last week where he had four touchdowns.  I was way off, as Hasselbeck only got 112 yards on 10/29 attempts (34%) and had two turnovers (INT, fumble lost).  The running game was even worse for the Seahawks.  Julius Jones, Justin Forsett, Edgerrin James, and Matt Hasselbeck combined for only 14 yards on 11 carries (1.3 avg).  The Seahawks’ offense needs to go back to the drawing board and figure out how they can perform like they did in their 41-0 win over the Jaguars last week.

The defense failed to contain Cardinals’ quarterback Kurt Warner and his star wide-receiver Larry Fitzgerald.  Warner threw for 276 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception on 32/41 attempts (78%).  Fitzgerald caught 13 passes for 100 yards and a touchdown.  The Seahawks did do a good job stopping the run, holding the Cardinals to 62 rushing yards on 25 carries (2.5 avg).  They had a huge blow to their defense though, as Lofa Tatupu tore his pectoral muscle and is now out for the season.  He is one of their top defenders and the Seahawks are really going to miss their linebacker.  David Hawthorne is going to replace him.  The Seahawks have a bye week which gives them time to adjust their offense for the Dallas Cowboys in week eight.