Will Seahawks give Brown another chance?

By Scott M. Johnson

Herald Writer

CHENEY – With five quarterbacks in camp, the Seattle Seahawks’ signal-callers will take their opportunities whenever they can get them. That’s what made Travis Brown’s debut Saturday so frustrating.

Brown, who appears the most likely candidate to be odd-man-out, completed just 4 of 14 passes with an interception during the Seahawks’ 28-21 preseason loss to Indianapolis.

“I wish I threw the ball a little bit better, but there’s nothing I can change about it now,” Brown said this week. “I’ll just come back, continue to work hard and hope to get another shot.”

Whether or not Brown will get another shot is still in question. Starter Matt Hasselbeck will probably see extended playing time in the first half again this Saturday, while backups Brock Huard and Trent Dilfer can also expect to play. That means Brown and Josh Booty might be lucky to get as much as one series of work.

“I don’t know how they’ll do it,” Brown said. “I would love to get another chance, but with five QB’s playing time is hard to come by.”

Heating up: Temperatures reached 93 degrees Tuesday, which tied the highest mark of training camp thus far.

In part because of the heat, Holmgren cut back the afternoon practice to 55 minutes, a half hour earlier than scheduled.

Rookie defensive tackle Kris Kocurek missed most of Tuesday’s morning practice after retching on the field, but Holmgren said the illness was not heat-related. Kocurek returned to the field for the shortened afternoon session.

Robinson still rusty: Rookie wideout Koren Robinson took part in his second consecutive practice for the first time in his NFL career, and with mixed results.

Robinson, who has missed most of the Seahawks’ offseason practices due to hamstring problems, was plagued by dropped balls Tuesday morning. At least four catchable passes went into and out of his hands.

The news wasn’t all bad, however, as Robinson showed his running ability on a pass in the flat in which he put a move on linebacker Chad Brown to pick up five extra yards.

Separated at birth?: It didn’t take long for quarterbacks Matt Hasselbeck and Josh Booty to become good friends.

Even though Booty is a rookie, he was born in 1975 – just like Hasselbeck. Booty also got to know Hasselbeck’s brother Tim while they were roommates at the NFL scouting combine in February.

Tim, now a rookie for the Baltimore Ravens, introduced Booty to his older brother while attending the combine. But it was actually the second meeting for Booty and Matt Hasselbeck. They originally met at Super Bowl XXXI in New Orleans – where Mike Holmgren’s Green Bay Packers defeated the Denver Broncos.

Matt Hasselbeck, who was attending Boston College the year he went to the Super Bowl, sheepishly admitted that he was rooting for the Broncos that year. He became a Packer two years later.

Line of the day: Huard, who returned to practice Tuesday after missing six days with a stomach virus, was a little too graphic when asked about his illness.

“It was one of those things, a bug I couldn’t get rid of,” Huard said. “I couldn’t hold anything down, I lost a lot of weight, I was making a lot of weird noises into the toilet. It wasn’t a lot of fun.”

Quick slants: Holmgren said he has not received any further word on the condition of cornerback Shawn Springs, who flew to Ohio to get a second opinion from an Ohio State University doctor. Springs suffered a torn left hamstring in the preseason opener over the weekend and is scheduled to be out four to six weeks. … Tackle Chris McIntosh went back to Seattle on Tuesday to receive treatment on his neck. Holmgren said he expects McIntosh to resume practice this week, and did not rule out the possibility of him playing in Saturday’s preseason game. … The Seahawks released wide receiver Jarvonni Jackson, a rookie from Carson-Newman who had been added to the roster earlier in training camp. … The start time for Saturday’s preseason game at Husky Stadium is 6:30 p.m. Some media outlets have erroneously reported that the game begins at 7. Tickets are still available and can be purchased by calling 1-888-NFL-HAWK.