SEATTLE (AP) - Matt Hasselbeck returned from broken ribs to
throw for four touchdown passes, and the Seahawks rolled to their
biggest home shutout in 25 years, 41-0 over the bewildered
Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Seahawks (2-3) were still missing seven starters, including
three-fifths of their starting offensive line. Didn't matter:
Hasselbeck was back.
The three-time Pro Bowl quarterback was in what coach Jim Mora
called excruciating pain Monday, after overdoing rehabilitation
work in his urgency to return and end Seattle's three-game losing
streak. Yet he finished three consecutive practices. Then he
emphatically finished off the Jaguars and that skid.
He completed 18 of 30 throws for 241 yards before resting in the
fourth quarter. The four touchdown passes were his most since he
threw four against Arizona on Dec. 9, 2007.
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