SEAHAWKS NOTEBOOK
Expect Partial Objectivity From Dilfer
Wednesday, January 11, 2006; Page E06
Trent Dilfer can't lie. He's pulling for the Seahawks.
The NFL Network has made him a game correspondent/analyst, but Dilfer still will be in the Seahawks' corner.
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Dilfer, a starter and backup with the Seahawks from 2001 until 2004, is reporting on the playoffs and conducting interviews for the network, his first attempt at broadcasting.
"One thing I tell myself is I'm not going to pretend I'm not biased," said Dilfer, now with the Cleveland Browns. "I clearly want Seattle to win, but in my analysis I will call it as I see it."
With the Browns' season over and Dilfer facing perhaps two offseason knee surgeries, he's living vicariously through the Seahawks. He expects to take some ribbing from his former teammates when they see him in a suit in the locker room with his media credential and microphone in hand.
"They're going to kill me," Dilfer said. "I told my family if I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it the best that I can."
Dilfer said it will be only the third time he has ever been at an NFL game in which he hasn't played.
Injury Report
All but two Seahawks practiced yesterday, and the team figures to have everyone available for Saturday.
Linebacker D.D. Lewis is questionable with a right foot injury and did not practice. Neither did reserve offensive lineman Wayne Hunter, who has a sprained ankle. Lewis, Coach Mike Holmgren said, is expected to be back before the end of the week.
"No question that the first-round bye helped us," Holmgren said.
Defensive end Joe Tafoya (hamstring) and cornerback Marcus Trufant (lower back bruise) are questionable but took part in drills yesterday. Trufant was injured against Indianapolis on Dec. 24.
Cornerback Andre Dyson, who hasn't appeared in a game since Dec. 5 at Philadelphia because of a sprained ankle, returned to practice yesterday.
