Ho-hum, Tatupu and Brown share spotlight

SEAHAWKS

Honestly, there is not much new on the plate today, just different papers doing the same stories.

There are a couple of real original stories, one from Clare Farnsworth at the P-I, who examines how linebacker Lofa Tatupu has become an every-down back in the Hawks’ scheme. If you saw the Rams game and Torry Holt’s late touchdown catch, it was Tatupu – the middle backer – who almost ran Holt down 50 yards downfield (shown in Associated Press photo) . The other is the News Tribune’s look at kicker Josh Brown, who is an Oklahoma school-boy high-jump legend . Yes, Josh Brown.

Otherwise, the Times did its Hasselbeck in the shotgun story and a poisoned-pill piece . And the News Tribune documents Jerramy Stevens status . The Everett Herald looks at Chris Spencer, the current replacement for Mr. Poison Pill, Steve Hutchinson.

The Vikings and Hawks meet Sunday in Seattle at 1:15 p.m. on KAYU.