By CLARE FARNSWORTH
P-I REPORTER

KIRKLAND – The Seahawks' injury situation has gone from aggravating to roster altering, because leading receiver Bobby Engram will miss six to eight weeks with a cracked bone in his shoulder and the contract of defensive tackle Marcus Tubbs was terminated after he failing yet another physical because of his troublesome right knee.

Coach Mike Holmgren dropped these bombshell announcements Monday after the team's morning practice at its training camp.

Engram, who caught a franchise-record 94 passes last season, was injured after making the first catch of the game in the team's 34-17 victory against the Minnesota Vikings on Friday night. The injury will force the club to carry Engram on its 53-man roster even though he isn't expected to play until the after the bye week Sept. 28.

Compounding the situation at wide receiver is that Deion Branch remains on the physically unable to perform list as he recovers from reconstructive surgery on his left knee in January.

Holmgren remains hopeful that Branch will be ready for the regular-season opener, but that might be wishful thinking.

Tubbs, meanwhile, had additional swelling in his knee that needed reconstructive surgery after he tore a ligament in the final preseason game last summer.

A first-round draft choice in 2004, Tubbs is free to sign with another team. But Holmgren said he is hopeful that Tubbs can rejoin the Seahawks if his knee allows. Tubbs also had microfracture surgery on his left knee in 2006.


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