For only the ninth time since 1998, the Seahawks won’t have Walter Jones at left tackle in a game. Jones is still recovering from two surgeries on his left knee in the past nine months. Center Chris Spencer will also miss the game. Coach Mora said Jones and Spencer could both play in Week 2 at San Francisco.

Your cobbled-together O-Line for Saturday: LT Sean Locklear, LG Rob Sims, C Steve Vallos, RG Max Unger, RT Ray Willis. 

Career NFL Starts: Locklear 53; Sims 20; Vallos 5; Unger 0, Willis 10. 

Hrm. Let’s hope zone-blocking really works its magic.

In other starting news, Justin Griffith will start at fullback over Owen Schmitt. Griffith’s in his seventh NFL season, he played for the Raiders the past two seasons and played for Jim Mora in Atlanta.

The Seattle Times ran their Seahawks preview section today–here’s the lead story, about the changes Mora has made to the team. You can get to the rest of the stories from the box on the side. The section seems to be written for a general audience, there’s nothing here that a diehard Seahawks fan doesn’t already know.