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When the New Orleans Saints played the Seattle Seahawks at the Superdome in November, they came out with a convincing 34-19 win.

But a highlight for Seattle was a good performance from quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who was 32-of-44 for 366 yards and a touchdown.

Hasselbeck didn't play last week against the St. Louis Rams in the 16-6 win that propelled the Seahawks to the playoffs because he had suffered a hip injury in a Week 16 game against Tampa Bay after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter.

So, when the Saints meet Seattle at Qwest Field in the opening round of the NFC playoffs, the question is, will Hasselbeck be back?

"We've got to figure it out and make sure everybody's OK," said Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll. "We'll find out where we are in the next day or so and determine that. Charlie (Whitehurst) got banged around a little bit himself in his failure to slide effectively. He took a couple shots, so we'll see how our guys are. Right now it looks like we'll split reps with those guys at practice tomorrow and we'll just find out where we are and we'll figure it out as we go through the week."

Carroll said Hasselbeck would definitely practice on Tuesday.


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