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(AP Photo/LM Otero)
Dallas Cowboys linebacker Bobby Carpenter (54) sacks Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (8) in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, in Arlington, Texas.
RENTON, Wash.— The skidding Seahawks aren't worried about T.J. Houshmandzadeh's stomping and gesturing after he doesn't get the ball.
They have too many other concerns. Such as keeping their jobs.
Coach Jim Mora put his 2-5 team on notice following Sunday's 21-point loss at Dallas, which came after a 24-point home loss to Arizona.
"He basically said, 'I will evaluate this organization up and down and if I feel I've got to make changes, I'm going to make changes. If that means I've got to fire people, I'm going to fire people,'" quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said. "We've definitely been put on notice that the scrutiny is going to go up."
The Seahawks captain said that while some teammates are working harder to get better, "there are some guys just happy to have a job."
Travis Fisher no longer has one. The veteran was released Monday evening. But firing the third-string cornerback who wasn't even active for Sunday's 38-17 loss to the Cowboys isn't going to cure what ails Seattle heading into Sunday's home game against even worse-off Detroit (1-6).
"It's been a tough 24 hours, man," receiver Nate Burleson said.
This is the first time Mora, the coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 2004-06 who took over the Seahawks in January from Mike Holmgren, has been three games below .500 as a head coach. His public tone Monday was far more terse than it had been for two months.
"I don't like to lose," he said.
The coach had been optimistic and upbeat amid Seattle's many injuries and defeats. That was before the Cowboys blew out his team amid penalties, fumbles and missed assignments. A 14-10 game late in the second quarter became a 38-10 runaway.
