We just wrapped up our conference call with Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.

He talked about the mood of his team after his team’s season-opening loss at Baltimore, 35-7.

“It’s appropriate,” he said. “We played poorly. We of course analyzed our performance, and now we move forward to ready ourselves for the next one. But it doesn’t lessen the fact that that tape is out there. It’s out there forever. We understand that. We acknowledge that. We don’t necessarily like it, but that’s life in the NFL.”

And even though his team is hosting Seattle, who many national league observers evaluate as one of the worst teams in the league, Tomlin is focused squarely on the task at hand.

“We respect these guys,” Tomlin said. “We know that they’re capable of doing damage to us. And we’ve got to compare ourselves, and prepare ourselves in a big way”

Listen to a snippet of our conversation with Tomlin down below.

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Seattle Seahawks experiment along the offensive line could become a reality come Sunday.

For a second straight day, rookie James Carpenter worked at left guard next to offensive tackle Russell Okung, with fourth-year pro Breno Giacomini taking Carpenter’s spot at right tackle.

Usual starting left guard Robert Gallery watched for a second straight day from the sidelines, working with Carpenter on technique when he wasn’t on the field.

Receiver Sidney Rice (shoulder) did not practice for a second straight day, with Ben Obomanu working with the first unit.

Gallery, Rice and offensive tackle Jarriel King (ankle) were listed as not practicing on today’s official injury report.

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I thought this interview was humorous enough that I decided to post it, in part because Walter Jones is never very animated. I asked him where he and Ravens tackle Jonathan Ogden rank among left tackles of all-time. The best part is where I ask him who’s the best and he says, “I was going to say me because it’s me.”

Here is Mike Holmgren’s interview on KJR this morning.

SS Micheal Boulware got a little safety help from teammate Ken Hamlin after practice today. Someone asked Hamlin what teammates have done to help get Boulware back on track following a tough finish to the San Diego game. Listen to Hamlin’s response here.

I’ve had a chance to go through some of the post game interviews. In addition to the Michael Boulware interview already posted, we have: Mike Holmgren, Bryce Fisher, Julian Peterson, Kelly Herndon, Mack Strong, Lofa Tatupu, Kelly Jennings, Matt Hasselbeck and Shaun Alexander. Holmgren put a positive face on the performance. Others, such as Bryce Fisher, saw little or nothing positive today. Peterson expressed some frustration about the team getting beat deep repeatedly. Tatupu was somewhere in between.

Made it to Qwest Field without any traffic-related complications. There’s a pretty steady drizzle going as a handful of players warm up. We see Grant Wistrom, Gibran Hamdan, Bryce Fisher, Jimmy Williams, Tom Ashworth, Rocky Bernard, Deion Branch, Josh Brown and a few others out on the field stretching and jogging. In the meantime, I’ll pass along a short audio clip from a Seahawks-related conversation with David Diaz-Infante and Alan Roach on the Broncos’ pregame show this morning. That clip is here.

Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer and RB LaDainian Tomlinson have finished their conference calls with Seattle-area reporters. Tomlinson’s phone connection wasn’t very good, but we could hear Schottenheimer clearly. Earlier: Seattle’s Mike Holmgren has also finished his session.