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Wallace expected to start in place of injured Hasselbeck

It appears that the Bears will face Seahawks backup quarterback Seneca Wallace in Sunday's game at Qwest Field. Starter Matt Hasselbeck missed practice Friday for the third straight day and was listed as doubtful on the injury report with a fractured rib he sustained in last Sunday's loss to the 49ers. View Bears-Seahawks injury report

"It's extremely unlikely Matt will play," said Seahawks coach Jim Mora. "That probably won't happen."

In two starts this season, Hasselbeck has completed 35 of 54 passes for 376 yards with 3 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and an 88.2 passer rating. In his last game against the Bears, Hasselbeck connected on 30 of 44 passes for 337 yards with 2 TDs and a 106.0 passer rating in a 30-23 win in Seattle on Nov. 18, 2007.

Wallace has appeared in 37 games with 12 starts in seven seasons with the Seahawks. He started eight games last year when Hasselbeck was injured and appeared in two others, completing 141 of 242 passes for 1,532 yards with 11 TDs, three interceptions and an 87.0 passer rating. 

More mobile than Hasselbeck, Wallace rushed for 78 yards on 16 attempts last season.

Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu (hamstring) is also doubtful for Sunday's game after sitting out practice Friday for the third straight day. Running back Justin Griffith (knee) is also doubtful. Seattle linebacker LeRoy Hill (groin), tackle Sean Locklear (ankle) and cornerback Josh Wilson (ankle) have been ruled out of the game.

Also for Seattle, tackle Walter Jones (knee), cornerback Ken Lucas (groin) and defensive tackle Brandon Mebane (calf) are questionable; and wide receivers T.J. Houshmandzadeh (back) and Deion Branch (hamstring), cornerback Travis Fisher (hamstring) and center Chris Spencer (quadricep) are probable.

For the Bears, linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa (knee) is out; tight end Desmond Clark (rib) is doubtful; defensive end Alex Brown (ankle) is questionable but is expected to play; and defensive tackles Tommie Harris (knee) and Israel Idonije (knee) and guard Frank Omiyale (ankle) are probable.

Adams sees Harris as 'more focused on task at hand'

With just four tackles and no sacks in two games, Tommie Harris hasn’t been as productive so far this season as he’s been in the past. But he's still evolving as a player according to fellow defensive tackle Anthony Adams.

“I think he’s getting in tune to his weaknesses,” Adams said of the three-time Pro Bowler. “I think he’s working on his weaknesses a lot more this year. I think it’s going to pay off for him down the stretch. 

"I can see a difference in his approach to practice, to the games, to him doing what he needs to do off the field to take care of his body. I think he’s more focused on the task at hand this year because the window is closing for all of us.

“There aren’t a lot of guys who can say I played with this guy for four or five years. Every year you’ve got new guys coming in, so we really need to make a run at this thing because we have something special here. We want to keep everybody here, but we’ve got to make a run for this thing. Now is the time and I think Tommie knows that.”

Cutler, offense don't have to carry rest of team

Quarterback Jay Cutler spoke earlier in the week about how the Bears offense can afford to be more patient when the defense is performing like it did in last Sunday’s win over the Steelers. But that’s nothing new.

“Before we brought Jay in here, we won a lot of games with our special teams and playing good defense,” said coach Lovie Smith. “We didn’t bring him in [thinking] the offense needs to save the day. We’re not set up that way.”

With Cutler registering a 104.7 passer rating against the Steelers, the Bears are now 13-0 when their quarterback posts a rating of at least 100 since Smith became coach in 2004. 

Cutler is now 11-0 when he records a triple-digit rating. That’s the most victories without a loss among the NFL’s 32 starting quarterbacks. The others who are undefeated with a triple-digit passer rating are the Falcons’ Matt Ryan (7-0), the Ravens’ Joe Flacco (5-0), the Broncos’ Kyle Orton (5-0) and the Jets’ Mark Sanchez (1-0).

Among quarterbacks who’ve posted 100-plus ratings in more than 11 games, the best records belong to the Patriots’ Tom Brady (44-1, .978), the Eagles’ Donovan McNabb (37-2, .949), the Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger (27-2, .931), the Vikings’ Brett Favre (89-8, .918) and the Colts’ Peyton Manning (61-8, .884).

Revamped Bears offense making strides

A Bears offense that features six new starters is still very much a work in progress after two games. The unit enters Sunday's contest in Seattle ranked 20th in the NFL in total yards (31st rushing and 10th passing).

"We knew it was going to take some time," said quarterback Jay Cutler. "We knew it was going to be a little bit of a rush with me getting here and missing a minicamp and then having to learn the offense and with new receivers and a lot of young guys. Those guys are still learning with me and we're trying to feel each other out on the move, throughout games. We're getting there though."

In addition to Cutler, other new starters include wide receiver Earl Bennett, tight end Greg Olsen, left tackle Orlando Pace and left guard Frank Omiyale.

After a shaky first half in the season opener, Cutler has completed 69.2 percent of his passes for 386 yards with 3 touchdowns, 1 interception and a 101.9 passer rating in his last six quarters.

Asked what it takes to develop trust in his wide receivers, he said: "Just time. Seeing things over and over again. Getting on the same page. Going back and looking at film and seeing the looks, and hopefully it just takes once. You hammer it down and you figure out what you want to do and the next time you get that look, they react correctly and you're able to put the ball on them. Sometimes it takes a few more times of them seeing the look. 

"But these guys that we've got are very instinctive. They know what we're trying to get done. They know a bad look when they see it. They have caught onto that really quickly.

"A good example is Johnny Knox; the [play] he came over the middle of the field [against the Steelers]. He kind of spun out of it and I hit him up the sideline. That wasn't in the playbook. That was just him out there reacting."

Brown ready to face Seahawks after practicing Friday