Updated at 4:36 p.m., Friday, January 5, 2007
Playoff-bound Seahawks waive ex-Kahuku star Mili
Advertiser Staff
KIRKLAND, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks waived veteran tight end Itula Mili in order to help bolster their depleted wide receiving corps Friday.In place of Mili, a former Kahuku star athlete, the Seahawks elevated rookie Ben Obomanu from the practice squad.
Seattle hosts Dallas in an NFC wild-card game Saturday.
Two Seahawks wide receivers are listed as questionable against the Cowboys and their recently porous defensive secondary. Leading receiver Darrell Jackson has not practiced all week because of a strained toe ligament in his left foot. Emerging wideout D.J. Hackett injured a hip flexor in last Sunday's win over Tampa Bay.
Obomanu was Seattle's second seventh-round pick in last April's draft. The former Auburn receiver has spent the entire season on the team's practice squad.
Mili, Seattle's sixth-round choice in 1997, had 44 starts in 114 career games for the Seahawks. He lost his job to Jerramy Stevens in 2004. He has 163 career receptions with 13 touchdowns. Mili had 10 catches in 10 games this season, three of them starts while Stevens recuperated from preseason knee surgery.
