Seattle Seahawks 01/16/2008 8:09 AMThe Seattle Times reports Seahawks WR Deion Branch has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and could be out of action for nine months, coach Mike Holmgren said Tuesday. Branch, a former Super Bowl Most Valuable Player acquired in a 2006 trade with New England for Seattle's first-round pick in 2007, will have surgery in the coming days. Dr. James Andrews will perform the surgery in Birmingham, Ala. Under the current timetable for recovery, Branch wouldn't return until the second month of the regular season. But even that prognosis might be too optimistic.Read more
