RENTON, Wash. — Matt Hasselbeck is ready to make his first start in six weeks on Sunday when the Seahawks play first-place Arizona.

Coach Mike Holmgren said Monday his three-time Pro Bowl quarterback has been cleared to practice with the starting offense Wednesday. Barring the unforeseen, Hasselbeck will then start his first game since he hyperextended his right knee in a loss at the New York Giants on Oct. 5. A surgeon in Los Angeles found that a bulging disk in Hasselbeck's back was affecting a nerve and weakening the knee.

The Seahawks are 1-4 without Hasselbeck. They are 1-3 with him, and seem headed to early elimination in the NFC West.