"Barring a setback, it appears as if Tarvaris Jackson will return to his role as the team's starting quarterback this week against Dallas.

At least that's what Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Monday.

"He's definitely in my mind, he's starting unless he can't at this point," Carroll said. "So it's a different way of looking at it this week than last week."

Jackson, nursing a strained pectoral, was limited in practice last week. Carroll estimated that backup Charlie Whitehurst took about 85 percent of the snaps in preparation for the Bengals game."