Notebook | Warren Moon apologizes after second guilty plea to negligent driving

KIRKLAND — Warren Moon said he is sorry, he is embarrassed and he also said he's on his last chance with the Seahawks after pleading guilty to negligent driving twice in the past 12 months.

"It's kind of like three strikes and you're out," Moon said. "But I'm not going to base it all on just my job, either. It's something that I don't want to go through again personally."

Moon, a Hall of Fame quarterback, remains a part of Seattle's regular-season radio broadcast team. He pleaded guilty to negligent driving Tuesday in Kirkland Municipal Court, a reduced charge after he was arrested in December 2007 and charged with DUI after he refused a breath test.

Moon said he will serve five days of electronically monitored home detention later this month as part of his sentence. He also said he is not to consume alcohol while he is enrolled in an outpatient treatment program.

Moon was arrested in Kirkland in April 2007 for investigation of DUI. His BAC was measured below the legal limit after he was taken to the police station. He was charged with negligent driving and pleaded guilty in Northeast District Court last August. He might still face a review hearing in that court to see if he violated the terms of his sentence for his December refusal to submit to a breath test.

"I'm just sorry that something like this had to happen to me, especially again," Moon said. "Because I really look at myself as being a person that has high integrity and high character, and I've worked a lot of years to get to that.

"To have these types of errors in judgment is something that's not part of my character. It's something I'm deeply sorry about."

Moon underwent an alcohol-drug evaluation more than two months ago and is part of an outpatient treatment program. Moon said the evaluation and treatment has been informative, but he said he does not feel like he has an alcohol problem.

Moon played with the Seahawks and three other NFL teams in a career that earned him induction into the Hall of Fame two years ago. He thanked Seahawks owner Paul Allen, CEO Tod Leiweke and president Tim Ruskell for their patience and not jumping to conclusions.

"They pride themselves on running this organization with high character and high integrity, and I did something that tarnished that," Moon said. "That's something I don't feel great about. But I'm going to do everything in my power to try and change that part of a tarnished image for me right now."

Moon wants to continue working for the Seahawks, but he said that's not the only reason he wants to avoid any more incidents.

"I don't want anything like this to happen again," Moon said, "just because I don't want to take my family through it, or myself. This is kind of an embarrassing thing for me."

Red alert

Rookie defensive tackle Red Bryant did not practice Thursday morning, instead watching the workout while wearing a black legging on his left leg. Coach Mike Holmgren said Bryant would undergo tests, the results of which were not available Thursday.

"We'll see what happens," Holmgren said.

Bryant was a fourth-round draft pick from Texas A&M. He suffered a season-ending knee injury in 2006, his junior season, but that was to his right knee.

Notes

• Centers Chris Spencer and Chris Gray will not participate in Saturday's scrimmage at Qwest Field. Both are out with back injuries. Spencer's back tightened up during the first practice of training camp July 25, and it's that injury — and not anything to do with a surgically repaired shoulder — that has kept him out the past six days.

• DE Patrick Kerney returned to practice for the first time since injuring his calf Saturday. He did not participate in 11-on-11 drills, but was part of some individual drills.

Danny O'Neil: 206-464-2364 or doneil@seattletimes.com