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Seattle Seahawks' Richard Sherman nursed ailing knee throughout season

By The Sports Xchange
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman (25) talks to his defensive backfield teammates during their game against the Carolina Panthers at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington on December 4, 2016. Seahawks beat the Panthers 40-7. Photo by Jim Bryant/UPI
1 of 3 | Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman (25) talks to his defensive backfield teammates during their game against the Carolina Panthers at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington on December 4, 2016. Seahawks beat the Panthers 40-7. Photo by Jim Bryant/UPI | License Photo

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said Monday that cornerback Richard Sherman had a knee injury this season that was never listed on the team's injury report.

"Honestly, I didn't realize we hadn't revealed it," Carroll said. "I don't even remember what game it was, it was somewhere in the middle (of the season)."

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Carroll said on his weekly radio show that Sherman's sustained an MCL injury and said it was of a similar variety to the injury Russell Wilson suffered in Week 3. Wilson was listed with a knee injury on the injury report into early December. Meanwhile, Sherman only appeared with an injury once all season, an ankle ailment leading up to Seattle's Week 12 game with Tampa Bay.

"I don't know," Carroll said later on Monday when asked why Sherman was never listed on the report. "I'm feeling like I screwed that up with not telling you that because that happened, but he was OK. So I don't know. He never missed anything, which is probably why."

NFL league policy states: "The Practice Report is expected to provide clubs and the public an accurate description of a player's injury status and his level of participation during the practice week. All players who have significant or noteworthy injuries must be listed on the Practice Report, even if the player takes all the reps in practice, and even if the team is certain that he will play in the upcoming game. This is especially true of key players and those players whose injuries have been covered extensively by the media."

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Sherman was frequently listed on the injury report late in the season as he received days off for rest. However, those absences were termed "not injury related."

"He never missed anything. Just like Russell never missed anything. Tyler (Lockett)," Carroll said. "They all happened over the course of the season and they all just made it through it. They never complained, they didn't want to miss a practice and they basically didn't miss anything. But they were legit, those were legit injuries, they showed up in the whole thing. That's a challenge. Guys all over the league are going through the same thing, but our guys just happened to be doing it as well."

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