RENTON, Wash. -- After All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman went down with a season-ending Achilles injury last month, the Seattle Seahawks repeatedly touted their good fortune to have two former starters in Byron Maxwell and Jeremy Lane available to step in.
A third could be on the way now that DeShawn Shead has taken a significant step in his return from a knee injury that has kept him on the physically unable to perform list all season. Coach Pete Carroll had been saying for several weeks that Shead was getting close to being able to begin practicing.