RENTON, Wash. -- This was the encouraging scene Wednesday afternoon at Seattle Seahawks headquarters:
Speaking with reporters following practice, coach Pete Carroll expressed his most optimism yet that Pro Bowl left tackle Duane Brown will play in the team's Sept. 12 opener at the Indianapolis Colts. Some 50 yards away from the podium, there was Brown, running wind sprints up the berm that borders one of the practice fields at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center.
"I'm counting on him," Carroll said when asked if there's any more clarity as to whether Brown will play.