They are tasks that could be handed to players other than cornerbacks making $14 million a year and as important as anyone on the roster. But that has never been the Seahawks’ way.
RENTON — Sometime during the onslaught of points that buried the Cardinals on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz., Seahawks special-teams coach Brian Schneider called Richard Sherman over for a brief chat.
Sherman had been assigned a critical special-teams task for Sunday’s game — blocking Arizona gunner Brittan Golden on punt returns.
The team-record 139 yards that returner Tyler Lockett recorded in the first half spoke clearly enough to how Sherman had handled his job.