Although Seattle Seahawks won their Thursday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals, there wasn’t much reason for celebration. Their star cornerback Richard Sherman has left the game in the third quarter and didn’t return. It was later revealed that Sherman ruptured his Achilles tendon which will cause him to miss the rest of the season. He will undergo a surgery once the swelling from the injury goes away.
“No coming back from that until you get surgery,” – Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said. “He’s been a bastion of consistency, competitiveness, and toughness. We’re going to miss the heck out of him.“
There is no doubt that the Seahawks will miss their starting cornerback, especially since their injury list started being bigger with each passing game. Besides Sherman, left tackle Duane Brown and running back C.J. Prosise also left the game against the Cardinals early.
Sherman told the reporters that his Achilles has been bothering him for some time now, but he tried to avoid getting a drastic intervention.
“One of those things that you have to play through for as long as you can. When it goes, it goes.” – said Sherman. “I’ve put a lot of stress on it. Think it would have gone eventually.“
Richard Sherman never missed an NFL game since he was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the round 5 of 2011 NFL draft. Previously he played college football for Stanford Cardinal football team. Despite low expectations and doubts about his ability, Sherman took NFL by surprise and had 17 passes defended, 4 interceptions and 55 tackles in 10 games played earning 2011 PFW All-Rookie Team selection. During his NFL career, Sherman won the Super Bowl XLVIII in 2013 while leading the league in interceptions, and received numerous individual honors like 4 Pro Bowl selections, 3 First-team All-Pro selections. Sherman’s career NFL statistics include 367 tackles, 99 passes defended, 32 interceptions and 2 touchdowns.
