The Seattle Seahawks were really beat up by the end of Super Bowl XLIX, way more than we knew at the time.
We knew cornerback Jeremy Lane suffered a broken arm in the first quarter because everybody saw it. The knee injury that safety Kam Chancellor suffered in practice the Friday before the Super Bowl was actually a sprained MCL, we found out after the game. Cornerback Richard Sherman had an elbow injury that we found out this week might require Tommy John surgery (especially if he wants to throw in the mid-90s again).
And now we find out that safety Earl Thomas had an injury that will require surgery and a six-to-eight month recovery period.
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported that Thomas had a separated shoulder and torn labrum, suffered in the NFC championship game, that will require surgery. He'll be out until at least the beginning of August, and perhaps until early October if the recovery period is accurate.
Now we have a little better understanding of why the Seahawks struggled so much in the fourth quarter. Their secondary should probably have been on an operating table instead of the field.
Not to take anything away from New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, however. He was fantastic in the fourth quarter and probably deserves even more credit than he's getting, thanks to everyone still talking about Seattle's play call at the end rather than the Patriots. But now we have yet another storyline from one of the greatest Super Bowls of all time: the incredible toughness of the Seahawks' great secondary just to be out there competing for another championship.
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Frank Schwab is the editor of Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at shutdowncorner@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @YahooSchwab
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