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Wagner was one of three Seahawks to be voted to The Associated Press All-Pro first team on Friday. He was joined on the first team by two familiar names: Cornerback Richard Sherman and free safety Earl Thomas. It's the third straight season that both Sherman and Thomas have been first-team selections, but the first time Wagner has been honored.
Quarterbacks were less willing to challenge Thomas and Sherman this season, but the quality of their play was still recognized.
Wagner tore the tendon connecting his big toe and the base of his foot in Week 6 against Dallas. His return coincided with Seattle's six-game win streak to close the season,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, a stretch during which the defense gave up 39 total points.
Wagner finished the regular season second on the team with 104 tackles.
Sherman and Thomas were just two of six players to repeat from the 2013 All-Pro team. Sherman finished the regular season with four interceptions,Cheap Baseball Jerseys, while Thomas had one. For Sherman, the four interceptions tied a career-low from his rookie season in 2011 when he started just 10 games.
"I think they're recognizing impact. I think they're recognizing what our defensive numbers are doing, what we're doing as a whole as a defense," Sherman told the AP. "That goes to Earl Thomas and Bobby Wagner as well. I think people are starting to understand you don't get the historical numbers that we've gotten without great players and that should lead to more recognition for other players as well: Mike Bennett, Cliff Avril, K.J. Wright,NFL Jerseys China, Kam Chancellor. I think when you play at such a high level that you're not always going to get the big numbers because it's spread out so evenly."
Turned out that when he was healthy, Wagner's play as Seattle's starting middle linebacker was too impressive not to be recognized.
"I didn't necessarily think it was out of the window, I just set new goals basically,Wholesale NFL Jerseys," Wagner told the AP. "When I was hurt, I had a lot of time to think. So my whole mindset was if I was going to continue to get what I wanted to get out of this season I was going to have to come back and continue to be the player I was before I got hurt or be better than I was and really try and impact the team in a positive way as much as I could. That was my goals. I wanted to bring that energy,Authentic NBA Jerseys Cheap, bring that passion, that juice that seemed to be missing and just build off that."
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Bobby Wagner figured spending five games as a spectator due to injury — part of that time with his foot in a cast and moving around on a scooter — that postseason honors would likely wait another year.
"Started off the year good,Cheap NFL Jerseys, getting hurt, having to watch, having to be in the cast; I hadn't been in a cast since I was a little kid," Wagner said. "Having to be in a cast and then riding around on that little scooter and then rehabbing ... to still keep my mind right and work through all that stuff and still get the recognition I felt like I deserve just means a lot." |
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