Former Seahawks linebacker Dave Wyman of ESPN 710 Seattle discusses the cornerback position, and why players with low self confidence should not sign up for the job.

Seahawks rookie corner Richard Sherman will get his first career start this week, and faces the daunting challenge of matching up with talented Cincinnati receiver A.J. Green.

Wyman: “You’re all alone out there. Those guys like me that played in “the box” (tackle-to-tackle) have no idea how lonely it is out on that island and that’s why cornerback is such a difficult position to play – especially when you’re a rookie.

Adding more pressure to the position is the fact that you’re covering, or trying to cover, some of the finest athletes in the world. They’re usually guys that are between 6′ 2″ and 6′ 6″, run a four-point-nothing forty and can jump three-and-a-half feet in the air and have nicknames like “Mega-Tron” (Calvin Johnson-Detroit Lions).

This weekend Sherman will see Cincinnati Bengals wide-out A.J. Green who is a 6′ 4″ touchdown machine out of Georgia, and leads the Bengals in scoring.

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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Tarvaris Jackson got his first, real extensive work with the first unit at practice today, throwing some deep balls down the field and some deep outs with velocity for the first time in a few weeks since suffering a strained pectoral muscle against the New York Giants.

Seattle head coach Pete Carroll said after practice that Jackson will be listed as questionable on the team’s injury report, and his status for Sunday still remains a game-time decision.

“We’ll take it to the next couple days and see where we are,” Carroll said. “But that’s a very good sign. He felt the best. He got the most work, so we’ll see what happens.”

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Tmbheil12 and Brandon Lee Medeiros take home this week’s honors with 10 correct.

I took one on the chin this week, only getting five correct.

And in the overall standings, Champion0445 leads with 67 correct, followed by Excile, Dudlbgr1, Eriksent 1, Use the Forsett and Tmbheil 12 with 66 correct.

I am way back in the standings with 57 correct, but there’s time to rally.

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It’s all about the ball.

Ask Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll what’s the most significant predictor of the outcome of game on any given Sunday, and he’ll point to turnovers. That’s one of the reasons Carroll created a day to concentrate on both creating turnovers and hanging onto the ball during his practice week.

“It’s still taking care of the football,” Carroll said. “As long as you can take care of it the turnover thing still tells the story. It still is the key factor when you win the turnover battle. That’s one of the most significant factors there is in the game.”

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Not much changed for Seattle quarterback Tarvaris Jackson on Thursda. Seattle’s starting quarterback was a limited participant in practice for a second straight day.

Backup Charlie Whitehurst handled the majority of the reps during this afternoon’s workout, and Jackson looks no closer to playing on Sunday.

Seattle head coach Pete Carroll said earlier this week that he wants to give Jackson as much healing time as possible to recover from a strained pectoral muscle before letting him throw with authority to see if he can play against Cincinnati on Sunday.

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Seattle Seahawks tight end Zach Miller said before practice today that he’s been cleared for full contact and should be ready to go on Sunday against Cincinnati.

Miller was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday, and did not participate in any contact plays during practice.

The Arizona State product missed the Cleveland game due to a concussion he suffered in the first half against the New York Giants, taking a hit to the head by Giants safety Kenny Phillips on a Tavaris Jackson pass over the middle.

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Eric Williams of The Tacoma News Tribune and Rob Rang of NFLDraftScout.com discuss the Seattle Seahawks upcoming game against Cincinnati in this week’s Seahawks Insider podcast.

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Dave Boling of The News Tribune gives us the rundown on the Cincinnati Bengals, who at 4-2 are playing pretty good football right now.

The Bengals are led by rookie quarterback Andy Dalton, a player the Seahawks strongly considered taking with the team’s No 25 overall pick in this year’s draft, and receiver A.J. Green, who leads all rookies with 29 catches and four touchdowns.

Boling: Credit coach Marvin Lewis for changing the stripes on these Bengals. Lewis is a rare coach who has stayed employed by the same club for nine years despite having only two seasons above .500.

At the end of last year’s 4-12 campaign, Lewis’ return was in doubt, with uncertainty reported on both sides. But Lewis came out of his meetings with president Mike Brown, and after his own assessment of all the things that went wrong, announced: “I will fix us.”

Apparently he has, but the fix required widespread change.

“I told the football team before I ended the season last year that if I were standing before them to start the new year, there would be a new look to this football team,” Lewis said via conference call Wednesday. “We’ve made those changes and we’ve moved forward and we feel good about it.”

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