Typically, the injury takes at least nine months for recovery. But Clemons beat those expectations going through the rehab process minus the typically noticeable brace on repaired knees.
The Seahawks knew at that point that they would get Clemons back on the field sooner rather than later. There would be no need for Clemons to start the season on the physically unable to perform list and delay his return by another six-plus weeks.
"Every day was different. You know you wake up some days feeling great and some days feeling like I don't know if I can do it again," Clemons said after the win over the Jaguars. "The biggest thing was just trusting what they had me doing as far as rehab and the weight room. Just continuing to believe in exactly what I can do."
"When we really started to pound away on him to get him back, he could handle it and stay out there and keep working,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys," Carroll said. "That really, to give him the credit, he was so ready to get right it really accelerated the process."

Clemons was on the field for 16 plays against the Jaguars, his initial return to action since being helped off the turf in Washington in the third quarter of Seattle's playoff win over the Redskins. It was a serious injury,China Soccer Jerseys, suffered when Clemons' cleats appeared to get caught in the messy field, tearing his ACL and meniscus.
"I said to everybody, 'If he had come in here and we didn't know who he was and we worked him out right here we all would have said we would like to put him on our team,'" Carroll recalled of the workout that took place in late August.
"That was the biggest thing, not having just two guys but having 5-6 different guys that can get after the quarterback. ... Once Bruce gets back,Stitched Arizona Cardinals Jerseys, we are going to get after it," Clemons said.
Yet, this wasn't a free agent being examined. It was Chris Clemons undergoing scrutiny to see if the Seahawks' sack leader for the last three seasons would be ready to return from a torn ACL in his left knee early in the 2013 season, or if Seattle needed to be even more patient with his return.
"It shows you that he's ready to play. We're going to be competing to get to the quarterback first," Avril said.
With Clemons now having passed two critical tests ? proving he was ready for practice and getting back into a game ? his playing time is only going to increase beginning this week in Houston. Seattle's pass rush will also get Bruce Irvin back after Sunday's game with his four-game suspension for using a banned substance wrapped up,Wholesale Nike Shoes Cheap.
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