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Manning will share spotlight with T.O.
Stephen Brashear / The Associated Press Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Terrell Owens will see game-action Saturday. (CP)
RENTON, Wash. -- Peyton Manning's debut in Denver won't hog all the attention. Terrell Owens will be taking some himself.
Owens will make his return to the NFL when the Seattle Seahawks play the Broncos on Saturday night. Seattle coach Pete Carroll didn't give specifics on how many snaps Owens will get in the second preseason game for the Seahawks, but he did say it would be early in the game.
"I'm not going to tell you how many plays it will be," Carroll said. "We'll see how it goes."
Owens joined the Seahawks on Aug. 6 and had just a couple of days of practice before the preseason opener against Tennessee. Carroll said he didn't think it was fair to run Owens out there that quickly, but feels he's ready after two weeks of work.
Owens arrived in camp in excellent shape and has looked impressive at times during practice. But if he's to make the Seahawks final roster, Owens will need to show in a game that he's fully recovered from a knee injury that kept him out of the NFL for the entire 2011 season.
Saturday against the Broncos will be his first NFL game action since Week 15 of the 2010 season with Cincinnati. Owens went without a catch in that final game against Cleveland.
"He's ready to go," Carroll said. "He had two good weeks of work, and he came in in great shape so he's ready to go."
The game against Denver will also be the first chance for Carroll to get a look at most of his receivers and try to figure out what has become a jumbled position. The arrival of Owens and Braylon Edwards added to a corps that included Sidney Rice, Doug Baldwin, Golden Tate, Ben Obomanu, Deon Butler and Ricardo Lockette.
Carroll and the Seahawks coaching staff must decide how many of those receivers to keep and whether to hold on to veterans Owens and Edwards.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 17, 2012 C8
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