That time can heal just about any pro sports-related wound became evident when Kenny Easley was welcomed back into the Seahawks family, and graciously accepted the welcoming, to go into the Ring of Honor, and later to have his number 45 retired.
So if you’re thinking that the last image of Earl Thomas as a Seahawk — a profane gesture aimed at Seattle coach Pete Carroll as he was carted off the field at Arizona last September — might mean a relationship too frayed to ever repair, there’s precedent. Recall that Easley sued the Seahawks, claiming that how the team treated him with pain killers for an ankle injury led to kidney disease that ended his career.