RENTON, Wash. -- Doug Baldwin was reflecting on what has been the most trying season of his NFL career last week when he made the type of frank acknowledgement that you don't often hear from a professional athlete.
The Seattle Seahawks' long-time No. 1 receiver quickly answered in the affirmative when asked if the injuries he has dealt with -- five of them since the summer -- have him feeling like he's on the downside of his career.
"Oh, I am on the downside," he said. "I'm 30 years old."
Maybe so, but a reminder that Baldwin still has plenty of good football left came two days later, when he caught a pair of first-half touchdown passes in Seattle's loss to the San Francisco 49ers.