The Seattle Times · Jan 10, 2017
Seahawks tackle Garry Gilliam thinking less and playing better
Seahawks right tackle Garry Gilliam celebrates as he exits the field after Seattle beat Detroit. “Just go have fun, go ball,” he says of his new attitude. (Logan Riely/The Seattle Times)When it may have mattered more than ever, Garry Gilliam had to figure out a way to stop worrying so much.
On Nov. 27, after three plays against Tampa Bay, Gilliam was replaced as the Seahawks right tackle by Bradley Sowell.
And for all Gilliam knew in that moment, he might never return again — not just to starting at right tackle, but to the field.
A few weeks earlier he’d seen Christine Michael, at the time the team’s leading rusher, waived once the Seahawks decided they had better options.
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