Irvin Charles Is Back, and Seattle's Special Teams Unit Is Finally Whole

Irvin Charles was activated off injured reserve Tuesday, and the timing is about as clean as Seattle could have hoped for heading into the Denver game. Charles slots in as the second receiver on the depth chart, but his value to this team has always been concentrated on special teams, where his absence left the unit patched together for longer than anyone wanted.

It's a small move in isolation, and the bigger injury questions around this team haven't changed — Smith-Njigba remains questionable, Williams is still limited, the backfield situation is what it is. But special teams is a phase of the game that tends to matter most in close road contests, and Seattle has played enough of those this season to know the difference a full complement makes.

For now, this one goes in the positive column. The roster is a little more intact today than it was yesterday, and Denver is close enough that every available body counts.