With a bounce in his step and a sudden burst of explosiveness few expected to see from a player only 10 months removed from a major reconstructive knee surgery, wide receiver Nate Burleson is already the talk of training camp for the Seattle Seahawks. Burleson tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the first game last year at Buffalo, ending his season before it really ever began. He’s getting open at will, confidently going up to make leaping catches in the middle of the defense, and showing off the extra burst of speed that allowed him to get deep before the knee surgery. “It feels good,” Burleson said about his knee. “I don’t want to get too excited too early. I’m somewhat surprised, but at the same time the month leading up to training camp I was really busting my butt in AZ (Arizona), working out twice a day in that hot weather. “I knew I was prepared. But to come out here and actually see it myself and feel it myself, and then catch balls at the same time, it was a good feeling. Yesterday, I went to sleep with a smile on my face.”
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