In dealing with what he says is “my first major injury’’ Seahawks safety Earl Thomas plans to look into the future and draw on his past.

Thomas suffered a dislocated shoulder in the second quarter of the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 18 when tackling Green Bay Packers receiver Randall Cobb.

On Sunday, he discussed the injury for the first time when he met the media as the Seahawks arrived here to begin preparations for Super Bowl XLIX.

“My mind-set is I have an opportunity to really trust my teammates,’’ he said. “This is the first game I’m going to have to trust them because of my injury. So I really, really, really trust my teammates, and that’s what I’m banking on, my teammates doing what they need to do and I need to come through myself.’’

Thomas sat out for four plays when he was taken to the locker room to be examined after the shoulder had been popped back in place while he was on the field.

via Ailing shoulder may force Earl Thomas to rely on teammates more | Seahawks | The Seattle Times.