Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas played through a separated shoulder and torn labrum during the Super Bowl and reportedly will soon have surgery to repair the shoulder.

The four-time Pro Bowl pick is expected to be ready in time for the start of the 2015 season, Adam Schefter of ESPN reported Thursday. NFL.com also reported the pending surgery, saying Thomas would be out 6-8 months.

Thomas suffered the injuries during the NFC Championship Game against the Green Bay Packers but returned to the field and two weeks later played in the Super Bowl XLIX loss to the New England Patriots.

Three other members of the Seattle secondary face likely offseason surgeries as well. Strong safety Kam Chancellor has a torn MCL, cornerback Jeremy Lane has a broken wrist and cornerback Richard Sherman might need a procedure on his left elbow.

— Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman’s girlfriend, Ashley Moss, gave birth to the couple’s first child Thursday morning.

The couple’s son arrived four days after the Seahawks’ disappointing loss in Super Bowl XLIX; Sherman’s status for the game had Moss gone into labor early had been a question leading up to the game.

Sherman joked on the Thursday before the game that he expected his son “to be a disciplined young man and stay in there a while longer.”

On Thursday, Sherman tweeted that he was “ecstatic” over the birth of his son, whose name is Rayden.

—The Tennessee Titans cut offensive tackle Michael Oher.

Oher, otherwise famous as the inspiration for the book (and movie) “The Blind Side,” signed a four-year, $20 million contract with the Titans last offseason and struggled before being placed on injured reserve in December with a toe injury.

He had joined the Titans after leaving the Baltimore Ravens, where he had given up 22.5 sacks the previous two seasons. Before going on IR last season, he gave up six sacks in 11 games.

Oher, 28, will count $3 million against the salary cap in 2015, but the Titans will save $2 million by releasing him.

—The Tennessee Titans officially named Dick LeBeau assistant head coach for defense and also added the title of assistant head coach for tight ends coach Mike Mularkey.

The Titans also hired Jason Tucker as an assistant wide receivers coach.

LeBeau reunites with coach Ken Whisenhunt and defensive coordinator Ray Horton, who worked with him in Pittsburgh.

LeBeau, 77, has been in the NFL for 56 years — 14 as a player and 42 as a coach. He spent the past 13 years as the Steelers’ defensive coordinator.

— The St. Louis Rams, who have been looking for an offensive coordinator for a month, reportedly will promote quarterbacks coach Frank Cignetti to that position.

Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Cignetti will assume the job next week. He will replace Brian Schottenheimer, who left the Rams on Jan. 7 to become offensive coordinator at Georgia.

Cignetti has run offenses for five college teams, last working for Rutgers before Jeff Fisher hired him in 2012 when Fisher came to St. Louis.

The Rams’ offense has not ranked higher than 21st in any of the past three seasons.

—The Chicago Bears hired Stan Drayton from the national champion Ohio State Buckeyes to replace running backs coach Skip Peete.

Drayton, a 22-year coaching veteran, spent the last four seasons with Ohio State — three of them coaching running backs.

Last season, sophomore running back Ezekiel Elliott finished third in the nation and second in school history with 1,878 rushing yards.

Elliott ran for 230 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-35 win over Alabama in the national semifinal and rushed for 246 yards (third-most in school history) and four touchdowns in Ohio State’s 42-20 win over Oregon in the national championship game.

—The Miami Dolphins hired Terrell Williams as their defensive line coach.

Williams had taken a college job as defensive line coach at Florida a month earlier after working for three years as the defensive line coach for the Oakland Raiders.

The Dolphins’ defensive line job previously was held by Kacy Rodgers, who left in January to become the defensive coordinator for the New York Jets.

—The Tampa Bay Buccaneers named Butch Barry assistant offensive line coach.

Barry will work with offensive line coach George Warhop on coach Lovie Smith’s staff.

The Buccaneers also hired Andrew Weidinger as an offensive quality control coach and promoted Miles Smith to defensive quality control coach.

Barry spent the past five seasons coaching the offensive line (2014) and tight ends (2010-13) at Central Michigan University.

—Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III was not among the core players listed by the franchise in a letter to season-ticket holders.

Griffin, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2012 draft, did not secure the starting job last season because of injuries and inconsistent play. Late in the season, first-year coach Jay Gruden turned to journeyman Colt McCoy over Griffin.

His hold on that spot appears tenuous based on the letter to fans that outlines the team’s nucleus, but makes no mention of Griffin.

“The Washington Redskins thank you for your continued loyalty and support. Redskins fans are the best in the NFL and we greatly appreciate your dedication over the years,” the letter reads, per the Washington Post. “Head coach Jay Gruden, new general manager Scot McCloughan and defensive coordinator Joe Barry will lead a nucleus of Ryan Kerrigan, DeSean Jackson, plus Pro Bowlers Trent Williams and Alfred Morris. The Redskins are poised to rebound next season.”

—New Hall of Famer Charles Haley, who won five Super Bowl rings, said he would take his former San Francisco quarterback, Joe Montana, over New England Patriots four-time winner Tom Brady, who is under suspicion in the Patriots’ case of deflated footballs in the AFC title game.

“Joe didn’t have to cheat,” Haley told the Talk of Fame Network. “I’ve lost all respect (for Brady). When your integrity is challenged in the game of football, to me, all his Super Bowls are tainted. You have to say this just didn’t happen overnight. Who wants that shadow over them?

“It’s going to come back to haunt him one day,” Haley said. “If the league doesn’t come down on this guy … everybody is talking about it. Nobody believes it was by accident. It is what it is. I’m not going to take any of his Super Bowl rings away from him. But it’s sad that it has to be tainted like it is right now. Hopefully they’ll come out and let us know what really happened. Then all the mystery is gone.”

—Tennessee Titans running back Shonn Greene pleaded guilty Thursday to two minor driving infractions and was ordered to pay a $655 fine.

The penalty was the result of an incident in October in which Greene parked in a handicap spot in Franklin, Tenn., and then drove away while a parking enforcement officer was attempting to write a ticket, police said.

Greene pleaded guilty to failure to exercise due care and to parking in a handicap spot. The court dismissed charges of resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license.