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The Seahawks defense has changed some things around under new defensive coordinator Kris Richard this season, including the way they use cornerback Richard Sherman.

In past years, Sherman was usually on the left side of the Seahawks defense regardless of where the top receiver on the other team lined up. That led some to knock him down a peg compared to cornerbacks that shadow the No. 1 all day, but Sherman spent large portions of Seattle’s games the Bengals and 49ers lined up across from A.J. Green and Torrey Smith wherever they went.

Sherman doesn’t know if there will be more than that in the future, but says he plans to “keep doing my job and keep doing what I’m asked to do.” He also said he doesn’t know if the plan will be for him to stick with Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant (assuming Bryant plays, of course) this weekend, but he sounds like he’d welcome the opportunity.

“It’s a fun challenge when I’m asked to do it,” Sherman said, via 710ESPN. “It’s fun playing football in general, but it’s a fun challenge to go out there and match up. It’s just fun going out there and challenging yourself every play. It would be a lot of fun. He’s a great player. We have had some pretty cool battles over four, five years. It’d be fun.”

Bryant took part in practice for the second straight day on Thursday and Cowboys offensive coordinator Scott Linehan said he did added some team drills to his workload. That’s a step toward making it into the lineup for the first time since breaking a bone in his foot in Week One and he may get a lot of Sherman in his face as a welcome back to the field.