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SEATTLE -- Two years have passed since the Seattle Seahawks gave up on their experiment.Percy Harvin was the subject of Seattles trial, seeing if one of the most dynamic talents in the NFL could mesh and supplement the structure of the Seahawks system.The results of the Harvin experience were so muddled and so incomplete that two years after Harvin was traded midseason from Seattle to the New York Jets, its still difficult to provide a definition to his time with the Seahawks.Yes, he did have a part in the Seahawks winning their only Super Bowl title. Yes, he caused internal strife that eventually led to his departure from Seattle.But ask those who shared the locker room with Harvin during his time in Seattle and as he prepares for an unexpected NFL return with the Buffalo Bills visiting the Seahawks on Monday night, and there is no criticism of Harvins time in the Pacific Northwest.I loved him when he was here. I loved him as a person and as a teammate, Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner said. Im excited that hes back on the field.Of course its this week that Harvin is coming out of retirement. The story line is just too good. With Buffalo thinned at wide receiver because of injuries, Harvin was the option turned to by the Bills for additional depth.Whether he is active and how much he plays on Monday night is still to be determined, although Buffalo coach Rex Ryan sounded confident that Harvin would play against the Seahawks.He looks good out there, Ryan said. You know the conditioning part of it and doing the football-specific things, obviously, theyre not to where he would be if he was here the whole time. But I think he can help us.Harvin has led a nomadic NFL existence since he was traded from Minnesota to Seattle before the 2013 season. He spent all of 1+ seasons in Seattle, appeared in six regular- season games and scored just one touchdown.He had a pair of locker room incidents that never came to light until after he was traded in the middle of the 2014 season, and was such a bad fit for Seattles offense the best option was a trade to the Jets.When he was here, we used to say he was like the Bugatti, you just bring it out on game day, Seattle defensive end Cliff Avril said. So its kind of the same thing. They went and got a Bugatti, I guess.But for all the unfulfilled potential of what Harvins tenure in Seattle ended up being, hell forever hold some reverence for his time with the Seahawks because of his Super Bowl performance that included a 87-yard kickoff return touchdown to open the second half.Great Super Bowl, phenomenal effect he had on us then, Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. We just had to make an adjustment on the roster and we did it. It was just something we had to do football-wise.Harvins biggest issue in recent years has been injuries, a trend that started when he needed hip surgery before ever playing a game with the Seahawks.Last season with Buffalo, Harvin was limited to 19 catches for 218 yards and one touchdown before undergoing right knee surgery in January.The Bills need whatever help they can get at receiver. Top threat Sammy Watkins will miss at least another two weeks with a left foot injury. No. 2 receiver Robert Woods is playing despite aggravating an injury to his right foot. On the bright side, speedster Marquise Goodwin has been cleared to return since missing one game with a concussion.Harvin said theres no grudge toward how things went in Seattle.Im just a player who likes to play at the level I expect of myself, and the level that my peers expect me to play at, Harvin said.Ive never been a guy to hold on to grudges, to want to get back at anybody. I keep trying to tell everybody I have lot of good relationships still with the Seattle guys over there, with the player personnel, with the strength coach. Man, he still sends me emails on a daily basis.Theres still a lot of love there no matter what the perception of what things went on there. They still have love for me. I have love for them. We won a Super Bowl together. So its love over here.---AP Sports Writer John Wawrow contributed to this report.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFLCustom Ottawa Senators Jerseys . Reassurance came from Paul Tesori, his caddie and close friend whose newborn son is in intensive care in a Florida hospital. "Paul sent me a text this morning, just told me he loved me and wanted to go out and fight as hard as I would any other day," Simpson said Sunday after doing just that. Ottawa Senators Jerseys . 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He said so himself, here , more than two years ago when he was overlooked in favour of Hashim Amla as South Africa sought a new leader after a decade of Graeme Smith.Moving on was never going to be easy. Smith was an overarching presence, broad as a blue gum tree, under which a new leader would find it difficult to grow. Johan Botha sprouted briefly, leading South Africas T20 and ODI side when Smith was injured, but can you even name Smiths vice-captain? No? Its as though he didnt need one.Thats why when he was gone everyone was underprepared to be South Africas next Test captain, especially de Villiers. He had never led at any level before international. Not at school, where Faf du Plessis was preferred, not at domestic level, where he only spent a small amount of time before being promoted to the biggest stage, not at the IPL, even though Ray Jennings had initially pushed for de Villiers to take charge of Royal Challengers Bangalore. But de Villiers was the ODI captain and he probably thought that put him in a strong position to take over at Test level. In fact, it did the opposite.It took de Villiers so long to come to terms with the additional responsibility that South Africa had to relieve him of the wicket-keeping duties in short formats. Even then, he continued to rack up over-rate violations because he spent too much time having council meetings over what to do in the field. He did not display the tactical acumen of a Test captain and so even though Amla was reluctant, he was asked to do it instead.De Villiers probably did not intend to throw the proverbial tantrum in response and he may not even have realised he was doing it but he spent most of last summer making it clear he was not happy. He complained about overwork, he stressed that he would have to find ways to manage the packed schedule and, in the middle of that, when Amla stood down because he could not take the pressure any more, he temporarily took on the captaincy. Then, he gave South Africa his complete commitment. Little did he know, he would not be able to fulfil it.Since being named as permanent Test captain, de Villiers had not played a Test. He missed the New Zealand series in August because of an elbow injury which was aggravated at the Caribbean Premier League but he did not undergo surgery because he hoped conservative treatment would fix it. By the time Australia arrived for ODIs in October, de Villiers had not recovered and the knife was the only option. That would put him out of the Australia Tests but it was a sacrifice he had to make.In the meantime, South Africa had to find someone else and they could not go back to Amla.dddddddddddd Their options were limited to two out of form batsmen - Faf du Plessis and JP Duminy - who had taken turns being dropped during the England series. With du Plessis already leading in the T20 format, they chose him. And the team chose him. And the critics chose him. And before long everyone was calling on du Plessis to stay on.He captained with a calmness that de Villiers never had. He had the confidence of his players, who rallied behind him so hard they even defended him against ball-tampering charges. He came good as a player, scoring a hundred in the series-win over New Zealand and another under pressure in Australia.The only complication was that de Villiers would one day come back and everyone from the convener of selectors, Linda Zondi, to the spearhead of the attack, Dale Steyn, endorsed his return to the captaincy. They did not leave room for what de Villiers had been going through in the interim.His elbow has not healed and will keep him out for at least another month. That means he would have missed three successive Test series and not just any three, the three South Africa are using to start climbing the rankings again. The team has moved on without him. Although it is difficult to imagine even momentarily considering leaving de Villiers out of an XI, it is also difficult to imagine where he would fit in at the moment, never mind as captain. And therein lies the next discussion.When will de Villiers play Test cricket for South Africa again? If all goes to plan, perhaps in the March series against New Zealand but who would he replace then? Duminy has been spoken of as the obvious choice because he does not consistently produce and there is also suggestion one of the openers may make way but there are problems with both solutions.South Africa have transformation targets to meet and Quinton de Kock - who is most likely to be moved up - has already said he does not want to open long-term. Thats a puzzle for another day and its not unthinkable that de Villiers will solve it himself, as he has done this time.For all his own desires, de Villiers would have seen that the team had progressed under du Plessis, he would have known that consistency is crucial to continued success and he would have understood what that meant for him, without having to be told. The truth is that no-one has professed their love for South Africa more than de Villiers and in stepping down, he proved that if you really love something, you can let it go. 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