John Schneider says the Seattle Seahawks weren't acting maliciously when they failed to list Richard Sherman's knee injury on the injury report during the second half of the season.

"Pete [Carroll], it was in a press conference at the end of the season, and quite frankly, was sticking up for the different bumps and bruises and issues that Richard had," Schneider said. "I think that's why they've gone ahead with this. But we feel like we didn't do anything that was malicious at all."

During an appearance on 710 ESPN Seattle after the season, Carroll said that Sherman was dealing with a "significant" knee injury.

The NFL is considering docking the Seahawks a second-round pick as a result of not disclosing the injury, according to a report by ESPN's Chris Mortensen.

Sherman was listed on the injury report in 11 of the final 12 weeks of the season (including playoffs). In 10 of those instances, he missed practice, but the report described the reason as "non-injury related."