After catching a rare break with his surprisingly successful appeal of a four-game suspension for allegedly testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs, Seahawks second-year CB Richard Sherman isn’t about to complain over not being selected to one of the Pro Bowl squads that were officially unveiled the day after Christmas.

But the way the leaguewide observers that Pro Football Weekly polled see it, Sherman was by far the most wrongful omission by the Pro Bowl voters this year.

“I mean, the guy’s been playing out of his head!” one Seahawks daily observer said of Sherman, whose prolonged appeal process was cited as the most likely reason he lost out in the balloting to the likes of Bears CB Tim Jennings, who started off red-hot but has been battling injuries recently, and Cardinals CB Patrick Peterson, who has an impressive seven interceptions but got absolutely torched on a national stage by 49ers WR Michael Crabtree in Arizona’s humbling 24-3 loss to San Francisco in Week Eight and then again in Week 17.

“Not only is Sherman (the league leader) in passes defensed and among the league leaders in interceptions (eight), he’s making really big plays on a regular basis for a Seattle defense that has allowed the fewest points in the league,” the Seahawks observer said.