RENTON, Wash. -- It was one thing for the Seattle Seahawks to know they would be without safety Earl Thomas for one game, maybe two.Now that the former All-Pro safety is done for the rest of the 2016 season -- no matter how far Seattle may advance in the playoffs -- the Seahawks are facing a new reality for the rest of this year that doesnt include arguably their most important defensive player on the field.I dont think youre going to replace Earl Thomas. Hes a very unique player. But hes very quiet. Hes not a guy who adds a whole lot on the vocal side. He does it with his play, Seattle coach Pete Carroll said on Monday. Earl is Earl.The Seahawks now know the earliest they will see Thomas back on the field is the 2017 season after he suffered a broken lower left leg in Sundays 40-7 win over Carolina. While there was an initial thought that Thomas could return if the Seahawks made a deep run in the playoffs, Carroll said further examination on Monday determined the recovery for the fractured tibia is too extensive for the star safety to make it back this season.Its a crushing injury to the player that makes Seattles defense function perhaps more than any other. And while Steven Terrell is a solid replacement with experience in Seattles system and one start already this season, hes not Thomas, as Carroll said.You cant make up for it. You just try to find some others who can do half of what he does, Seattle defensive end Michael Bennett said Sunday night. Its hard to replace that kind of player whos a Hall of Fame type of player. You cant really replace (them).Thomas was injured in the second quarter of the blowout victory, colliding with teammate Kam Chancellor as each tried to intercept a pass from Carolina quarterback Cam Newton. It was a violent and high-speed collision that Carroll said Monday also left Chancellor a little banged up.Its the first major injury of Thomas career and the emotional safety immediately became reflective, tweeting during the game that he was contemplating retirement.I know its really generated a lot of curiosity, Carroll said. Hes going through, at the time, the emotional part of dealing with an injury thats a serious setback. I dont know much more about it than that.Thomas has been a constant in Seattles secondary since he arrived in 2010 as the second draft pick made by Carroll and general manager John Schneider. He started 106 consecutive games, a streak that was snapped last week when he sat out against Tampa Bay due to a hamstring injury.Thomas furiously rehabbed the injury in order to play against the Panthers. And he lasted barely one quarter before suffering an even more significant blow.Carroll said the freedom with how Thomas plays is the most difficult aspect to replace.The experience that Earl has, has given him freedom to see things, make plays, feel confident making breaks on balls and taking shots on stuff. That comes from a lot of success, confidence building success, Carroll said. You get bold. Earl has become that kind of player for us.Terrell has been with Seattle since 2014, signed in part because of the quickness he brought to the secondary. Hes mostly been a special teams contributor, but played well a week ago against Tampa Bay with Thomas sidelined.Its really important because were playing a lot of three-deep and youve got to cover a lot of ground out there, Carroll said of Terrell. 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White came in fourth place in the event. He was the two-time defending gold medallist. The gold medal went to Swiss snowboarder Iouri Podladtchikov.NEW YORK -- Madison Square Garden has its first mixed martial arts classic.Welterweight champion Tyron Woodley retained his title at UFC 205 on Saturday, as he and challenger Stephen Thompson fought to a majority draw at the Garden.Judges scored the five-round fight 47-47, 47-47 and 48-47 in Woodleys favor.Those scores amounted to a majority draw. However, UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer at first incorrectly declared it a split-decision win for Woodley. Woodley retained the belt either way, but the official decision was a draw, which Buffer corrected in an announcement to the crowd.It is what it is, Thompson said after the initial confusion. We will do it again, back here at Madison Square Garden. Lets go.The final result was somewhat fitting for the back-and-forth fight. It was only the third time in UFC history that a title fight ended in a tie.UFC president Dana White says an immediate rematch makes sense. Who the hell wouldnt want to see that fight again? Id love to do it again, White said.Woodley (17-3) created the possibility of a draw by earning a 10-8 scoore in the fourth round.dddddddddddd He dropped Thompson twice with right hands in the round and seemed on the edge of finishing the fight. Thompson somehow managed to survive the punches and a tight guillotine later in the round.I wanted the finish, Woodley said. He caught me with some punches. I wasnt able to get those combinations off.The defending champs greatest weapons heading in were his wrestling and right hand, both of which turned up big. He took Thompson (13-2) down in the first round and cut him over the bridge of the nose with an elbow.Thompson, who fights out of South Carolina, found his range in the second and third rounds. He pinned Woodleys back to the fence and hit him with front kicks and left hands. A two-punch combination in the third appeared to stagger Woodley momentarily.The last time a title fight ended in a draw, between lightweights Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard in 2011, the UFC booked an immediate rematch. ' ' '