"I'd probably say I'm still trying to get my legs back," he said. "I didn't really have offseason training, which I kind of feel. But it's steady coming along with each game, each day of practice, I'm trying to continue to work and push my body to make sure I'm still here. I'm still climbing. I'm still getting back to myself."
In Week 4, Nwosu's 2.0 sacks were his first game with more than one sack since 2023 and last week against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Nwosu notched that mark again, finishing the game with 1.5 sacks.
"It means a lot," Nwosu said about being able to play again. "You can't take this game for granted. It's something I love to do. I love playing ball. I love being out there running, hitting, making plays, celebrating, and enjoying the moment. So, I've been missing those for the last two seasons really it sucked, but I'm back now, and I'm just worried about staying positive."
While Seattle's defense is full of capable edge rushers, including DeMarcus Lawrence, Derick Hall and Boye Mafe, Nwosu's patience he brings to that group is one of his "superpowers."
Defensive coordinator Aden Durde said, "Patience, instinct, understanding of where the quarterback is in the pocket and how he relates to him is kind of Chenna's superpower. Plus, his ability to play the game. He's a very, I know this is an overarching word, but Chenna's ike a really good football player. He understands space, time, you can put yourself into bodies to make tackles in open space and I think that helps him when he's playing off other guys on the front."
Durde added, "I think it's shown up since Arizona. I think his ability to play off players shows up week in and week out. You saw it on the sack in the Tampa game. He understands when he's moving. He understands who's outside and who's inside of him. He can feel this color on either side of him."
Teammate Leonard Williams says Nwosu's patience shows up in the effortless way he plays.
"There's something about his game where it doesn't seem like he's trying too hard," Williams said. "It just seems like he's in a flow state. It's smooth, it's a fast type of mindset. Sometimes a pass rusher or wide receiver is similar to me. Sometimes I see the pass rush moves and sometimes in those positions, you think it's all fast, all just get out of your stance as hard as possible, but there is a little bit of just smoothness to it. And I think Chenna (Uchenna Nwosu) does a good job of just like playing off of the guys next to you and just feeling where the offensive lineman's at."
All offseason Nwosu said he was, "Rehabbing. All day, every day, rehabbing. I was in there literally all day just trying to get my knee strong again. I couldn't really do any running because I was in crutches for like eight weeks. When I got back, I couldn't hit the field. I had to keep getting strength back in my knee and get support. So literally just rehabbing from February to the second or third week of August is when I finally was able to get on the field."
With all of the rehab, Nwosu didn't get to take part in the offseason workouts. But head coach Mike Macdonald continuously said, over the course of Nwosu's rehab, that he was ahead of schedule. That shows up now as he has a sack in three of the five games he's played in this season.
"Chenna's a pro," Durde said. "When you've played that long, it take him a bit of time to get his wind and his down on down play, but playing a snap and understanding what to do, that's there inside of him, it's like riding a bike."