Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman is a terrific football player. He's bright and articulate away from the football field. On the field, he's basically an ass. When he's mic'd-up, it's simply a ridiculous stream of insults. He rips everyone. Few are worthy of his time or talents on the football field. His most recent target was Washington Redskins receiver Pierre Garcon. Immediately following the Seahawks-Redskins game this past Monday night, Sherman said, per CSN Washington, "Pierre doesn't matter in this league." Given a chance to expound on his comments, Sherman replied, "I meant exactly what I said." That's pretty harsh. There's really no reason for an NFL player to say that another NFL player "doesn't matter in this league." When Sherman publicly insults another player, I think of what Minnesota Vikings receiver Jarius Wright did to him last season. Wright beat the talkative Sherman for a 38-yard touchdown. Wright turned Sherman around on a single move. He beat Sherman so soundly that he could stop and wait for Christian Ponder's underthrown pass. Sherman was mic'd for the game. He wasn't too talkative after that play. He was extremely talkative the rest of the game. Joe Webb was "wasting his time." Cordarrelle Patterson wasn't strong enough. He was strangely silent, for it is always strange when Sherman is silent, when Wight turned him like a top. Sherman had no "doesn't matter in this league" comment for Wright. A player that is far less accomplished in the league than Garcon. On the play, it was Sherman that didn't matter in this league.
Richard Sherman seems to be upset with a lot of people. He's pissed at the rest of the league and his college coach, Jim Harbaugh, because he wasn't drafted until the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He should be pissed at his own team for passing on him for four rounds. The Seahawks drafted two players that aren't even on their roster anymore before they decided to pull the trigger on Sherman. Guard John Moffitt was selected in the third round and didn't even make it to a third season with the team. Receiver Kris Durham was taken in the fourth round and was with the Detroit Lions by 2012. So, Sherman's own team didn't think highly enough of him in that 2011 draft to select him with any of their picks before the fifth round. The Seahawks were with the other 31 NFL teams that disrespected Sherman so much for four rounds of drafting action.
When asked about Sherman, Marshall Faulk said that the Seahawks corner needs to get into this nasty, bitter personality to play his game of football. Sherman has to become this character to perform on the football field. I can understand a football player digging up all those that have done him wrong to fuel his fire for the game. Every player probably does this to varying degrees. Despite all the rules to make it safer, football is a brutal game. NFL players have to get into a state of readiness to play this game that would get them locked up in most cities. Most players know how to turn that fire off at the end of the game. Sherman doesn't seem to turn it off. At least, he doesn't seem to turn it off right away. His comments about Garcon weren't made in the heat of battle. His rage at the end of the NFC Championship game last January were made after the game was won. Judging by that rage you'd think that his team wasn't going to New Jersey for a Super Bowl. Maybe, Sherman would speak differently of Garcon on Tuesday. If his comments following a game aren't the comments that he'd make on Tuesday then maybe he shouldn't speak until Tuesday. I think that Richard Sherman is far more interesting on Tuesday than he's ever been on Sunday.
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