We still haven’t got over this incredible post-game outburst from Richard Sherman during his days with the Seattle Seahawks as reports emerge about his future.
There’s an old saying in the NFL that the further away you get from the ball, the more trash talk you speak. That’s why the most ‘mouthy’ players in the league tend to be wide receivers and defensive backs.
And when it comes to players who aren’t afraid to speak their mind, there is arguably none that have done it better in the past few years than Sherman, especially during the peak days of the ‘Legion Of Boom’ with the Seattle Seahawks, as this interview on First Take demonstrates:
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The Legion Of Boom were one of the most feared defensive units in the NFL in the early to mid-2010s, as Sherman joined the likes of Kam Chancellor, Earl Thomas, Byron Maxwell and others to help propel the Seahawks to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances, winning the first in an absolute drubbing over Peyton Manning and the high-scoring Denver Broncos in 2013.
But as the years went by, the players got older and went their separate ways, with Sherman joining the San Francisco 49ers before moving to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and at the age of 34, it looks as if Sherman might be about to bring his playing days to an end.
As a free agent now, Sherman is free to talk to any team about carrying on his playing career, but according to Ian Rapaport, his future might very well be away from the field, as he reports that Sherman is set to have a ‘key’ role in Amazon’s coverage of the league this season as a broadcaster:
The five-time Pro Bowler, who starred for the #Seahawks and #49ers, spent last year with the #Bucs in what may be his final season as a player. The door
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