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Seahawks share cartoon tribute to Pete Carroll that leaves out Earl Thomas

One face that isn’t included is that of Earl Thomas, who was arguably the best player on an all-time great defense.

The Seahawks shared a cartoon tribute to Pete Carroll last week on social media and then later deleted it. The cartoon includes a bunch of players from today’s team, including Bobby Wagner, Geno Smith, Devon Witherspoon, JSN, DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, Quandre Diggs, Jason Myers and Nick Bellore.

There are also a bunch of legends from the Legion of Boom days, including Russell Wilson, Red Bryant, Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, Marshawn Lynch and Doug Baldwin.

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One face that isn’t included is that of three-time All-Pro free safety Earl Thomas, who was arguably the best player on an all-time great defense.

It was an ugly split between ET and the front office, but there’s no reason to erase him from history like this. Deleting it was the right call.

Update:

Welp, the team has shared the cartoon again. Still no Earl Thomas.

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Richard Sherman: Pete Carroll to Chargers is a ‘match that needs to happen’

If Carroll does decide to jump ship and take another job in the NFL, he couldn’t do any better than the Chargers.

The Seahawks are keeping Pete Carroll on in an as-yet unspecified “advisor” role after removing him as head coach. Carroll clarified in his last press conference that he won’t have any control over the search to replace him and said his role is to be general manager John Schneider’s biggest fan.

If that’s a statement on the level of influence that Carroll will have over this team going forward, then it’s hard to imagine him sticking around for very long. Carroll thrives on competition and clearly still wants to keep coaching based on his comments over the last few days.

If Carroll does decide to jump ship and take another job in the NFL, he couldn’t do any better than the Chargers, who we rank the second-best team among those that are in the market for a new head coach. Seahawks great Richard Sherman for one would love to see that match take place, claiming Carroll would change the culture and actually draw fans.

Carroll is an all-time great coach but it might take something otherworldly to actually get people to buy tickets to a Chargers game – apparently having one of the best young quarterbacks in the league isn’t enough.

Imagining Carroll wearing a Chargers hoodie and slacks on the sidelines, chewing gum and wearing his Monarchs is just too bizarre to conjure. Strange times, indeed.

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Former Seahawks players share their appreciation for Pete Carroll

Here’s how former Seahawks are reacting.

Wednesday was an emotional day for the Seattle Seahawks, their coaching staff, their players and their fans. In the most stunning development in franchise history, the team removed Pete Carroll as their head coach. Carroll will still be in the building, but things will never be quite the same without him calling the shots and whoever replaces him has a large pair of Monarchs to fill.

What set Carroll apart from just about every other football coach on the planet was his idea that it could be fun – and his players loved him for it. Since the news broke that Carroll is out as head coach, we haven’t heard from any current players, who may be stunned into silence. However, many of his former players have been singing his praises on social media.

Here’s how former Seahawks are reacting.

Richard Sherman ‘very surprised’ by Seahawks’ decision with Pete Carroll

Former Seahawks All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman says he’s very surprised that the Sehaawks did what they did.

If you’re shocked that the Seahawks decided to move on without Pete Carroll as their head coach, you aren’t the only one. Today’s news that Carroll is stepping aside as head coach and into an advisory role for Seattle is the most-surprising news in franchise history – certainly an even bigger splash than when they traded Russell Wilson.

Former Seahawks All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman says he’s very surprised that the Sehaawks did what they did. Watch.

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Richard Sherman still not sold on Lamar Jackson as league MVP

Now Sherman is selling 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey over Lamar Jackson.

Lamar Jackson just decimated the Dolphins defense to the tune of five touchdowns and a perfect 158.3 passer rating. Many NFL analysts now have Jackson as their pick for MVP with one week to go in the season. However, some folks still have other favorites. That includes Seahawks legend Richard Sherman, who has at least abandoned Brock Purdy as his MVP pick.

However, now Sherman is selling 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey as MVP over Jackson. Watch.

Well, it’s certainly a take.

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Richard Sherman makes Josh Allen MVP case to disagreeing ‘Undisputed’ cast

Richard Sherman makes Josh Allen MVP case to disagreeing ‘Undisputed’ cast

Josh Allen is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, and in the middle of a three game win streak after beating the Chiefs and the Cowboys, two of the NFL’s best teams, there have been talks more recently that Allen should be win MVP this season from rival quarterbacks and national media.

And Richard Sherman joined the media as he made Josh Allen’s MVP candidate case for the 2023 season on Fox Sports’ talk show ‘Undisputed’.

Last year, Allen finished 3rd in MVP voting as Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes almost unanimously won the MVP. This year, the Bills beat the Chiefs and Allen performed as well as the Chiefs quarterback in their matchup against each other. After the win against the Chargers this Sunday, the Bills quarterback made NFL history as the first player ever to have 40+ touchdowns in 4 consecutive seasons.

And Sherman is presenting Allen’s MVP case now. On the talk show, the former cornerback who was once the interceptions leader in the league pointed out to host Skip Bayless and co-panelist Keyshawn Johnson that Allen was responsible for 83% of his team’s touchdowns, which is more than any other quarterback who won MVP in previous years.

The MVP conversation has recently started to focus on Baltimore Ravens’ quarterback Lamar Jackson, who now has the best odds to win MVP. Sherman pointed out that Allen has been responsible for more of the Bills touchdowns that Jackson has for the Ravens.

Now, this show is about hot takes and incessant arguing, but you can watch the full clip here, including Sherman backing up Allen’s MVP case with numbers and data (you can also watch it for the entertainment of Johnson storming off and Bayless shaking his head) here:

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Watch: Former Notre Dame player was fired as NFL coach at halftime

Bet you haven’t heard this story.

The Los Angeles Chargers’ putrid performance against the Las Vegas Raiders cost coach Brandon Staley his job.

In fact, during Amazon’s halftime report, Richard Sherman wondered out loud if Staley should still have a job in the second half. While it turned out to be Staley’s final half coaching the Chargers, a halftime dismissal would have put him in extremely rare company.

YouTuber JaguarGator9 tracked down the only time a coach didn’t survive a game. It was [autotag]Frank Coughlin[/autotag], the captain of Notre Dame’s 1920 squad after [autotag]George Gipp[/autotag]’s withdrawal from the university. He was named coach of the Rock Island Independents, one of the NFL’s founding franchises, for 1921. The problem was he also was a practicing lawyer in South Bend and refused to move to Rock Island, so he was barely around for practices.

JaguarGator9 explains it all here starting at 5:55:

So, yeah, it was clear Coughlin was not cut out for coaching. To his credit, he went on to a very successful legal career as a St. Joseph County prosecutor and Indiana’s assistant attorney general under two governors. When it comes to pro football though, he is notorious for all the wrong reasons.

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Marshawn Lynch could not believe this MVP pick by Richard Sherman

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Watch Beast Mode’s reaction when Richard Sherman picked 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy for MVP.

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Richard Sherman ruthlessly called for Brandon Staley’s job after the Chargers’ historically awful first half

Richard Sherman has seen enough of Brandon Staley.

With the Las Vegas Raiders jumping out to a massive 42-0 halftime lead over the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night, there was no other reasonable conclusion: Brandon Staley’s job was clearly on the line. That was seemingly all anyone could think after seeing L.A. face its worst halftime deficit in franchise history.

You can count Richard Sherman among the folks who think Staley should officially be done. Not that this is a hot take, per se.

During Amazon’s halftime panel analysis, Sherman proclaimed that Staley should’ve been fired at the break for his team’s woeful performance. Honestly, it’s kind of hard to disagree!

With the impending loss, the Chargers will fall to 5-9. This was a team with legitimate preseason Super Bowl expectations now getting blown out by a backup quarterback in front of a national audience.

It’s challenging to see how Staley’s job could possibly survive this.

Richard Sherman says Chargers should fire Brandon Staley at halftime

Richard Sheman had an idea for the Chargers at the half

Well, when the game is 42-0 at the half, the only way to attract attention is through a sound bite.

Richard Sherman of the “Thursday Night Football” analyst panel did just that with the Las Vegas Raiders up six scores on the Los Angeles Chargers.

Sherman said he didn’t want anyone to lose their job but … the Chargers should make history and fire Brandon Staley at halftime.

Didn’t look like the Bolts brass too the former great NFL DB up on his suggestion.

It actually got worse in the third quarter as the Raiders used trickeration and had Jakobi Meyers throw a TD pass to Davante Adams.

It was Meyers’ second completion of the laugher.