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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.

Devon Witherspoon echoes Richard Sherman on defensive mentality

One could also apply Spoon’s message to the personnel department.

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll didn’t have any answers on Thursday night when he was asked how his team can close the gap with the 49ers. His rookie cornerback offered a colorful anecdote that might provide at least the right philosophy to bounce back.

Devon Witherspoon is not only one of the game’s best cornerbacks, he is one of the few athletes around the NFL who isn’t afraid to say something interesting. After the game, when Witherspoon was asked about another slow start for his team, he replied with an answer that reminded Doug Farrar of something he heard from Richard Sherman back in 2015. Specifically, the Seahawks need to drop their nuts.

Perhaps allowing Witherspoon and the rest of Seattle’s talented defense to try playing some man coverage would inspire a little more nut-dropping. In any case, Pete Carroll has to learn that his soft zones won’t work when he’s not getting any pressure up front.

One could also apply Spoon’s message to the personnel department, where the Seahawks are still vastly outmatched in the trenches compared to the 49ers and the Eagles – the exact teams they’ll need to get past if they’re going to return to the Super Bowl anytime soon.

More than anything else that’ll mean upgrading on both sides of the line of scrimmage this offseason…

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A touchdown would have made it a one-score game.

Truth is, the 49ers DBs play a lot like the Seahawks did during their Legion of Boom years. One need only follow Richard Sherman’s commentary on Twitter during a Niners game to see it at work.

While they’re not nearly as talented as the peak Sherm, Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor defenses, these Niners do ride the line between physical/aggressive play and galling penalties. This one from last night’s game was a clear instance when they went overboard. Watch 49ers cornerback Ambry Thomas get away with a blatant hold on rookie wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba in the end zone.

Swallowing the flag there came at a critical point. The Seahawks had all the momentum going for them after coming out of the locker room with their cleats on fire. A touchdown would have made it a one-score game. Instead, a field goal by Jason Myers kept Seattle just out of reach and Brandon Aiyuk’s touchdown put them away for good.

That said, even if they’d thrown a flag there the Seahawks would still have had no answer for Christian McCaffrey, no answer for Kyle Shanahan and no explanation for their pass rush going quiet in a big game yet again.

In any case, Smith-Njigba finished the game with two catches for 41 yards, which doesn’t do justice to how sharp he looks out there. He is quickly replacing Tyler Lockett as the team’s go-to receiver on third down.

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The Seahawks cut Russell Wilson from a Thanksgiving photo in an incredibly petty way and NFL fans loved it

The Seahawks have the weirdest grudge with Russell Wilson. Even on a holiday!

Russell Wilson is the best quarterback in the history of the Seattle Seahawks franchise. Full stop. Even with a breakup that didn’t appear amicable, ignoring what Wilson did for the organization — winning a Super Bowl and qualifying for nine Pro Bowls, for example — would just be silly.

That seems to be precisely what Seattle wants to do.

In advance of the Seahawks’ home matchup with the San Francisco 49ers on Thanksgiving night, the team’s Twitter account paid homage to the last time it played San Francisco on Turkey Day. The Seahawks traveled to the Bay Area to beat the 49ers on Thanksgiving 2014. In celebration, Richard Sherman and Russell Wilson ate some holiday dinner with NBC’s Michele Tafoya after the win. Again, all of this definitely happened.

Yet, the Seahawks’ Twitter profile literally cut Wilson out of a photo of the moment (who is supposed to be on the left of Tafoya below). I mean … c’mon. Really?

I can’t believe the Seahawks would essentially pretend Wilson doesn’t exist … even on Thanksgiving! What did that man do to that organization except for providing excellence under center and from the shotgun for nearly a decade? Sure, Wilson might have eventually gotten “bigger” than the team, but that’s no reason to cut the man out of one of the more notable moments in franchise history. That’s just unnecessarily petty.

I look forward to the day the Seahawks and Wilson inevitably reconcile because this is too much. Everyone please hug and make up.

Richard Sherman comments on clutch finish by Geno Smith

Richard Sherman for one was impressed by Geno Smith’s finish.

Seahawks fans got pretty much the full Geno Smith experience in yesterday’s win over the Commanders. In the first half Smith played about as poorly as he ever has for Seattle, ending the second quarter with a brainfart of a grounding penalty that resulted in a runoff and a wasted opportunity for the Seahawks offense.

Whatever Smith did in the locker room at halftime, it worked. When it mattered most Smith turned his game up a few levels, putting in a super-clutch performance on the team’s last two drives of the game. Geno went 9/10 for 100 yards, one touchdown and just enough production to put Jason Myers in position to win the game with his fifth field goal.

After it was over, a lot of Smith’s harshest critics were nowhere to be found on social media – despite Drew Lock’s name trending again only a couple of hours earlier. Richard Sherman for one was impressed by Smith’s finish, saying that this is what he can do when he is protected properly.

Collectively, the offensive line did a much better job of keeping Smith clean than they did against Cleveland or Baltimore. In the end, Smith was only sacked once and hit five times.

If right tackle Abe Lucas actually returns this week as expected, it should provide a huge boost for a unit that’s been sorely missing him.

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Richard Sherman reacts to the biggest NFL trade deadline deals

Here’s Seahawks legend Richard Sherman on Undisputed sharing his reactions to the biggest headlines coming out of the trade deadline.

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Here’s Seahawks legend Richard Sherman on Undisputed sharing his reactions to the biggest headlines coming out of the trade deadline.

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Trevor Lawrence calls out ‘#Analysts’ on social media

Trevor Lawrence told analysts to “keep their opinions” in a message that seems like a response to Richard Sherman’s criticisms.

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence had a message for the haters Saturday afternoon.

Lawrence, 24, doesn’t tweet often, but it’s not the first time he’s called out the haters on social media. Back in May, he tweeted “the game ain’t played on paper” in response to an NFL Network segment that ranked him as one of the worst quarterbacks in the AFC.

While Lawrence didn’t say specifically who the “#Analysts” are that can keep their opinions, it seems like a response to former NFL cornerback Richard Sherman.

During the Amazon Prime broadcast of the Jaguars’ 31-24 win against the New Orleans Saints, Sherman said that Lawrence hasn’t shown himself to be the prospect that he was hyped up to be in 2021.

Sherman’s criticisms of Lawrence continued on social media as the game was being played Thursday night:

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick agreed with Sherman’s assessment during the broadcast.

Lawrence finished the game with 204 passing yards, a touchdown, and 59 rushing yards. Through seven games in 2023, he has eight touchdowns with three interceptions.

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Richard Sherman blasted Mike Malone in weird rant to defend LeBron James’ honor

Richard Sherman’s criticism of Mike Malone doesn’t even make any sense.

Richard Sherman is building a lucrative television career.

He’s a regular analyst on Thursday Night Football and occasionally moonlights as a shock jock in appearances on Fox Sports 1’s debate show, Undisputed. Based on a new opinion about Mike Malone, the head coach of the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets, it seems Sherman has the requisite skill of obnoxiously dispensing lazy, half-baked takes down pat.

On Wednesday, the Undisputed panel broke down portions of the 2023-2024 NBA season. One of the early marquee matchups comes on opening night when LeBron James’ Los Angeles Lakers visit the Nuggets on an evening where Denver will raise the franchise’s first-ever championship banner into its arena’s rafters. It’s a rematch of last season’s heated (but ultimately uncompetitive) Western Conference Finals, where the Nuggets swept the Lakers. It’s also a rekindling of a budding rivalry between Malone and James. Malone, of course, famously took exception to the excessive attention James and the Lakers received as the Nuggets swept them out of the playoffs.

In breaking down this matchup, Sherman defended James (who, of all people, doesn’t need the extra help) and said Malone will be an “irrelevant, erroneous name in the history books of the NBA.”

Hmm, I don’t know about that one!

Compared to James, yes, Malone’s resume is negligible.

But that would be the case for almost everyone in NBA history because James is one of the best athletes ever to hold a basketball. It’s a little absurd to compare the two with this framing. Never mind that Malone originally came at James and objected to the over-coverage of the Lakers in a competitor’s sense. Is he not allowed to stump for his team — the league’s best team right now — because James is an all-time great? Because that’s just something I can’t vibe with. What’s the point of following sports if opposing coaches or players can’t come for the King? Whether they miss or not is a different story. In this case, Malone has yet to miss in his shots at James. As the old saying goes: To the victor go the spoils.

Independently, to say Malone will be forgettable or otherwise irrelevant in NBA annals is silly. The man has over 400 wins as a head coach and just brought the Nuggets their first title in franchise history. As long as Denver has Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray in their respective primes, Malone may add at least another title banner to the Nuggets’ home arena. Coaches who win one title, let alone two, are remembered and treasured forever. Never mind when they’re the person who manifests that initial glorious breakthrough for an organization.

All this to say, Sherman’s critique and rant about Malone is wrong, baseless, and reeks of a guy just trying to stir up controversy over social media. I guess, in writing this article about it, mission accomplished!

Next time, though, Sherman should really let James fight his own battles. Unironically: Stick to football, sir.

Richard Sherman on why the Cowboys won’t hire Deion Sanders

Seahawks great Richard Sherman doesn’t see it happening.

The two biggest stories in football right now are the Dallas Cowboys – currently No. 1 in our Week 3 power rankings – and their former superstar DB Deion Sanders. These days Prime is the head coach at Colorado, where the Buffaloes have already exceeded their projected 2023 win total after putting together one of the most-talented teams in college football in one offseason.

Naturally, there’s been a lot of speculation about what might come next for Sanders. While Prime claims he doesn’t want to coach in the NFL, he might change his tune if a team were to offer him a more-money-than-God type of contract. There’s only one team that would do it – and while Mike McCarthy is doing very well right now running these Cowboys – it’s not hard to imagine them trying to hire Sanders in the coming years if Colorado continues to climb the ladder like this.

However, Seahawks great Richard Sherman doesn’t see it happening. In his most recent appearance on Undisputed, Sherman said that Sanders would overshadow team owner Jerry Jones too much. Watch.

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Richard Sherman: 49ers best team in the NFL after Week 1

Richard Sherman never looked right wearing that red and gold 49ers uniform.

Richard Sherman never looked right wearing that red and gold 49ers uniform the few years he was there after leaving the Seahawks. Nevertheless, Sherman has remained a fan of San Francisco and his former teammates since he left – even as he’s since mended the fences with the Seahawks organization and is helping them out as a consultant.

Sherman is a very busy dude these days. He’s also running his regular podcast and putting in part-time work on Undisputed with Skip Bayless. In his most recent appearance, Sherman called his former 49ers the best team in the NFL. Watch.

Sherman makes a compelling case and we were tempted to put the Niners at the top of our Week 2 NFL power rankings. However, we weren’t quite ready to boot last year’s Super Bowl teams – the 2. Chiefs and the 1. Eagles from the top two spots.

If the Niners dominate the Rams this week the same way they did the Steelers (30-7) on Sunday, then we’ll be hard-pressed to put anybody else in that top spot – especially if quarterback Brock Purdy continues to play at a respectable level. In Week 1 against Pittsburgh he posted 220 passing yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. That’s more than enough competence for such a loaded team to beat just about anybody in this league.

Another club that was compellingly dominant in Week 1 was the Cowboys, who destroyed the Giants on Sunday Night Football, 40-0. Next up are the now Aaron Rodgers-less Jets. Dallas should be able to take care of business there – and another shutout would also give them a strong case for the No. 1 spot. For now, we have the Niners at No. 3 and the Cowboys fourth.

Throw in a must-win game for the Seahawks and this is shaping up to be a very interesting Week 2. It begins tonight when Jalen Carter and the Eagles host Justin Jefferson and the Vikings.

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