Richard Sherman is indisputably the greatest cornerback in Seahawks history. His tight coverage and superb ball skills helped make Seattle the best defense of the modern era and his contributions were a major reason why the team made it to two consecutive Super Bowls.
Sherman is also a highly controversial figure who’s never afraid to speak his mind, no matter who it might offend. He was in rare form on his most recent podcast when he made some derogatory comments about Seahawks fans while chatting with Cliff Avril. Among other things, Sherman suggested that the 12s need to lower their expectations.
“These fans had never won anything before we got here. They had never won anything. They went to the Super Bowl in ’06 and were happy to be there, and that was their biggest claim. And then we get there, we win a Super Bowl, we spoiled them with historic defense and then all of a sudden that’s their expectation. . . You should lower your expectation substantially. … They were talking about getting rid of us and they were like, ‘We got replacements. We got LOB 2.0. And then you got rid of us and then you realize you don’t. You realize we were once in a generation talent and you should have kept it and appreciated it when you had it.”
Naturally, those words rubbed a lot of fans the wrong way. Here’s what they’re saying about Sherman on Twitter.
