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On Jan. 19, 2014, star Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman made the game-winning play against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game to send Seattle to the Super Bowl — then gave one of the most legendary postgame interviews of all time.
“I’m the best corner in the game,” Sherman told FOX Sports sideline reporter Erin Andrews, “When you try me with a sorry receiver like [Michael] Crabtree, that’s the result you’re gonna get. Don’t you ever talk about me. … Don’t you open your mouth about the best, or I’m gonna shut it for you real quick.”
On the defining play, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick underthrew Crabtree in the end zone, and Sherman leaped to tip the ball into the hands of teammate Malcolm Smith for an interception to seal the 23-17 win. Later footage showed Crabtree shoving Sherman in the facemask when Sherman ran up to him for a postgame handshake.
Ten years later, Sherman is now part of the FOX Sports family himself and can be seen multiple times per week on “Undisputed” alongside co-hosts Skip Bayless, Keyshawn Johnson and Michael Irvin. During an appearance this week on Johnson’s new podcast “Undisputed Presents: All Facts No Brakes,” Sherman recounted the iconic moment, saying he should have had the interception himself on that play, but Crabtree shoved him in the back. Sherman also said his instantly viral postgame rant, while in the heat of the moment, was genuine.
“Every time I played [Crabtree], I was like, ‘You’re a bum,'” Sherman said. “It’s a long history behind that. We had some conversations. … When I saw him, that’s what I saw.”
Sherman said he would go as far as arguing with one of his teammates on that famed “Legion of Boom,” safety Earl Thomas, about Crabtree’s abilities. When Thomas and Crabtree were in college, Thomas was a star defensive back for Texas while Crabtree became the best wide receiver in the country, winning back-to-back Biletnikoff Awards at Big 12 rival Texas Tech.
Crabtree even caught…
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Publish date : 2024-01-26 02:39:49
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