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yeah, i know. it's just that i'm surrounded by seahawks fans calling him an ***hole, when it was really just a very human response.

 

Yeah Crabtree not shaking the hand of a gloating Sherman in no way excuses Sherman's reaction when Andrews interviewed him or him making a choking sign at Kaep. Its funny that people are trying to pin this on Crabtree now. I think the internet hilariously overdid the situation especially those that call him a thug, but Sherman was not being a good sport or thinking of anyone other than himself with his actions and its laughable to suggest otherwise.

 

Weeellll, I have no prior knowledge of Sherman from before this game (did he play when they were at Candlestick earlier in the season? I can't remember), so maybe he's just the type that grasps at whatever opportunity he can to be a ****. I also didn't know about the choking sign.

When I watch the video, I see Sherman genuinely expecting he would get a handshake from Crabtree. Crabtree doesn't just not do that, he also pushes his helmet away. So what does Sherman do? He gets all angry and goes on the rant. He was tee'd off, and after finding out why, I absolutely understand. The guy just won a ticket to the Superbowl, and instead of being happy about that, he was so ticked off he ranted about the snub'n'push instead.

Although, who knows, maybe if Crabtree had shaken his hand, Sherman would've insulted and ranted about Kaepernick or somebody else instead. From what I gather now, he seems to be that type.

edit: despite that, I still maintain Crabtree should've taken his hand, but I understand why he didn't. Anger, emotion of the moment, gloating, all of that. But Crabtree has been in countless games just like this one all the way up to this point in his life. There's no reason he shouldn't have been prepared for the way he felt.

 

To hell with that. Sherman wasn't being sincere with that handshake or he would have saved it for after the game. He was taunting. Do you forget he's the same numbskull who was baiting Revis into a twitter war. Claiming he was better. And this during his rookie year. The dude is a helluva player. But he gloats way too much and is self absorbed.

 

What, Revis? Twitter war? Can't forget since I didn't know. I don't (well, didn't) know much about Sherman.

The point about saving the handshake for after the game is a very good one. Conceded.

 

http://m.bleacherreport.com/article...ys-darrelle-revis-in-fascinating-twitter-feud

Funny this is that Sherman was sort of right. Revis who? Things were pretty quiet down on Tampa bay.

 

They've made some good moves so far and the offseason has barely started.

 

Sean Taylor's killer gets 57 years in prison.

Couple accidentally schedules their wedding on Superbowl Sunday (groom is a Seahawks fan)

Munchack joining Steelers coaching staff.

Raiders sued by their cheerleaders.

Final HC vacancy filled.

Also:

 

I agree with Eeth, Sherman was taunting Crabtree.

 

Yeah, I'm sorry, but if Crabtree had made the catch and then tried to shake Sherman's hand, would we expect Sherman to meekly accept it? I have no problem with Crabtree doing the shove. I don't even have any issue with Sherman's interview or his later declaration of Crabtree as "mediocre". He and Crabtree don't like each other, so the idea that Sherman was just innocently trying to shake his hand is absurd to me. Baldwin told SVP and Russillo that everything he does is for a reason, and interacting with Crabtree right after preventing his team from reaching the Super Bowl was certainly a deliberate move on his part.

 

Is this a thing we're still caring about? A wide receiver and a corner got in a tiff and a guy shouted after a football game? This is the dumbest overplayed Super Bowl storyline. The Niners aren't even in the Super Bowl. Can't Sherman at least scream at Peyton's kids or something to make this moral panic relevant?

 

What's this I hear about Brady not watching the Superbowl?
Saw this on ESPN..........

 

Sherman apparently already had a problem with Crabtree before the game. Clearly this goes ack to before the one play.

Also, not sure how many people here remember Dave Megget, but this is a pretty incredibly disturbing story.

 

anything to do with rape is disturbing, football player or not. sickening that he became that.

don't really know why brady SHOULD watch the SB, since it doesn't really matter to him what happens in it... why's this an issue at all exactly?

 

Beware: the 1990 Giants.

 

wasn't just post career, if you read the article it started happening while he was still playing. makes me wonder how much it happened that isn't known about as well. pretty despicable behavior overall.

 

The Peyton Manning part cracked me up.

 

the whole thing killed me. "a baby is a little man. a chair is somewhere to sit."

 

I love those things.

 

Wow...

http://grantland.com/features/the-nfl-honor-roll/

CmpAttCmp%YdsYds/AttTDINT
Player A 257 407 63.1% 3,357 8.2 26 9
Player B 225 330 68.2% 2,739 8.3 28 5
Player A is Russell Wilson. Player B is Peyton Manning’s season split in half. Pretty decent, I guess.

 

yea. i saw that earlier. that... is kind of insane really.

 

Line play is horrible in the PB so far.