Last week Antonio Cromartie blasted Richard Sherman, saying Sherman couldn’t be the league’s best corner because he plays a side of the field rather than covering the opposing team’s No. 1 wide receiver. When asked about it Tuesday, Sherman didn’t really respond to the dig. He just casually pointed out that Cromartie only received a Pro Bowl bid this year because Sherman had to decline his spot to play in the Super Bowl:
Richard Sherman shut down Antonio Cromartie’s argument like a sorry WR
Richard Sherman thinks Antonio Cromartie needs to be more thankful.
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“That was unfortunate,” Sherman said Tuesday after Seattle finished an OTA session. “You would think after me helping him get a Pro Bowl bid (for the 2014 season) ... We went to the Super Bowl and he wouldn’t have made it to the Pro Bowl otherwise. And now he’s talking bad.”
Sherman was one of eight cornerbacks voted into the Pro Bowl by fans, coaches and players, while Cromartie was not. But since the Pro Bowl is now the week before the Super Bowl, players on teams in the Super Bowl can skip it. Sherman and the Seahawks were in the Super Bowl this year, so he couldn’t play, and his roster spot went to Cromartie. And Sherman thinks Cromartie should be a bit more grateful.
Actually getting into an argument with Cromartie would’ve been fun, but instead Sherman noted in one fell swoop that everybody thinks he is better than Cromartie, his team is better than Cromartie’s and that Cromartie’s greatest professional accomplishments are so unimportant to Sherman, that Sherman couldn’t be bothered with them due to his other obligations.
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