Richard Sherman is perhaps the leagues most prolific and outspoken cornerback. And the least likely person to support Tom Brady in the case of Deflategate…. or so we thought.
In a recent interview about Deflategate after Brady was let free, Sherman spoke to the severity of the punishment and his distaste for the leagues original decision.
“Everybody does their things a little differently, but at the end of the day, it’s handled between the lines,” Sherman said. “And if they man up and they beat you straight up, they beat you straight up. You can say they knew your plays or they watched this or they watched that, but a lot of times if you watch film good enough, you find good indicators. You find things. So if you’re studying the game the right way, you go out there understanding what plays are coming, and you know when the plays are coming. But can you execute? Can 11 guys stop the other 11 from executing their play?”
Sherman continued
“And at the end of the day, that’s what it’s about. You can say you stole scripts or whatever it is, but they still have to win the game. They still have to intercept the ball. They still have to execute. Eleven guys have to execute at the same time. And that’s what they did, so give them credit. If there’s hanky-panky going on, they’ve gotten away with it.”
And Sherman finally conceded
“It’s just guys getting justice, guys not being persecuted for things they didn’t do, getting a fair trial of sorts. A lot of times in this league, it’s guilty until proven innocent.”
Sherman was right, at the end of the day we are innocent until proven. Furthermore, the idea that entire outcome was effected by a PSI was a joke. And if we can learn something from Deflategate and from Sherman, it’s that you have to obey your procedures for punishment and you can’t be the judge, the jury, and the executioner.
But Sherman takes the procedures and the league out of the picture for just a moment and says that the game comes down to execution. If you don’t execute you don’t win, forget about equipment advantages.
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