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John Schneider: Richard Sherman trade talk didn’t come out of nowhere
Posted by Josh Alper on April 5, 2017
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When talk of the Seahawks trading cornerback
Richard Sherman first surfaced late last month, Sherman
initially laughed it off before issuing
a more serious statement in light of comments from General Manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll.
Among the things Schneider said was that
the team listens to everything that other teams might send their way and he expanded on the topic during an appearance with
Brock and Salk on 710 ESPN Wednesday. Schneider said that what “you’ve seen lately in the news is real.”
“This isn’t a secret like this just came out of nowhere,” Schneider said. “People find things out and we’re not going to lie to each other and we’re not going to BS each other. It’s going to be all laid out, and like I said, that doesn’t happen everywhere. . . . It’s just open communication.
He knows what’s going on. We know what’s going on. I don’t know if anything would ever happen, but like I tell people all the time, 98 percent of the deals that we’re involved with, we don’t follow through with. But at least we’ve opened that door, gone down the road and seen what’s behind Door A or Door B.”
Carroll said that he doesn’t see anything happening, but that he was also “anxious” to see Sherman “
handle everything and do really well and represent himself and his teammates in great fashion” after a 2016 season that saw him spend time scrapping with assistant coaches and the media.
Both those comments and the ones Schneider made on Wednesday sent a pretty clear message to Sherman that he’s not guaranteed to remain in Seattle. As of now, there’s no sign that anything the Seahawks have heard make a trade likely before the start of next season but they’ve made no secret that they’re willing to hear something that could change that state of affairs.
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Seahawks are making a point to Richard Sherman
Posted by Mike Florio on April 5, 2017
Some would say the transparency that the Seahawks are applying to the
Richard Sherman trade chatter is refreshing. Others would say that the transparency isn’t accidental or aimed at catering to the media but strategic in nature.
Sherman’s behavior became problematic for the Seahawks during the 2016 season. From a
tantrum during a regular-season win over the Falcons that became an in-game distraction
to a tantrum during a regular-season win over the Rams that became an in-game distraction to
an “animated” post-game discussion with coach Pete Carroll to a press-conference
threat to ruin a reporter’s career to whatever else we don’t know about (and linebacker
Bobby Wagner said
during a late-season appearance on PFT Live that, generally speaking, plenty of things happen within the confines of a football team that we’ll never know about), the Seahawks have decided that the time has come to at least see if anyone is willing to trade for Sherman.
The message to Sherman has multiple layers. First, the willingness to consider offers shows he’s not untouchable, despite what he may have believed. Second, the lack of a land rush for Sherman shows that he’s not as valued elsewhere as he may have believed.
How Sherman reacts to the latest blast of candor from G.M. John Schneider remains to be seen. Sherman went from
laughing off the talk to a
more pragmatic view after Schneider
first legitimized the chatter. Now that Schneider seems to be publicly twisting the screws a bit, Sherman may erupt.
Or maybe he won’t. Maybe Sherman will realize that, in order to continue earning eight figures per year, there are certain boundaries he must honor — and that few players are so good on the field that they can say and do whatever they want away from it.
, ... Seahawks, Seahawk fans, present or future, are meant to have their feathers slowly plucked until the end of eternity, ... not turned into Rams.
