Sherman initially claimed Mayfield refused to shake his hand, but video footage says otherwise
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Richard Sherman backtracks after video footage proves Baker Mayfield shook hands with 49ers
Not long after the
49ers defense ate
Baker Mayfield alive during their dominant 31-3 win on Monday night that included only eight Mayfield passes that were completed, a pair of Mayfield interceptions and fumbles, and
Nick Bosa planting a flag, 49ers cornerback
Richard Sherman, who accounted for one of those interceptions, ripped Mayfield for
disrespecting the 49ers beforehand by refusing to shake their hands during the pregame coin toss.
"What's amazing, and annoying, was him not shaking hands at the beginning," Sherman told NFL.com's Mike Silver on Monday night. "That's some college s---. It's ridiculous. We're all trying to get psyched up, but shaking hands with your opponent -- that's NFL etiquette. And when you pull bush league stuff, that's disrespectful to the game. And believe me, that's gonna get us fired up."
It turns out, it's not a great idea to lie about something that happened in front of thousands of people, some of whom were holding cameras that were both turned on and pointed at the coin toss ceremony. On Tuesday morning, video footage emerged that showed Mayfield quite clearly shaking hands with Sherman and the 49ers before the coin toss.
View: https://twitter.com/jake_trotter/status/1181624570454761474?s=21
It didn't take long for Sherman to backtrack. I would joke about this being Sherman's best backtrack in years, but the undeniable fact remains -- regardless of how you feel about his postgame comments -- that Sherman continues to perform like one of the game's top cornerbacks. He told The MMQB's Albert Breer that it was Mayfield running away after the coin toss that was the source of his anger. Apparently,
Mayfield didn't shake hands with the 49ers a second time after the coin toss.
"That's it," he said. "They are making way too big of a story of a blowout. He pissed us off. We put a foot in his ass. End of story."