Richard Sherman was well-known for being one of the most, shall we say, confident players in the NFL during his playing career, but the man apparently became very aware of his limitations in his final season.
"I'll never forget ... DeVonta must have run this comeback, and I had him under control, you know what I mean? I was like 'Bang, quick jam, easy, got him under control.' He must have stopped, and I tried to stop. My whole groin says 'Snap, snap, snap, snap.' I said, 'Oh, whoa. Whoa.' And then you're trying to guard him, chase him around, like please don't throw him the ball.
"Our coach was looking at me on the sidelines like 'You want to come out? You want to come out?' I was like, 'Yeah, but they're in a hurry-up.' At that moment, I was like 'Yeah, this is probably my last year. I don't got it for these young dudes right now.'" The funny part is as perturbed as Sherman might have been by Smith, Smith finished that game, a 28-22 Buccaneers win, with only two receptions and 31 receiving yards on four targets, despite posting a combined 199 yards in his previous two games.
The youth of the NFL wasn't the only thing Sherman struggled with that season, as he also missed time with a calf injury and ended his season with an Achilles injury. In five games with the Buccaneers, he had 11 tackles and one interception. Smith, meanwhile, went on to set an Eagles rookie record with 916 receiving yards, but struggled again with the Buccaneers in a 31-15 wild-card loss in the NFL playoffs. Alongside A.J. Brown, he posted 1,196 receiving yards and seven touchdowns last season, so we can at least understand what Sherman was seeing that night.
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