Although it seemed to be expected it
was still a surprise that Seahawks released Richard Sherman on Friday morning.
Certainly shows the changes happening to the Seahawks. There will be a lot of
new faces when next season starts it looks like.
I know that Sherman at times the
last couple years was frustrated with some of the plays made behind him. When
Earl Thomas was out the communication seemed to make Sherman upset. Sometimes
he would let the receiver get past him believing that the safety would pick him
up. This would happen to with Kam Chancellor being out to as well. I am sure he
felt frustrated because fans and media would think it was his fault when he was
just doing his job. I believe those who knew what was going on had an idea that
it wasn’t his fault.
It was wonderful that he expressed
himself that he enjoyed the time he was here and thanked Coach Carroll and
general manager John Schneider. Also he thanked his teammates and the 12th
man as well.
I am sure everyone is rooting on
that he will be able to recoup from his injuries and is able to play again at
his high level wherever he ends up at. It is sad to think that likely his
career won’t end in Seattle and seeing him in another uniform will be strange
indeed.
Later in the day the Seahawks
released Jeremy Lane as well. I am sure that didn’t come to a shock at all. He
had his really good moments as a Seahawk but his time seemed to be up here.
Besides the coaches that have moved
on from the Seahawks we now won’t see Richard, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril,
along with the unlikelihood of Jimmy Graham and Paul Richardson. There will be
some others moving on as well. We just hope that Earl Thomas will stick around
for a bit longer though. With the way the league is now it is hard to see
players retiring and them having a full career with the same team. Most likely
a guy like Kam Chancellor will retire because of his injuries. Right hard to
know whether he will be back or not.
Anyway best of luck Richard we will
be rooting you on wherever you land. I am sure we hope it won’t be with the New
England Patriots however you do land there we do understand. Go Hawks!
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