Richard Sherman's "motivation"

[Mr. Scot]

PFT: Richard Sherman finds (possibly fictitious) motivation

Pretty sure the story was bullsh-t.

I've seen no actual information to indicate that Dante Pettis and Kyle Allen are friends, or have ever even met.

Along with the seven sacks Allen absorbed were his first three interceptions of his career, one of which went to veteran cornerback Richard Sherman. And after the game, Sherman said he was upset and looking for vindication against Allen, though a teammate may have just been winding him up.

Via Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle, Sherman said a conversation with teammate Dante Pettis offered all the motivation he needed in advance of playing Allen for the first time.

“I guess (Pettis is) friends” with Allen, Sherman said. “He’s like, ‘Hey, man, his plan is just to go at you.’ It’s like you’ve got to understand: I’m not new to this. I’m true to this. And my 15 minutes started an hour ago.”

Asked if he was certain Pettis wasn’t just trying to inspire him with some #fakenews, Sherman laughed and acknowledged the possibility.

“No, I’m not completely sure,” he replied. “He knows how I am, too. So he could have not known this kid at all and just said that. . . . I don’t know if he said it, but Pettis said he said it, so it pissed me off.”

[ellis]

This feels like a nice piece of Monday morning red meat for those who wish Kyle Allen would go away. 
 

[Mr. Scot]

I don't know if it's so much directed at Allen as it is a "laugh at Richard Sherman" thing.

He made a colossal ass of himself over the whole "he didn't shake hands with me" bit.

[rico6]

@ellis jesus man, nobody is forming a lynch mob to get rid of Allen. Thought Sport Analysts like yourself would typically try to remain as unbiased as humanely possible.

[Forty-Eight]

Considering that Sherman went to Stanford, he really isn’t a smart man at all

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Forty-Eight said:

Considering that Sherman went to Stanford, he really isn’t a smart man at all

I don't know if you could call him unintelligent off of this. Gullible, maybe.

I will grant the whole handshake thing was pretty stupid.

[raz]

like mj he's going to use every perceived slight against him until he literally hates everyone and has no friends when he's older

[Forty-Eight]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I don't know if you could call him unintelligent off of this. Gullible, maybe.

I will grant the whole handshake thing was pretty stupid.

Well if being gullible his whole life, I think that would make him unintelligent 

[jumpman910]

 

They specifically tweeted this picture out, so Allen and Pettis are probably real close.

Allen could've said something jokingly to his friend or nothing at all and Pettis took it upon himself to poke the Richard Sherman bear, knowing regardless it would help the 49ers win. 

[TheRed]

25 minutes ago, rico6 said:

@ellis jesus man, nobody is forming a lynch mob to get rid of Allen. Thought Sport Analysts like yourself would typically try to remain as unbiased as humanely possible.

Right? It was all good just a week ago when he was hyping him up.

Now it's all "Cam fans", and "those who wish Kyle Allen would go away".

Those who have to tell you repeatedly how objective and unbiased they are usually are the exact opposite of that. No one is without some form or bias at the end of the day. Guys really need to stop dancing around their agendas like their so different from anyone else who follows the team.

[mc52beast]

I wish someone would piss off our run stoppers... 

[jumpman910]

19 minutes ago, Forty-Eight said:

Well if being gullible his whole life, I think that would make him unintelligent 

Josh Norman was told Dez Bryant talked poo pregame when Norman wasn't around. Norman ate it up and wanted a 1 on 1 dust up first drive of the game.

Most here applauded that behavior

[Mr. Scot]

26 minutes ago, jumpman910 said:

 

They specifically tweeted this picture out, so Allen and Pettis are probably real close.

Allen could've said something jokingly to his friend or nothing at all and Pettis took it upon himself to poke the Richard Sherman bear, knowing regardless it would help the 49ers win. 

That's a reach. After any given game, you can find players hugging opponents they've never met just out of respect and sportsmanship.

It's not impossible that they know each other, but I haven't seen any actual sign of it (even via search).

I think it's more likely that Pettis was just messing with Sherman.

[trucpfan]

It’s probably true I would throw at Richard trying to cover Samuels deep often but it didn’t seem to work . I’d think it would myself if I was game planning but I’d never have D Williams blocking anyone if I made the gameplan